Happy Birthday!!

Happy 28th Birthday today!!!

We love you so much

XOXO,

your family

Jaker!!

Today Jake turns 7!!!

Wow, has time flown!

Lately Jake has been so into drawing. He's very creative and I think he's a budding artist! He for sure doesn't get that from me=) He's been drawing pictures of dinosaurs, airplanes, trees, castles, dogs, sharks, on and on, pretty much anything he wants and they are good!

He is very excited about the new baby and is hoping (of course) it will be a boy! I think he will be the helpful, protective big brother.

He's really loving learning to read, and doing a great job, we're very proud of him!

He loves working with his Dad on the house, building, fixing things, figuring out how to make things work, it's so neat to watch him grow and learn.

We love you Jake,

Have a wonderful, happy 7th Birthday!

Daddy, Mommy,

Emily & Meri

Surprise! We have a dog!!!!! This is Buddy, Jake's long wished for pet. He's a sweetie, very friendly and listens quite well. He's about 4 years old and came to us courtesy of Charles & Tanya...needless to say, Jake is thrilled =)
I love watching the kids talk on the phone.

Talking to Gramma Ruth one morning.

Meri now realizes what Mom is doing when she's on the phone and was concentrating so hard on her conversation with Gramma Ruth =)

*Meri finally understands a slip goes UNDER your skirt...however, we need to work on the length issue now ;-)

a little bit of this...

A familiar sight here on the cold mornings we've had recently... (although, usually it's just the kids snuggled under a blanket...since Joe leaves for work quite early)

• We're in the process of moving our wood stove into the new "condition" that is almost done. So, for now that means chilly mornings...and days as wood is our main source of heat. I've been doing a bit more baking to warm up the house which I guess is ok =)
• I was going to post a picture of the kids in the snow from last week. But today has been completely the OPPOSITE and beautiful, (to which I am so glad) so we'll save that for another snowy day.
• We went for a nice walk in the woods today, and it was great to be out without coats and just enjoying a lovely, sunny fall day. A lot of the leaves are down already, there are still a few colorful trees around, though. There's nothing like the crunch of leaves and that refreshing fall smell!!
• Joe and I enjoyed a nice evening out last Friday for our anniversary! We were going to go to Eau Claire, but he ended up getting home a little late and we settled for a local restaurant...I was just glad to spend some time together with just him =)
• Saturday was spent working on the house and helping cut up some beef. We're having ribs tonight, it should be delicious.
  

9 years ago today!

On a beautiful fall day, me and my honey, were married.
Happy 9th Anniversary Joey!
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