Life on the Farm

Driving the tractor with Papa Lynn

"Farmin"

Stopping to smell the flowers

Ok, so I realize that it has been a really long time since we've blogged. I am to blame. This is not really my cup of tea...I'd rather read a book! Anyway, I thought that I would at least do an update, only no picture...yet.



Life has been pretty busy around here. We sold our house in Shakopee last November and moved in with my parents for a few months. We finally bought a house and got it all ready to move in by March. We now live in Big Lake. It's about two miles from Monticello. It was a lot of hard work but Kyle did great. We love it here. It's nice to have a place to put everything again!



Other big news is that we are expecting our second child, another girl, in August! I don't know who is more of a surprise; Mari or this next little girl. We are getting very excited. It's nice also to have a completely different pregnancy. I'm hardly ever sick and so far no complications!



Kyle is working as hard as ever. He is at United Health Care in Edina doing programming and is also able to work part time at home for his old company Incentive Services. We are very blessed to have that extra income.



Mari is now 19 months old and quite a girl. She loves to talk, which I know is a complete shock to all of you! She loves babies and getting her toe nails painted. She also loves to put on jewelry. Talk about being a girl. Whenever we ask what color of something she wants, it's always pink. She loves to count to ten, but sometimes skips over four, I don't think she likes to say it! Her new thing is now to sing along to "Jesus Loves Me" and "The Wheels on the Bus". She always makes sure that we pray before we eat and is starting to say the prayer with us. She is such a little spunk, we love it. She's always into something! Keeping Mommy and Daddy on their toes!



Well I think that sums it up for now. We'll try and get pictures up soon.

Summer Splash

Dancing & playing with rocks

Mari "jumping"

Mari & Kyle Summer Splash

Mari & me at Summer Splash

Time with G & G Nordlund

Mari and I (sometimes Kyle too) spent a few days at my parents house while I was recovering from surgery on my foot. We are so thankful that we were able to have them close. We are also so thankful for Grandpa and Grandma Mueller who drove all the way from Missouri to help us out for a week. I know that Mari misses them.

Cousin Leah

Mari loves her little cousin Leah and loved giving her a "bonk" which is an equivalent of a hug from Mari.

Mari and Lili love being together, at least for a while. The usually start out with a few kisses and then maybe a glance or two and then they start to ignore each other. Of course there is always the exception when Mari would take Lili's puppy or Lili would take Mari's water. But I think in time these two will be great friends and co-conspiritors!

Mari & Balloons0

Mari loves to walk around with balloons but she always let go of them so we needed a weight on them. So I tied her balloons to her nuk and she thought it was such a blast to walk around with the balloons following her!

Cokato Corn Carnival

Aimee, Mari and I decided to play "hooky" and head to Cokato where the world (and by world I mean the little one that we grew up in) famous Corn Carnival was happening. Aimee took Mari on the Merry Go Round and she really did love it. Unlike the Merry Go Round and the zoo. But I think that Aimee may have enjoyed it a little more.

Fun with Cousins

We finally made it up to Grand Forks this summer. Mari had such fun with all of her cousins. Even Chubby enjoyed himself and decided to cool off in the pool.

Good Old Pals

Chubby and Scout - these two boys just love being together. This picture was taken after they had just finished and nice round of doggie wrestling.

Happpy Golden Birthday Renae!

Renae has been waiting for her "Golden" Birthday for a while. I remember being kids and talking about how she would have to wait until she was 29 before she could celebrate it. Well here it is. Renae turned 29 on July 29th. Happy Birthday Renae!

Meeting Second Cousin Sam

On Sunday we ran into my cousin Zach and his wife Dana. This is the first time we've seen their little boy Sam. What a peanut. He's about 5 months older than Mari and about 6 pounds lighter. He is such a sweet little thing and looks so much like his great-grandpa Rey.

Como Zoo

On Saturday we once again were able to spend it with the Arney's. We met them at Como Zoo for the day. The girls were so good. They loved to look at all of the animals and people too. I think Mari's favorite was the giraffes. She kept looking at them going, "Ohhhh." We then were able to go and spend time with Auntie Kimberly. She let us go swimming in here pool and she even took us out to eat. Thank you Kimberly.

Playtime with Lili

Kristin, Kyle and Lili came over on Friday night and we had spaghetti so the girls (mainly Mari) needed a bath. We also went to Como Zoo with them on Saturday. It was a great day for the zoo.

My Version of Gardening

Ok so I don't have a green thumb at all. In fact I have actually killed a cactus. So lately I have been seeing some beautiful flowers and thought that I would capture them via a camera instead of trying to grow them myself. These were all taken at the Como Zoo.