Reading to the birthday girl

Tonight, Christopher read two books to Molly. For the record, she's not much of an Iron Man fan.
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Happy Birthday Molly!

Today is Molly's first birthday! She has 2 teeth, she can walk and she is starting to babble. The past year has gone by very quickly...

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Lost a friend (con'td)

Here's a photo of the tree.
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Lost a friend

Last night's storm took out the tree in our backyard. The kids were grieving this morning over their lost friend.

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Fun in the backyard

This past weekend we played outside all weekend long.  On Friday we rented a tiller and began to prepare the soil that will eventually become the garden.  Saturday was spent creating an area around our 2010 Christmas Tree which is showing signs of new life.  Yesterday we played out in the sun again until it rained.  All in all we had a great time and have some great memories from the weekend.  Now all we need is for the sunburn to go away and we'll be in great shape!

Bottle before bike

Annette is shown here "topping off Molly" before our Mother's Day bike ride.
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Grandma Birthday

Keeping with tradition, this is a photo of Grandma blowing out her birthday lighter. Let's just say the "cake" was fresh and too hot to hold a boring old wax candle.
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New Room for "Big Two"

The Big Two have a new room. We've officially moved them downstairs into the basement giving everyone a little bit more room in the house.  So far the transition has gone very well, but we're only on the second night.  Now all we have to do is find a gate for the top of the stairs that meets everyone's criteria. 

Talkin' Bout God

Today, Sabrina informed me that her Cinderella doll was "Talkin' Bout God." I asked, "What is she saying about God?" Her response? "The Lord beef with you." Priceless.

Tee Ball

Just wanted to share a photo of Christopher on the Tee Ball field.
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Good times in Wisconsin

This should have been posted several weeks ago but we're just now getting caught up! We headed up to the north woods during spring break and enjoyed all that camp (and great company!) had to offer. Some highlights: meeting new twin cousins, making s'mores by the campfire, the Madison Children's Museum, canoeing on Lake Jake and spending time with family!

First Family Bike Ride

Adam has been assembling different parts for the family's bike entourage. Yesterday afternoon he picked up the final piece... the Odyssey is officially hitched. So we hooked up the Yakima bike rack, attached the bikes and went for a ride. Here are some photos from our good times in the "Bike Church" parking lot.