September update

An "awwwwwww" moment



Sydney has her friend Brock over to swim



Jake and sweet little Elena, Brock's baby sister



Daddy having fun with Jake at the cottage in Minocqua



Sydney got her first fishing pole in Minocqua and she never wanted to put it down, she LOVED it



Brandon reluctantly "allows" me to take his picture :)




Jake in his new highchair





I snuck a picture of Brandon walking to school his first day as a freshman in high school. Actually, right after I took this picture he must have sensed me doing it and he turned around and waved me away as if to say "stop mom, how embarrassing!"



The ever-smilin' Jake



Jake loves hanging out with his big sister Sydney



Our trip to Bay Beach Amusement Park



Jake and Grandpa Jr. ("Papa")


Jake and Grandma Sue at Bay Beach. Jake has his first cold and you can definitely see it in his eyes, but he was such a trooper and was still smiling all day.



Sydney, cousin Luke, and friends Luke Adam and Emma

My babies

Look what I caught!



1st cereal, YUM-YUM!

Visit to the Milwaukee Zoo

Cousins Jackie, Andrea with Brandon and Sydney


Skinned-knee girl


Cousin Jackie with Sydney


Me and my kiddos

Happy beach baby



Happy 4th of July





Fun face painting while visiting our cousins in Grafton



Can a mommy kiss her baby too much? Not this mommy.

Fun times

Just some more pictures of my "babies" to share. A lot of the pictures were taken at my sister-in-law's house. We spent the weekend there to celebrate Brandon's birthday, his 8th grade graduation, and also Father's Day. I am off to Milwaukee/Grafton with the kiddos to spend some time with my family and friends for 4-5 days. I'm sure I will have more pictures to share from our adventures there. I love going home to Milwaukee as I still consider it my home. The bummer is that Paul can't come with us because he has to work but he also gets some well-deserved time alone. I hope he enjoys it. I know I would, it's the only thing I miss...my "alone" time. Alone time is how I re-energize. Some day, some day.....:)

Sydney loves flowers, NOW if we can just keep the mosquitos away

Jake is 13 weeks old

Great Grandma Paltzer with Jake

My "first" baby turns 14

Happy Father's Day Daddy

My daddy loves me so much

Watch out, here comes cousin Luke! Is that water deep enough???

Sydney could LIVE in water