HaPpY 1st BiRtHdAy AlLiE!

Miss Allison is 1 year old (well she will be tomorrow, but I wanted to get this posted)! I cannot believe that a year ago today, Matt and I sat through The Dark Night in the theater (yes, it was a long movie and I didn't get up once to go to the bathroom...what a trooper!) then hung out at home like any other Monday night. I always pictured the whole wake up in the middle of the night rushing around because it was "time". I wouldn't change Tuesday September 9th, 2008 for anything...Now our baby is going to be the BIG 1 on 09-09-09.

Allie, It has been a fantastic, wonderful year. We love each day with you and watching you grow into such an independent little girl. Your smile is precious and your laugh is infectious. We love you to pieces and look forward to watching your grow even more!

Mom, Dad, & Allie with her 1st Birthday Cake...It was a giant cupcake to go with the cupcake theme of the party.

Hmmm...not so sure about this sugar mom...you've never let me have it before...

Maybe I do like it...or is it just the wax candle I like?

Ok Mom...I guess I do like this stuff. Can I have more of it?

Here Daddy...have some...its REALLY good.

Oops, sorry, I missed your mouth!

HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY MISS ALLIE! WE LOVE YOU!

An Afternoon at the Park

We spent a while down at the little park a block from our house today. Allie has so much fun down there. Wish we were having a better summer so we could enjoy doing it more.

We hope everyone is enjoying their summers!

I Wanna Be a Farmer

We have some of Matt's old tractors from when he was a kid. These by far, are some of Allie's favorite toys.

She is constantly crawling over to them and pulling them off the shelf. She loves the combine the most and will sit quietly forever (well maybe 10 minutes, but that seems like forever!) playing with it and pushing it around.

Guess she wants to grow up to be like her grandpa!

Happy 4th of July

We hope everyone had a very Happy 4th of July. We were lucky enough to get sunshine and warm weather. Thanks Streit family for a great time!

Can someone open this water for me? Its hot out here and I'm parched.

Hey...there's a strap in my face. If you want me to leave this hat on, you'd better turn it the right way and buckle this thing.

Hammin' it up for the camera.

Sturgis Or Bust

3 Boys 1 Harley

Who's gonna ride it?

Are they gonna ride it...or just wash, wax, and admire it?

Hanging out with friends & family, drinking cold beer on a warm afternoon, and wishing there were 3 bikes can only lead to one thing...

2 boys on a Harley...Sturgis watch out!

(good thing all 3 didn't try to get on there!)

Summer 2009

So sorry I have been horrible about updating this lately! We have been quite the busy family and I just haven't been doing much. Our business started in May when they finally took my Dad in for triple bypass surgery. Allie & I got to spend some time down with Mom, Kim & Brent in Rochester while he was in. Stressful time but Allie's big smile and happy personality kept everyone (including other families) occupied. Thank god for that! Surgery was a success and Dad is feeling much better...just bored!

June brought us graduation parties...afternoons with old and dear friends...deck building parties...

June also brought us our big decision to put our house up for sale. Allie & all her toys are creating a space issue & we really just want to get out in the country somewhere with some space for Matt and Jasmine of course...farm boys should never live in the city! We have been cleaning and finishing those last minute projects. The sign officially went up last Monday. There were 2 showings last week right away & another 2 scheduled already for this week. Keep your fingers crossed that it will go quick!

Miss Allie has had a few big accomplishments of her own...She can pull herself up (well maybe with a little help, but almost on her own). Here she is watching Daddy fix some siding on the back of the house. And her biggest accomplishment to date is her new crawling expertise. We're really in trouble now. She never sits still!

We hope everyone else is having as fun of a summer that we are! I promise to keep this more up to date in the days and weeks to come.

Allie's First Twins Game

Sunday morning Allie woke up bright and early. She knew it was the day we were gonna head down to the cities for her very first Twins game! Right after she ate her breakfast, she took out her Twins baseball and started to play!
We got to the Dome early...wanted to relax and enjoy the warmth that just a few short miles south of us actually had! We met up with Uncle Nater and our friends Mike and Lizzie, hung out on the plaza and watched all the crazy Twins fans.

Allie was pretty good through most of the game. She didn't eat much and didn't sleep much since there was so much going on, people and noise everywhere.

After the 7th inning when the Twins didn't feel much like winning (why do they always lose steam and WHY can't they ever win when we are at the game???), Allie decided she had had a long enough day at the ball park and that she needed a nap!