The Beranek Blog: July 2011

Saturday, July 30, 2011

Itty Bitty

July 11th... I'm really falling behind on updates!!!

Chloe's outfit is 12 month size. Technically, her top is a dress

and her pants are capris but it works on her little body!

Thursday, July 21, 2011

I've been playing with my mom's new iPod Touch to see how everything works (and ofcourse, now I want one! :)) I was testing out the video and the girls were being silly so since it was pretty entertaining, I thought I'd share...

I have no idea how Chloe can giggle while her sister

(who is the same weight) is bouncing on her belly!

YouTube Video: Belly Bouncing

Monday, July 18, 2011

Fun at the grocery store

July 12th...

I usually try to do all of my grocery shopping without the kids. It's just quicker and easier that way. Jared had to get his haircut after daycare so after I dropped him off at Kelly's I took the girls to get groceries. They had a blast. We even got to use the cool cart with the car on the front. They're a pain to push around but kids just love them. Several people commented on how cute they were and I even had one elderly man ask if they were twins. LOL! He was sweet and called Chloe a little doll. She was walking the aisles waving and saying hi to everyone.

Goose Egg

July 4th...

Jared was goofing around on his bike driving through a mud puddle that he created on the driveway. Somehow he swerved and fell off his bike. His head bounced off the wood fence rail (which I could hear from 30 feet away). Ouch! Maybe next time he'll wear his helmet!

Sunday, July 17, 2011

Cambria Fireworks

July 3rd...

We went to the Cambria fireworks like we have been for a fews years now. The kids had a great time, as usual. Chloe and Morgan loved the fireworks. I was a little nervous that they wouldn't like the loud booms but they were pointing and ooh-ing and aah-ing like the rest of us. =)

We had the kids lined up on the side of the street since the grass was pretty

tall where we ususally sit. We didn't even get all of them in the picture.

Brogan, Carly, Emerson, Avery, Afton, Chloe, Madden & Morgan

We're missing Hunter, Moxan, Jared, MaKenna, Abby, Blake and Cole!

Hunter and Jared put on their own little fireworks show...

Saturday, July 16, 2011

Sleepy Girls

July 3rd...

I was busy in the kitchen so Chloe plopped on the floor, cuddled her blankie and took a nap. Morgan walked in, looked at her for a second and decided to join her.

They absolutely crack me up!

I could've left them there for their entire nap but moved them to

their beds without either one of them even slightly waking up.

Friday, July 15, 2011

Remembering the Bohemian

I'm sure everyone that reads this blog knows about the Bohemian Bed & Breakfast tragedy. I wanted to share some of the pictures from our wedding day. I stayed there the night before our wedding with my sister and maid of honor, Krystal, in the Bockus room. We got ready there on my wedding day and Keith and I spent our first night as a married couple there. It was an absolutely amazing house and I'm deeply saddened by the incredible tragedy and loss of life.

November 19th, 2005...

Laura (personal attendant and musician) doing my hair...

Kelly and mom helping me get dressed...

Final touches...

The staircase was amazing...

The main entry...

Chlesey, Katie, me, Krystal, Kelly and Kristin

Front porch...

Flash forward to the present...

Flames engulfed the Bohemian Bed & Breakfast

house early Saturday morning, July 2nd, 2011... Click to Close

New Ulm Journal photo

Six die in Bohemian B&B fire Article from The Journal

Flowers, balloons and a photo montage of

Bobbi McCrea (48) and her daughters, Abby Wood (15) and Savannah McCrea (3),

pay tribute to the three outside The Bohemian Bed & Breakfast,

where they perished in a fire early Saturday morning.

After fire Article from The Star Tribune

I took a few pictures when I drove by Saturday evening...

Monday, July 11, 2011

New Machine Shed

My father-in-law is putting up a machine shed / shop at the farm. They have outgrown the old one so this one will be perfect for all of the equipment and Roger's seed sales business. Patty and I joke that we'll never see our husbands once it's done. It will have a heated shop, bathroom, office and kitchen with a TV so they'll practically be able to live in it! ;)

Once the construction crew started to build, I stopped every morning on the way to work to take a picture. I was the crazy lady in the white minivan. I think they thought I was some weirdo. Ha!

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July 9th...

They are doing the plumbing themselves so they rented a back hoe to dig the trenches for the drain pipes.

Sunday, July 10, 2011

Yard Work

July 2nd...

We've been re-doing some landscaping around the yard so I was using

the 4-wheeler and trailer to haul away a few loads of bricks.

The girls wanted a ride but I didn't trust them to stay put while I was driving so

I put some old car seats in the trailer and they thought it was the great!

Saturday, July 9, 2011

Swatting

June 29th...

Jared heard that Grandpa was swatting the road ditch so I had to take

him to the farm immediately when I picked the kids up at daycare.

Friday, July 8, 2011

Camping @ Wildwood (part 3)

June 23rd - 26th...

Sunday morning we got up, ate breakfast and got ready to head home.

The kids slept like rocks and if you know my daughters, they toss and turn all night long so you never know where they'll end up in the morning. I thought for sure one or both would end up rolling out of bed but the wall of pillows did the trick.