2nd and 3rd Birthday Party

May 20th...

We had the girls' birthday party and it was a great day!

Thank you to everyone who was able to celebrate with us. 

The girls had a great time and got lots of great presents.

Happy Birthday to us!

Tash Sandmann made the cake...

and I had a hard time keeping them from touching it. ;)

It looked amazing and tasted just as good!

After waiting patiently and blowing out the candles, I told them to taste a butterfly...

They were a little confused at first. ;)

Morgan has become quite the poser lately...

This is how she does "TWO"...

Time to open gifts...

Jared was being silly by putting on Morgan's new hat...

I had to have Keith help. It was getting a little overwhelming...

Such a happy girl...

Showing off her new "wedding" dress from Grandma Deb...

Daddy likes her new JD sweatshirt...

Showing off her Dora accessories...

Chloe had to try them out too...

Ashlyn tried on the bracelet...

Our little goofball had on 4 or 5 skirts and thought it was a hoot...

Morgan's Godparents, Katie and Jesse...

Sporting their shades...

Chloe and her Godparents, Kelly and Jeremy...

Great Grandma Lappe, me and Chloe...

Grandma Deb and Chloe...

 

Baby Claire, Grandma Patty, Grandpa Roger and Morgan...

Baby Claire, Grandma Patty, Grandpa Roger and Chloe...

We attempted to get a family picture...

Big hug...

The Big Day!

April 14th...

I realized that I forgot to post pics from Chelsey & Ryan's wedding.

I ended up with 200 pictures from the day so I'm just going to share some of my favorites.

Checking out her do...

Putting on the veil was a group effort...

The beautiful bride-to-be...

Ryan & Chelsey...

Grandpa Roger & Morgan...

(can you tell where Morgan gets her blue eyes?!)

Chloe & Daddy...


The men...

A group shot of all 13 grandkids is always a challenge.
Aaron was NOT in the mood to sit still...

Jared did his best to hang onto him but he was determined to get away.
This is the best one that I got...


Our family...

Lily & Isabel...


Morgan, Ashlyn, Lily, Isabel, Ava, Emily, Brianna, Claire, Chloe...


Alec holding Gavin; Jared holding Aaron...

Siblings...

Craig and Keith
Kristin, Chelsey, Katie, Kelly

Chelsey's Family...

Ryan's Family...

Grandma Cele Beranek and Chelsey...

Keith & I...

Richard & Jenny in the receiving line...

Beautiful bouquet...

Our ride to town...

Jared got to come to the BnL with us...

Kelly put her flowers in the water carafe...

She may have had a few of those little bottles of wine. ;)

Father / Daughter Dance...

Mother / Son Dance...

Chloe had a blast dancing all night...

Chelsey and Jared...

Jared and I...


What a FUN day!!!

ECFE Vehichle Fair

May 16th...

Jared's first stop is always Matt's dump truck...



He lets him blow the air horn (which scares the crap out of everyone!).

Every year we tell him this better be the only time he gets to sit in that spot...

;)

Chloe playing a little bean bag game to win treats...

Mail truck...

Morgan liked the JD lawn mower...

The only shot of all 3 of them...

Go figure... no one's looking

Jared got a personal tour of the truck from Ross...

He was very intruiged!

First question... can I climb to the top of the ladder? Um, no. Ha!

Thumbs up!

Daddy's Little Helper

May 12th...

When Jared was born and Keith found out that he had a son he called him his future rock picker.

And after a few years of having him ride along on the four wheeler... he was more than willing to do the job all by himself!

The kid is just like his dad... when there is a job to be done, you get to work!

And he did it very well!

He probably put on a few extra miles and needed help with rocks that were 

too heavy, but his daddy was pretty darn proud of his little rock picker.

Mom, on the other hand, is a little sad that her baby boy is growing up way too fast.

Happy 2nd Birthday, Morgan!

May 7th...

Our sweet baby girl turned TWO!!!


Grandma Deb brought out a cupcake cake for Morgan on her birthday.

Morgan hasn't mastered the art of blowing air in any particular direction

so Chloe was more than willing to help blow out her candles...

They were delicious!

Thank you, Grandma Deb!


Morgan got a bike for her birthday...

Now she has all summer to learn how to pedal it!