Party animals......

Yes we are still celebrating Connor and Carson's birthday!  Matt and Laura treated our family to the Redhawks game on Sunday for the boys' birthday present.  It was hot and sunny, but a lot of fun too.  And the Redhawks won!!!! 

Snowcones were the treat of the day!  Lydia really, really enjoyed her first taste of one!

Tonight the boys had their friends' party at Space Aliens.  They each invited two friends and of course Kaelynn was there trying to keep up as best she could.  Lots of pizza, pop, tokens, video games, prizes, cupcakes and ice cream, laughter, and noise makes for one fun birthday party! 

Isaac- a friend from church

Caleb and Lukas- twin friends from school and the bus

Ryan- a friend from church

So the fun has come to an end.  It's been great to celebrate these two awesome 7 year old boys!  We love them so much and are excited for their future year!  We love you guys!

Cousins, Cousins everywhere

We just got back from the week at the lake and we had a great time!  Of course the best part of the lake is being with family and this year topped all others so far!  Andy's brother and family are home from overseas on furlough for 6 months and have three children ages 4, 2, and 1.  Andy's sister and family are also home from overseas and now have a 4 day old little boy.  The cousins have such a great time together! 

Isaac, Connor, and Carson

Kaelynn, Lydia, and Julianna

The whole gang!

Julianna and Lydia with their first caught fish!!

And introducing the newest cousin: Jonah Paul Emch
born 7-21-2010 at 1:17am

We are home now and are looking forward to some more family and friends time in the next couple of weeks.  We are going back to Iowa next Friday and can't wait to see everyone down there!  We are also spending a couple of days in the Cities and can't wait to see grandma and grandpa there too!  Can't get enough!   

Happy Birthday Connor and Carson

It's hard to believe that 7 years ago today these handsome young boys started as..... 8 week premature babies! They came into our lives with surprise and excitement and they haven't disappointed since then.

I unfortunately don't have any digital pictures of their 1st birthday since we didn't have a digital camera then. I guess someday I'll have to get around to scanning them in. They are in the scrapbook though.

2 years old:

3 years old:

4 years old:

5 years old:

6 years old:

We are so proud of both of you and who you are becoming. We love you so much and can't imagine what our family would be like without you both! Happy Birthday buddies!

Love, Dad and Mom

Things are moving right along....

Well summer's half over- I know that because my birthday has come and gone. My birthday is July 15th and it has always been a bittersweet event- exciting because it's my birthday, but sad because school was in sight. Now that I have children in school the thought process is definetly reversed. School is in sight- yeah!!!! It was a good day. I got to go out for lunch with my sister-in-laws and got to have a great Paradiso dinner with the family. Now on to bigger and better though- Connor and Carson turn 7 tomorrow! AND- we leave for a week at the lake with the Kvernen's. The summer is moving right along and we had enjoyed every minute of it!