My babies

I took this pic in my sister's front yard! They are so sweet!!

3 months in a nutshell...

I am a little behind with the blog :( So I thought I would just show you some highlights of the last 3 months! Enjoy!!

MAY...
My cousin Brandon got married in June, so at the end of April, we had a shower for his bride to be, Angela... such a fun day!
On May 1, it was the 8th anniversary of Stacy's death. We do the same thing every year to remember and honor her life. We go to the cemetery and let balloons off "up to Stacy". We miss her every day!

Matthew and MeeMee cuddled up on the deck watching a movie... so sweet! Matthew will have so many great memories with his MeeMee and Papa! I love it!

At the end of May we took our first road-trip with Laney to Iowa to visit Ben's sister and her family... the fire station had an open house! Matthew loved it... he got to spray the fire hose, ride an old school fire truck, go in the ambulance and eat pancakes and sausage with his cousins! So fun!

Also at the end of May we celebrated Mom, Mary and Stacy's bdays! Here is a pic of some of the Wise girls!

A fun night out with the Bible Study girls... at our favorite restaurant Salut in St. Paul!

My baby has graduated from pre-school and will start kindergarten in the fall! this was his final program! It was so cute!!!

JUNE!!!

Let the t-ball begin!! Matthew had lots of fun playing t-ball! It was really cute! This was taken at the Opening Day ceremonies!

Brandon and Angela's wedding! Almost the entire WISE family! Just missing the bride and groom and cousin Chris! We had a blast at the wedding!

We took a trip up to Cross Lake for a mid-week get away with the Johnsons! It was so much fun! Except Laney came down with CHICKEN POX!! Here we are at Moonlight Bay after lunch! It was CHILLY!

The kiddies... having so much fun!

Here she is! Covered in the POX! The picture doesn't do it justice! But she was such a trooper! She wasn't affected by it at all! Love this girl! She is taking an "oatmeal bath"!

JULY!!!

Happy 4th! We spent the weekend with the chicken pox at the cabin! :) Isn't she CUTE!?

Justin, Matthew and Lukey "fishing" at the cabin...

Such a good baby... she is happy to just hang out! Getting some lovin' from her big brother!

My baby is crawling everywhere and climbing up on furniture and walking all over the furniture while she hangs on! It is so cute and I could just eat her!

Easter 2011

Wow! Easter flew by this year! We had a great day!! On Palm Sunday, we colored eggs with the cousins... they had a great time! On Easter Sunday, the kids found their baskets that the EB left for them, which was the highlight of the day! We also went to church and had some of my dad's side over for Easter dinner and an Easter egg hunt! So fun! Below are some pics...


Coloring Eggs with the Wises and the Ehmkes
Matthew was sad because he found Laney's basket first and thought the EB forgot him! But with some help, he found it and was so happy! :)

Laney with her basket. My cute little bunny!

Family picture after mass, all dressed up!

My little cuties!!

The Easter egg hunt!! Matthew with all of his loot!

Florida 2011

We have been home for almost a month so I figured it's time to post some pics! We had a great time while visiting my parents in Florida! This year was SOOOO different! We had amazing weather and were able to truly escape the yucky MN winter! We spent lots of time at the beach/pool and hanging out. It was a very relaxing vacation! My parents loved seeing the kids and gave Ben and I a much needed break! It was great to have some extra hands to help out!!! Below are some pics... This is the view from their balcony. This was taken in the morning after a stormy night.. the tide was really high, normally we had lots more beach! It was SO fun to dress Laney up in her "beach apparel". She was so cute!

Out to lunch at Breakers... right on the ocean!

This was taken at the pool which overlooked the beach! Such a great set-up!

Laney's first time in the outdoor pool! She loved it! The water was really warm!

Another beach outfit!

First time in the pool ever! This was at the indoor pool! Taken at about 7:30am!

Out to dinner in Ponce Inlet, watching the sunset!

I love Florida!

Matthew is 5!

It makes me so sad and happy all at the same time to think that my baby boy is 5! The time has gone so fast! I am so thankful for what a good little boy he is! I am also so thankful that we truly have enjoyed who he is! I feel like we were able to develop such a great relationship, since he was an only child for 4 1/2 years before our sweet Laney joined us! I would not change that timing for the world! He is such a little "man"! He loves any sport, especially hockey, soccer, baseball and golf! And he is such a good big brother! I love him to pieces! Since Matthew could talk he has wanted to be 5! And now it is finally here! He had a great 5th birthday! We have been celebrating for a month! His first party was a joint party with Elizabeth and Connor back in Feb! Then we went to Florida and my mom had a party for him. On March 9 he really turned "real 5" as he called it! He woke up to breakfast in bed...his favorite, a breakfast burrito and hashbrown from McDonalds, then opened his presents and then off to school with cupcakes for his class! My parents ended up coming home from FL for a few days for a funeral so they were able to celebrate again with us before heading back. Went to Applebees for lunch with Michael, Mary, Kristin and my parents. And for dinner, we met Grandmas Jackie at the Bierstube for his favorite... buttered noodles!! Then that weekend we had Ben's family over to celebrate his b-day and Ben and Jordan's! It was a super fun day! And I think the celebrations have finally ended!!! WOW! Happy Birthday to my Big Boy!! :)


Breakfast in bed for the little Prince!
His new DS! So exciting!

His party with the Schwiegers!

The Birthday Boys with Charlie!

Opening more presents!

Happy Valentines Day!

Happy Valentines Day! We feel extra blessed this year with one more to LOVE in our family!

Last night ended with Matthew getting the stomach flu :( So sad to watch my baby so miserable! He missed his Valentine party at school, which he actually doesn't seem to upset about... so he must be sick!

To prepare for Valentine's Day on Saturday, I made cupcakes and Matthew helped decorate, which was very fun and a big mess :) This morning the kids opened their presents and we have been laying low since Matthew is not feeling so hot!

Here is sweet Laney with her very first Valentine!
She doesn't look too excited with her presents! She got a sun hat for FL and some new jammies!
Matthew made a haul... he got new matchbox cars, a t-shirt for FL, the "How to Train a Dragon" movie for the plan, a football for the pool and some Tootsie Rolls! He was THRILLED! Although you can tell in this pic that he doesn't feel so hot!

And here he is decorating the cupcakes!

And Laney really wants to help or maybe just eat one!

Happy Valentine's Day!!!

Toddler Tuesday!

We had a super fun play date with Auntie Krissy and cousin Lukey last week! On Tuesday, the MOA has a special deal on ride tickets for little kids! Matthew and Lukey had such a great time riding the rides! And Laney had a great time watching the boys run from ride to ride! She even took a few naps during our time at the MOA!


Here are the boys on some rides...

Auntie Krissy holding Laney Lou

And an updated pics of the kiddies hanging out while I was making dinner! Matthew loves to entertain his sister and make her laugh!