Lots of friends. Lots of fun.

Brock is officially a 'BIG BOY!'

He decided this past week that he was going to start

sitting on his booster seat.

No more highchair.

Which means more room in the dining room.

What a fun little change!

...now onto teaching him to drink from a 'regular cup'.

Another great friend turned 30!

Happy Birthday Joy.

(gosh we're getting old.)

I'll be following her later this week. yikes. bye 20's!

It was a lot of fun getting a babysitter

& heading to Minneapolis for a night out to celebrate.

We went to the Old Spaghetti Factory

& the night was topped off with ice skating at

The Depot.

If you recall I chopped Olivia's eyebrows

WAY too short

So she needed a little spa treatment

to fix the problem.

Now she looks so beautiful,

bows & all! 

I had a dinner date with Katie & Maggs Friday night.

We had a great time talking about lupus, craigslist, &

some wedding updates!!!

(More about our lupus conversation later.

you won't want to miss it!)

In the meantime Luke spent his Friday night with the boys

& eating some more schwans.

Looks like they enjoyed themselves!

On Saturday we had a house full of friends.

(a little Concordia reunion)

The kids played,

we drank,

we ate,

they played again,

and we all talked the night away.

Here's Amanda holding little miss Maci

while Adella looks on.

Brock having fun sitting at the folding table

like a big boy.

(doing everything his brother does as usual)

Atch playing with Brock.

Atchy was a hit with the kids!

Little Holt!

Brock & him had a fun time together.

Same age, double trouble!

Maci with Daddy.

Striking a pose apparently!

Adella Belseth...

I mean little Miss personality.

Knows everything & is so darn funny!

Adler actually smiling nice!

The kids were loving on the expo hats!

Chatting about 'house stuff'

Atch's are moving to Moorhead in the near future.

Mr. Dentist & Mrs. Ophthamologist

are building a new house

so we can come stay with them when we travel west!

We're thinking it will probably be a pretty nice house.

After 12 years of school,

it should be!

Luke spending time with Maci.

She's 11 months old & has

absolutely NO seperation anxiety!

She played with anyone.

So sweet.

Adella took Adler's bike for a spin!

Then bathtime quickly became the highlight!

They were all making each other laugh.

This was Brock's position for about an hour.

Sitting back, just chillin' & rubbing his belly!

Then his bud came and joined him.

Enjoying the BEST caramel rolls this morning.

They were unbelievable

& pretty easy to make from what I saw.

(I'll post the recipe when I get it from Amanda)

We played a lot this weekend,

so tonight it was time to relax & get ready for bed.

Adler decided to lay on top of his fort (a folding table!)

& watch Toy Story.

And I was excited, because I had Luke

do a little basement project tonight!

A new picture gallery downstairs!

I have a little work to do to find the right family photos

of hopefully our grandparents, parents, etc.

& to also finish some added touches to the matting.

The finished product.

I LOVE IT!