Christmas Eve in Perham

We spent saturday with the Gulsvig's and Christmas Eve with the Burgau side at Gma Lila's. The crowd was much smaller than planned due to some getting sick and my cousin ending up going to Meritcare in an ambulance. She had a C-section Wed. at 31 weeks. (She had a little boy..mom and baby are still in the hospital and doing fine).

Christmas Day was spent at our house. We made homemade pizza and relaxed. It was wonderful spending time with family and watching Katelynn getting excited about everything!

Jen's family Christmas. We celebrated my immediate family Christmas Saturday. My Mom made an absolutely delicious meal and she got to use her Christmas dishes for the first time!! (The table looked beautiful mom!!) We had lots of fun opening presents and hanging out. We all stayed overnight (except Craig) and were up a lot with the boys..Katelynn really likes sleeping in her closet in Gpa and Gma's room as she always sleeps great there. As you can see some of the favorites were the Cobber baseball sweatshirts and Katelynn's princess tent. All of the presents were great though. What a fun day!!

HAPPY 3RD BIRTHDAY KATELYNN!!

We were planning on going to Chuck E Cheese to celebrate..I should have known better knowing how Katelynn feels about life size creatures!! We couldn't get her out of the car once I told her there were animals like "Hawkeye" inside!! I didn't want to torture her on her birthday so we went to Duane's....I had to call all the family that was coming to meet us to turn around and go to Duane's!! We had fun anyway.

Katelynn had a great day....treats at daycare, princess crown, and pizza tonight!! I told her yesterday that 7 minutes after she was born the Vikings were on. She told me this morning that "next time the Vikings are on I will be 4!!"

Happy Birthday Katelynn...a couple days early. We had a house full of family and friends to celebrate. Katelynn got lots of nice things!! She is anxious to play with all her new things. The sled was a big hit with all the kids as you can see.

Cookie Mania!!

Craig and Katelynn were busy making Christmas cookies this weekend. They made sugar cookies, peanut blossom, and chocolate krinkles. Katelynn LOVED eating all the different cookies...I must say they are a good bribing tool!! Hopefully there will be some left for her birthday party next weekend! :)

I am 4 months old today!! And I can stand......

for a couple seconds! I have really strong legs like my sister did when she was a baby!! WOW!!

Katelynn is proud she is actually taller than someone! :)

Austin has been working on rolling over and sitting up. I think he will walk before either! :)

Winter has arrived!

We had our first winter storm this weekend. Quite a bit of snow. Craig has been out shoveling twice! Katelynn wanted to help today. It was soooo cold but she went out for a little bit.

I wasn't much help. We missed my work Xmas party because I hurt my back. (not that I would be much help anyway). I am much better now, but it sure wasn't a very fun weekend for me!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving with the Gulsvig's at my parents. We have so much to be thankful for!

We had a wonderful meal and wonderful company. We played a few games and had some good laughs. The kids were all really good. Rachel and I and the kids all slept at Mom and Dad's. We really had fun..I think Papa had the most fun!! Katelynn slept on her new Princess sleeping bag in Gpa and Gma's closet!! Gpa gave her a flashlight to read and she thought that was the greatest.

Katelynn stayed at Gpa and Gma's the rest of the weekend as I had a girls weekend with Craig's family in the cities. We had a great time and got lots of good shopping in. Craig was home with Austin, so they had some good bonding time too.

What a great Thanksgiving weekend!! Hope all of yours was great too!

I don't have any pictures, but we had a "pre-Thanksgiving" meal at Gpa Steve and Gma Connie's. The Gundberg's were there and we had lots of fun playing cards!! Katelynn had fun with Zach and Drew. The kids even got to help Gma put up her tree. (We noticed she is minus a few ornaments after the kids got into the box!!)

It was Austin's first overnight trip..he did great....can't say the same for his sister!!

We had a "southern/cajun" type Thanksgiving meal...it was very good! Thanks for a great weekend!!

Getting ready for winter!!

My friend Judy at work's sister made these hats for the kids...aren't they cute?? I wanted Cobber colors for Austin and Katelynn picked out her own colors...pink and purple!!

What a sight for the neighbors!! This was at 8:00 this morning going to get the Sunday paper. Apparently it was an "adventure" because we had to have the Dora backpack and slippers!!

I'm 3 months old today!!

Happy Halloween! The kids looked so cute in their costumes. Grandma Penny came over to help with costumes so everyone could come trick or treating at my work! We had lots of kids show up at IMA....they all looked so cute!!

We had pumpkin pizza at Great Gma and Great Gpa Gulsvig's and LOTS of treats!! Katelynn was very excited to actually go trick or treating when we got home. Gma Connie and I took her and we only made it to a few houses. After seeing a cat and a few scary costumes she was ready to go home!! (Are you all surprised??)! We have plenty of candy and two tired kiddos.

Hope you all had a fun Halloween. I have to get to bed now...I am getting old..I turn 30 tomorrow! yikes!!

PUMPKIN FUN!! Papa got Katelynn a 38 lb. pumpkin last weekend while he was deer hunting!! Katelynn started pulling the seeds out one by one...so we had to show her how to dig out a whole handful. Katelynn was so proud of her pumpkin, but she thought it needed eyebrows! So, they drew them on. She loved turning out the lights and seeing the candle lit inside. Thanks Papa for the HUGE pumpkin!!

We had such a special day spent with family. All the kids played so nice together....we even played outside after the rain and picked up little pieces of hail!! Austin sure is lucky to have such a great family. Thanks to all who made the day so special!!

The pictures are of Craig's family, my family, my Grandma Lila, my Grandpa and Grandma Gulsvig.

Austin's Baptism

What a special day! Austin was baptized on Sunday. We had such a nice service and a nice day. Heidi and Joel were sponsors and made the trip from Iowa to spend the weekend with us! We had such a blast and the kids were great! Eli and Katelynn read books all weekend in her little fort. Eli is reading so he was impressing all of us with his skills. We even got to play cards every night when the kids went to bed...just like old times!

Sleeping in...

It is our last morning to relax and sleep in. Austin starts at Cobber Kids tomorrow!! I start work on Tuesday...I thought I was ready, but now that the time has come I am kind of sad. Austin and I sure had fun bonding the past 9 weeks!

It will be nice to have his big sister and cousin at Cobber Kids. Katelynn and Gabe already have trips planned to the infant room to visit their little brother and sister.

Tyden will be in the infant room to show Austin the ropes!

I found this really fun website that has all kind of lists you can print out to make your life easier...
So for all you people that like to be organized:
www.parentingweekly.com/parenting_information/organized_mom

CONGRATULATIONS DAD!!

What a weekend. My Dad was inducted into the Concorida Athletic Hall of Fame this weekend. What an honor. We are so proud of you!

It was just a beautiful day. Katelynn rode in the parade with Papa. They had fun throwing candy to the kids. We went to the first half of the football game. At halftime Dad was escorted on the field for a presentation. Mom, Rach, and I had to go decorate for the party and the kids left for naps.

The kids stayed with Gpa Steve and Gma Connie while we went to the banquet. Dad gave a really great speech and we had lots of fun. After was a party for Dad at the KC's. It was a blast. Dad had a great time visiting with friends and old players.

Austin's first parade and football game.

What a beautiful day for October. Sunny and 80's!! Wow! It was Homecoming at Concordia. Cobbers won!!

YAY!! My cousin is here to play!!

My Crazy Girl!!

We have had a hard time cheering for the Vikings lately, but I had to put this family picture on because everyone was actually looking at the camera and not crying!!

Fall Festival!!

There is a fun little farm in the middle of Fargo. They started their fall festival this weekend. We made it a family affair. I think Katelynn had the most fun. It is a beautiful fall day today. Katelynn rode the train, picked out pumpkins, made crafts, and went through a haybale maze. She told me her favorite part was when the frog smiled at her! (We all know how she likes mascots!!)