Happy Labor Day!

It's hard to believe that summer is coming to an end and that soon fall will be here! Where did all of the time go?
We were supposed to go to my cousin Paul's wedding on Saturday, but Christopher came down with some sort of bug on Friday, and has been running a fever ever since. We've had him in to the doctor, but they think he just has a cold. Hopefully he will start feeling better soon, poor little guy!
Have a wonderful labor day!

Love,
Brad, Stacey, Sydney, and Christopher

Where did the Summer Go?

Wow! I can't believe that it is nearly the end of August. I cannot believe how fast the summer has gone. We have had a pretty busy summer, and the fall is shaping up to be busy for us as well.

Brad is busy gearing up for hunting in November. He has been on a hunt for building materials to build himself a deer stand, since he will be going up to the deer shack for a work weekend in September for sure. He has also been working a lot of overtime. In fact, he isn't going to have a day off for the next two weeks.

I have been keeping busy with my school work. Three more weeks of classes left, before I start the next quarter. I am getting A's so far, so I am excited about that. The last month or so I have been sent home from work early a lot, so I have had lots of extra time to study, which is also why Brad is working so much overtime. This will all be changing very soon as a lot of my co-workers go back to school.

Sydney starts preschool on September 9. We are going to a parent orientation tomorrow night, and then next Tuesday we take Sydney to meet her teacher. She is pretty excited about it.

Christopher has been saying more words by the day. Today he said "up" for the first time. He has also been starting to drink from an actual cup with no lid and he does a great job! We have been working on eating with a spoon too.

This weekend our family is looking forward to going to my cousin Paul's wedding in St. Cloud. It will give us a chance to see many of my relatives again.

Hope all is well with everyone. See you soon.

Best Wishes for a speedy recovery!

We would like to send out our love to Brad's sister Michelle as she recovers from unexpected gallbladder surgery. We are thinking of you and send our love and prayers your way!! Let us know if we can be of help in any way. We will talk to you soon!

Birthday and anniversary wishes!

With last week being my first week of being back in school, I was not able to keep on top of my birthday wishes, etc...So here goes and there is going to be a lot so bear with me!!!

August 1: Happy Birthday to my cousin, Tonia.
August 2: Happy Birthday to my cousin, Donnie and Happy Anniversary to my cousins Tim and Amy!
August 6: Happy Anniversary Dad and Kathy
August 10: Happy Anniversary Aunt Kathi and Uncle Dennis
August 11:Happy Anniversary Mike and Stacy (good friends from college)
August 14: Happy Anniversary Greg and Kristin (good friends from college)
August 17: Happy Birthday Uncle Gary
August 18: Happy Birthday to my cousin Rand and his son Matt
also on the 18th, Happy Anniversary Uncle Bill and Aunt Ila.

Early birthday wishes to: My cousin Shantell and brother in law Matt on the 26th, happy birthday on August 29 to my cousin Heather, and happy 1st birthday (also on the 29th) to my niece, Audrey. Hope you have a great day "Audrey-doodle!" Love you!! :)

If I forgot anyone, I apologize!!

Busy times!

Last week was a crazy week at our house. Luckily it has slowed down a little bit here. School is going great for me. I am doing okay with keeping the pace for my two classes along with my home life. I am getting an A in both classes so far!

Sydney went to preschool screening yesterday and she did great, she is right where she is supposed to be for her age, so we were very happy to hear that. She was excited to get to see where she will be going to school. We also found out that when she goes to Elementary school she will be going to Washburn Elementary, just like her daddy! :)

I have posted some photos from our crazy busy week last week. We had a great time at the Wiggles show, the NKOTB show and at the family reunion.

I will post more news later....Dad and Kathy, so sorry that we missed your anniversary last week. We hope that you had a WONDERFUL day! Love you guys!

My return to college/update

After 8.5 years away from any type of schooling, I have decided to return to college! I will be attending Rasmussen College Online and studying medical transcription. I am so lucky that I will be able to take all of my classes totally online, which will fit into my schedule so well. I will be able to do school work in my down time with the kids while I am at home (naptime, bed time). I am nervous and excited all rolled into one. My first classes start on August 11. The first two classes will last for six weeks. From that time on, I will be taking three classes at a time. I would like to take a moment to thank my fabulous husband for being so supportive and encouraging through all of this. I couldn't do this without you!

We are sort of on a mini-family vacation for the next few days....Brad and I are both off from work through Monday. Today we are taking the kids to see the Wiggles at the Target center. What they don't know is that their cousins Nick, Eric, and Audrey will be sitting really close to them with Auntie Sara and Uncle Reed (should be fun!) right after the Wiggles we have to go to New Horizon (my work) for an open house (It's my day off and I still have to go, yuck!) Tomorrow we are headed to the Mall of America so that I can fulfill a childhood dream of meeting my favorite band as a kid, the New Kids on the Block. I am so excited, I can hardly contain myself. I bet the guys will be cuter in person, than on the posters I used to have plastered to my bedroom walls! On Saturday we are headed up to Onamia for the Rogers family reunion. It will be fun to get to see most of my cousins (there are 17 of them) and their children (I think my grandma has like 30+ great-grandchildren)....I will try to post photos of all these events next week, which may be hard with school, etc!

Christopher went in for his 15 month well check yesterday. He now weighs 21 pounds, 7 ounces and is 31 1/2 inches tall. His doctor was not concerned about his weight this time because she said it has started to go in the right direction. He is a pretty skinny boy, but he eats like a horse . I think its because the boy cannot sit still!

Sydney goes to preschool screening on Wednesday. Can you believe its time for her to start school already?! I know that we can't.

Garden update: Tomatoes are starting to get red!! We have about 14. We also have 2 zucchini so far!

Have a great day everyone!