exciting things

This picture pretty much speaks for it's self...

Needless to say, we're VERY excited! And so is Amelia. Not sure how much Paul understands yet, but Amelia gets that there is a baby in Mommy's tummy, but can't figure out why she can't just see it. There is a new baby at daycare and she just adores "baby Claire", so hopefully that carries over at home!

Saturday was the Kolacky Day's Car Show. Kevin participated in his first car show ever. The kids had a blast and as soon as they got up were asking daddy if he was ready to go to the car show! Two days later, Amelia is still talking about it! Here are a couple pictures of the kids from the day...

Camping Pictures

Here are some new pictures from out camping trip last weekend (7/11-7/13) to Sakatah Lake State Park. These are the only pictures I ended up taking the whole weekend...surprising, I know! Enjoy! I'll try and get a new blog up later this week!

what a nice weekend.

Our forth of July was very nice. I hope everyone else enjoyed theirs as well. Our day started out with stopping by to see Mary and drop something off. Then we had lunch at Ihop with Kevin Sr. and Mary. After that we ran a few errands and then headed to my dad and Mary Jo's in Stillwater. We had a nice afternoon there. The weather was perfect and we spent much of the afternoon out on the patio at The Lofts watching the boats on the St. Croix. This was Paul's favorite part of the day and he'd get ticked if we wouldn't let him see the boats. This kid LOVES boats! He's a bit obsessed, I must say! He rode on a huge paddle boat in May for my dad and Mary Jo's wedding and ever since then, this little guys loves boats! We had a wonderful meal at my dad and Mary Jo's. Beef kabobs, chicken kabobs, veggie kabobs and pork ribs. Along with a wonderful potato salad. Then we watched the fireworks from the patio of The Lofts and Amelia and Paul preferred them inside. Amelia said "I don't like them out there. I don't like them out there" As soon as they started Paul said "Inside! Inside! Inside!" So inside we went! Kev ended up sitting inside with the kids and I enjoyed them outside!

Carrying their lawn chairs to Papa and Mary Jo's!

Amelia sitting with Papa and Mary Jo before the fireworks started!

All the boats on the St. Croix...looked like a mini-city!




Yesterday (Sunday) we went to Como Park Zoo with Matt, Kelly and Logan. We got there right away when they opened at 10:00 am, and boy was it hot out there already! It wasn't too crowded, which was nice and the kids seemed to have a good time! We stayed there until about 12:30 and then headed out.

Waiting for the train!

Kelly, Logan, Amelia, Paul and Me riding the Como Town Train

happy birthday america!

Can you believe it's the forth of July already? Where is our summer going?! Seems like it's just flyin' right by and we have yet to do the many things we talked about doing for the summer. We've only had one chance to go camping so far this summer. We're hoping we can go out next weekend if we can find a place to go! Otherwise we'll have to wait until August to go camping again. Why does time go by so fast?

The kids seem to be enjoying summer. As long as they can play outside. They are golden! Here are some pictures from Monday, when they were playing in their sprinkler.






Have a very safe and Happy Forth of July!