7 Years

June 16, 2008

7 years ago today, June 16, 2001, Lincoln and I were married. It all started with a 6 month long courtship and then a 7 month engagement...we dated, got engaged and got married all within 13 months. Guess we didn't want to waste time thinking about it. It's crazy that it's been that long. It doesn't seem like it, but we've been through a lot since then. We got married and then moved to Kansas a couple months later. We helped his parents start up a new farm down there and then had Luke. 22 months later we had Ashlyn and then moved back to MN shortly after that in 2004. Now we're here and had Chloe 3 years later. We've lived in a few different houses in 7 years and we've grown. It was a tougher adjustment for me than I thought it would be...being from the city and all. :) I know maybe 7 isn't a very significant number to some, but every new year of marriage is significant to me...with all the work one has to put in to make a marriage work...it's very significant.

Happy Anniversary, Lincoln. I Love You!!

These pictures didn't turn out the best...I had to scan them from our album. They didn't do a lot of that digital stuff 7 years ago like they do now. I can't believe that 7 years ago technology wasn't where it is now...it hasn't been that long. :)

White Rock Dairy

June 9, 2008

For those of you who check out my blog here, you need to go to our farm's blog and check out the latest post... (make sure to click on the pictures on there so you can get the full effect!)

White Rock Dairy

Something Funny

June 7, 2008

I thought that maybe I should share this, especially for any moms thinking they have big kids..... :)
Chloe went in Thursday for her 12 month check-up and Ashlyn for her yearly check-up. I got their updated growth charts and had to laugh. Chloe is in the 90th percentile for her weight at 25 lbs and WELL above the 95th percentile for her height at 2' 8". Lincoln looked at her chart, "Kim, according to this chart, Chloe should be 2 years old!" Hilarious...he's right. Most people I know have 2 year olds her size. She's healthy and cute...what else could I ask for?

Ashlyn...she's in the 25th percentile for her weight at 36 lbs and her height at 3' 3.75". Funny. She would be back to a 3 1/2 year old according to hers.

Chloe had to have shots and she did pretty well. They were bugging her yesterday, but for the most part she's been great. Ashlyn is going back in to see an Ophthalmologist just to make sure she doesn't have an lazy eye issues. When she wakes up from napping for in the mornings and looks at me, her one eye goes the wrong way for a couple minutes and then corrects itself. I have that too and want to make sure that if we need to get her glasses to correct it, we do it now instead of later. I'm sure it will correct on it's own, but just to be sure.

Beards - Can't Live with 'em, CAN live without 'em

June 5, 2008

Spring Garden Lutheran Church, our church, is going to be 150 years old this July and in celebration of that there was a beard growing contest at church. About 23 guys participated in this contest that started February 10th. We had a beard judging last Sunday, June 1st. I can't remember what everyone got as titles, but Lincoln got the Norelius Beard award for having a full beard like the church's founder. Clinton got the Bunyan (Paul Bunyan) Beard Award for looking like a logger. My father-in-law, Neal, got the Howdy Dudey (sp?) Beard Award for having a cowboy look. (I can't remember the exact names of the awards...I think these are right). It was a lot of fun. Lincoln's uncle Mark got the Ladies Choice Beard Award. Others included a beard that looked like Santa, one that looked like a billy goat, the zoo beard...a beard that looks like something is living in it...yuck.

All the guys in front of the original Spring Garden Church. It was disassembled and moved to our church and then put back together to look like it did back in 1858. Really neat.

Lincoln, Neal & Clinton

Lincoln in front of the original church...sometimes called the "log cabin"

** Editor's Note: Lincoln shaved the beard off Sunday night...he's back to normal now! **

Children's Museum

June 5, 2008

Last Saturday we took the kids to the Children's Museum. They really liked it and we did too. There is something for every age there...as you will be able to see in the pictures.

This ant picture is kinds funny...where I was staning was in the middle of an "ant hill". I've been looking for any hills for a couple weeks to fill Luke's ant farm. How ironic.

A few photos from this past week...

June 5, 2008

Chloe now will hold any phone she can get her hands on to her ear
and say "hi". It's really funny because these pictures show exactly
what she looks like while saying "hi"

Lincoln and I got to babysit our niece, Sophie, last week. It was so fun. I LOVED it! She had fun with the kids and they loved having her here.

She was really enjoying the ball pit with Chloe. They were playing catch in there for awhile.

Luke was really getting Sophie to smile a lot. He's so good with his cousins.

And of course...here's Luke teaching his cousin, Sophie, how to play basketball. This does not surprise me. She did good. :)

Kindergarten is coming to an end -

June 5, 2008

Luke had his Kindergarten concert a week ago today with the other Kindergarten classes. The theme was "Take Me Out to the Ocean" and that is one of the songs they sang. It's to the tune of "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" but ocean themed. They put their arms around each other and swayed to the music. It was really cute. What a great concert. It was a lot of fun. They all had t-shirts on that had a picture of their class on it. What a clever idea. The pictures I have aren't the greatest...I was running the video camera.

Luke & Mrs. Vagts. I love her and I am really going to miss her as his teacher. I hope she has the girls, but if not, that's okay because the other Kindergarten teachers are great too.