P3's first wedding

All 4 boys had the wonderful experience of sharing in Mike & Caroline's special day on April 2nd. They did a great job and Peyton loved wearing a tux. My handsome men!

Stella

Today we had to make the tough decision to let Stella go. Stella had not been doing well for some time. The boys seem to be taking it okay, but I'm not. She was such a good girl - could not have asked for a better dog. We'll miss you Stella.

Blizzard Feb 2011

The Blizzard of 2/01/2011. It was predicted we would get anywhere from 14 - 20 inches, yet we maybe got 12 (Thank God!). Maybe is the thing; there is no way to measure it out here because it is mainly drifts. The snow plows finally came through at 1:30 this afternoon. The boys were bouncing off the walls here, so we finally went outside to dig the van out & do some sledding out back.

Ask a question, you get an answer

Have had a rough time more so latelty with the boys listening to me. Especially in the morning getting ready for school & at night getting ready for bed. For probably the 10th time this week, last night I asked "how many times do I have to ask you boys before you do it?!?!?". Peyton responded "seven". Had to turn away so that he did not see my face.

Summer 2010, Part 3

Yes, I skipped part 2 & am going out of order, but couldn't wait to download our family pictures that were taken by my friend Brandi earlier this month. Am so glad we finally had them taken. Was scrambling Paul's 2nd week of school when we had to provide a family picture & I could not find one of all 5 of us together so had to give him the one when the twins were 2 months old. Just love these shots.

Summer Fun 2010 - Part 1

Children of the corn....

Porter

Peyton

Paul

The boys enjoyed their swim lessons at the Rec. Paul has become quite the fish. He can swim under water pretty well, but doesn't float very well.

"Heidbreder" Twins.

The three sets of twins from the Heidbreder side. It was great to see cousin Karen with her two (Robert & Emma) and of course the Neitzel family (Ian & Connor)

Deep Thoughts with Porter

Conversation with Porter the other morning going to daycare:

Porter: Why don't Grandma's work?
Me: When you get older & the kids are grown Grandma's & Grandpa's take some time off & don't work has hard as they used to.
Porter: When are you going to be a Grandma?
Me: Not until you are 27, hopefully.
Porter: Will I be an adult when I'm 27?
Me: Yes
Porter: So I can have a mustache when I'm 27?
Me: Yes. Do you think you'll have hair or be bald like Daddy?
Porter: I'll have bald hair.