Snipets of Emily

I can hardly believe that Emily was 11 months old on the 15th! This year has absolutely FLOWN by! She is a ball of energy and has a fiesty personality. She is a screamer. More than the other two were. When she wants something she doesn't have the whole neighborhood knows! She also started walking in the last two weeks. She took a few steps late in June, but has really taken off in the last week. Unfortunately my digital video camera isn't working so I don't have any of those first wobbly steps I can share, but Lauren and Derrick let me borrow theirs so I could post some of her new skills!! I will post her most recent pictures soon, I just am waiting until her birthday invites go out to family because I want the pictures to be a surprise to them! She was super cooperative and we got some great ones! For now, enjoy this little video...

My precious family

I could not be happier with these pictures of my family from Ambers wedding! I see a huge enlargement of the family one framed above the couch in the living room!!

Beautiful Little Marquette Lake

One of my favorite things about going to Minnesota is being on the water. There is never a shortage of beautiful views! Here are just a few...

A little better?

Trying something new

Update...Don't know what happened here...but those obnoxiously large photos magically became smaller??!!

There are several blogs I read and a few of them have much larger pictures on theirs than I do, so I inquired of one of them and got some instructions...obviously these pictures are obnoxiously huge...so I need to tweak it, but I am excited to put larger photos and when I get it all figured out I will do a post about how to do it!

Minnesota

Thanks in no small part to my sister Lauren and her hubby Derrick, the kids and I had the opportunity to travel to Bemidji, Minnesota this past week and we had a blast! We were even able to keep it a surprise for my dad. We have vacationed here for years and it is the place my dad vacationed while he was growing up as well! It holds lots of special memories and it has been 4 years since we have been able to go, so this was a real special treat! It was a long time to be apart from Brian, infact it is the longest we have been apart since we have been married! He kept himself busy (that could and may be a whole other post!) but was ready for us to return! I took oodles of pictures and don't even really know where to begin, but here are some of the best! Thanks again Lauren and Derrick for helping make this possible!

Maddie

Just wanted to let you all know that my sweet niece is having surgery on the 10th and you can follow her progress at www.sweetmaddiegrace.blogspot.com. This is a major deal and Maddie and her family could all use your prayer support. We all appreciate it!

Cronk + Stukenberg = Gerber Baby!!

Isn't she just the "gerberest" baby you have ever seen?? Aunt Kori love you sweet Eden!

Family

I know some of you have been waiting to see these for a few days, ahem, Nikki, so here you go! It isn't often that the original Cronkettes are all together, so of course mom will not let an opportunity pass to grap a photo or two of her girls!

Amazing Clouds

This past Sunday the sky was just mesmerizing...I knew it wouldn't totally capture how it looked, but these are pretty close...