Thank God for Great Friends....

Adam and Heather made the courageous trip back to cold Minnesota for Thanksgiving week! It was so great to see them again! A few more of our friends came up to Cloud Town to celebrate Heather's belated 30th b-day, it was a blast!

The ladder that Roslyn is sitting on is the ladder that Heath and I used in our freshman dorm (Shoemaker Hall) back in 1999-00 to get up and down from our loft! Lots of great memories made that year of school! Thanks to Heath's dad for "gifting" it to us for the time being!

Roslyn's 18 Month Photo Shoot

Well, hard to believe our baby girl is 18 months old today! Her personality continues to blossom every day! Jake and I are so thankful for her!

Roz was a "ham" during her photo shoot, said "CHEESE" the entire time!

Roslyn loves her baby doll from Godfather Aaron so much!

"Cheese!"

Of course Andray wanted to be in some of the photos too. They have so much fun together!

Ah...can you just feel the love? So sweet.

My Gram crocheted both Roslyn and I winter hats...we love them!

Santa Comes To Town!!

Jake and I had an amazing weekend home with the kids! Santa Clause came to town on Saturday! As you can tell, Roz was pretty scared, but it was worth the wait in line to see this photo! Happy Holidays to you all...have a safe Thanksgiving Weekend!

Andray's eyes welled up with tears initially when he sat on Santa's lap, but he warmed up to Santa pretty quickly!

Poor Santa never had a chance with Roz, she balled the entire time! Poor kid!

Andray told Santa that he was 2! It was pretty priceless!

My amazing boys watching the Vike's game Sunday afternoon. Well, the game was so boring that they both fell asleep! Pretty cute!

Happy 4th Birthday Isa Lu!

Happy 4th Birthday to my beautiful niece Isabel Lucia on Saturday! Love you dearly Isa Lu!

Happy Belated B-day To Grandma Sandy!

Yesterday was Jake's Mom's birthday and the entire family was out at the farm to celebrate! Was a ton of fun!

Bring on winter! Parts of Minnesota got pounded with snow this weekend. We didn't get much where we live, but I just couldn't resist taking a photo of Roz in one of my most favorite "hand-me-down" snow suits!

Roz I think is going to hate winter like I do, ha!

Ella is the best Big Cousin ever!

This morning Roslyn stood still long enough for me to get two pony tails in her hair! She looks so darn old with her piggies in! My camera on the other hand takes forever to take a photo, thus Andray's closed eyes! Cheese (the kids say)!

Thank God for Service Men and Women

Our trip home to Redwood was a success to see Dad carry the flag in the Veteran's Day program at my old high school. Both kids were pretty excited to see Papa Larry, Andray even got to kiss the flag!

Dad's tie that he wore for Veteran's Day. I sure am proud of my dad and all service men and women who have served or are currently serving for our country.

Happy Veteran's Day

Happy Veteran's Day tomorrow to all of those who have served or are currently serving our country. A special THANK YOU to my father who served in the Vietnam War...you truly are my HERO Dad! I love you more than words can say!

Let The Thanksgiving Festivities Begin!

The Lingl's celebrated Thanksgiving this past weekend and what a joy it was. Quite busy with all the great grandkids running around. Gram sure is an amazing person and she loves her great grandkids dearly! We had the little ones bring their Halloween costumes, was fun to see them all dressed up again!

Happy belated birthday to my brother Jacob and cousin Cassie! They share the same day, Nov. 7th. Jake turned 31 and Cass 32! Was fun to celebrate with them!

My Godson Jett continues to grow before my very own eyes. Love him dearly!

My beautiful niece Isabel Lucia was a dinosaur for Halloween...love it!

Roslyn loves her Auntie Megan so much! Was great to see my family again.

Roslyn with her Grandma Carol and Great Gram "Chip".

My mom was so happy to have her three grandkids home for Thanksgiving.

Roz the "Bat Girl" was back on Sunday! She actually kept her mask on the entire time for photos, love it!

My cousin Nathan with his wife Andrea and son Grant....Grant was the cutest giraffe ever!

Gram, the oldest member of our family with baby Grant, the youngest member of our family.

Cassie's Grace was Tinkerbell...and what a pretty Tinkerbell she was for Halloween!

The kids had fun walking outside, was a beautiful day! Here Uncle Jeff and Megan are walking with Isa Lu and Roz.

Hope You All Had A Great Halloween

Hope you all had a great Hallween weekend. Jake and I had a ton of fun dressing up the kids! (Oh, and Jake had fun putting on his "throw back" jersey from Rocori! ha!)

We took the kids to Grandma Rausch's Sunday afternoon. It was so good to see Grandma Rausch!

Jake's parents were kind enough to watch our kids Saturday so we could head to a wedding in the cities! The kids love being at the farm!

We took the kids to the Denne's across the street Sunday night. It was their "first official" trick-or-treating outing!

Roz had two costumes this year...Care Bear and Bat Woman!

Jake and I at our wedding in the cities...it was a beautiful wedding!

Mom and Dad were at the wedding with us too...they've been married over 40 years!

A group of former SCSU bball players...good times. Congrats to April and Andy on their marriage!