A Lazy Saturday with Papa Larry!

Ah, we had a great weekend in the Stang Household! My parents came up Friday night and we played cards - the parents taught Jake and I the game "Hand and Foot"...way too much to concentrate on after a long week at work :)

I had a wonderful day shopping with my Mom in St. Cloud, so Papa Larry babysat Roz and Andray while Jake cleaned the house for his Coop Fantasy Football party later that night! Dad did such a good job babysitting that he and Andray actually fell asleep and took their afternoon naps on the couch downstairs. Andray even shared his favorite blanket (aka - Buddy) with Dad...remarkable!

Our Family's Newest DUKE Fan!!

Meet our family's newest Duke fan...Neely Raychel! She was too darn cute wearing Roslyn's Duke sweatshirt and Duke "squeaky shoes" on Sunday! I think the shoes had holy water sprinkled on them! I poked holes in the soles of the shoes over a month ago to eliminate the noise and the sound has miraculously returned! God is Good :)

Had A Nice, Long Weekend!!

Ah, winter is definitely here to stay I think. Enjoyed a nice winter storm on Sunday/Monday. The kids and I had so much fun making snow angels in our back yard yesterday and on the deck. Good times! Have a great week everyone!

My Godson Jett is Growing up Way Too Fast!

Last Saturday Andray and I drove to Willmar to watch my Godson practice bball at the local YMCA. Can't believe how grown up Jett is...and he's definitely been practicing his bball skills, was fun to watch!

Was good to see my aunt Nancy and baby Liberty again too!

Got to see my baby cousin Sam as well. Hard to believe she's 21 already! Finally I can buy her a beer ;)

It was fun to watch Jett practice bball.


Andray enjoyed his time at the gym "chillaxing" while Jett practiced!

Happy Birthday Mom!

Happy Birthday to my Mom...the most amazing Mother in the world! Hope you have a great day!

Holiday Season is Officially Over

Well, as of this weekend our Holiday Season celebrations are officially over. Wouldn't you know though, Roslyn is now sick with extremely swollen tonsils! The doctors aren't sure if it's tonsillitis or not. Her first culture of strep came back negative, we'll see on the 24 hour culture. Not fun to see your child's tonsils touching in the back of her mouth! Pray for good news at the ENT tomorrow morning!

Have a great week everyone, stay warm if you're living in Minnesota! ;)

Winter is Here!!!!

Ah, winter is here. Hard to believe it was 50 degrees on Wednesday and 15 degrees on Thursday. That's Minnesota for you! The kids did get to enjoy some snow over the New Year's weekend. Looking forward to more snow so we can build snowmen together!

Andray thought he was pretty hot stuff shoveling "trails" in our driveway with Jake. He definitely earned his allowance that day.

Even Roz learned how to shovel the snow on New Year's weekend. She's been under the weather this week, but back at daycare today. Hope she's feeling good for the long weekend!

Have a great weekend everyone!

Special Times on the Lingl Farm

We had a wonderful day on the Lingl farm for Christmas this year. Although it wasn't on Christmas Day, it was great to have most everyone together again. I just love seeing Gram for Christmas and being out on the farm. I'm so thankful that my kids get to experience what I got to experience while growing up.

The wonderful tradition was kept alive this year. A bottle of Peach Schnaaps was brought in honor of Gpa Shorty and passed around for everyone to drink while we opened our Christmas gifts. Go Gram! We miss Gpa Shorty sooooooooooo much!

My amazing Godson Jett...he's growing up way too fast!

Roz loved helping Jett open his gifts, especially the gum!

Lilli and Roz are two peas in a pod!

Dray of course had to help Great Gram "Chippy" open presents during the stealing game.

My brother Jacob with Gram.

Andray with his Godfather Jacob.

I love my mom soooooooooooooooo much!

Baby Liberty is the youngest member of our family, already 7 months old!

My amazing Godfather Jeff.

Gram of course made her delicious homemade cinnamon rolls, and our "one and only" Roz was caught snitching! Too funny :)

This candle has been burned every Christmas since 1945...it was my Great Gma Theresa Rose's candle...so special!

Ah, the Christmas season for me is not complete without seeing my girls...Cassie and Kristen! A big congrats to Cassie and Jason...Baby Peters #3 is on the way for them on May 25th...so exciting!

Christmas is Complete!!!!

We had a wonderful Christmas season this year with the kids. We are so thankful for how "giving" our family and friends are during this special season. Our kids made a haul and they love all their toys, clothes, sippy cups, etc.!

Jake and I both said when we put all their toys together in the living room that it really puts the enter Christmas season into perspective. Our kids are loved, thank you!

Roz loves her Baby Sally and Baby Stella!

Best wishes in 2012!!

A Wonderful Christmas in Redwood Falls

We had a nice and relaxing Christmas/New Years weekend in Redwood Falls. I'm so thankful for my parents, my brothers, my sister-in-law and my nieces. Was a blast watching the Frank cousins hang out together!

Our 3rd Christmas as a family of FOUR...it was amazing.

Our beatiful little Goddaughter.

The Frank family of FOUR.

Jake with his beautiful Goddaughter Amelia Mae.

Roz and Amelia got matching Little Sister outfits for Christmas, too precious.

Santa brought each grandchild a new pair of slippers, yay!

The grandkids each had their own singing stockings from Santa!

Roslyn looks up to her big cousin Isabel!

Beautiful Christmas Tree

Thank the Lord for HOPE!

Happy New Year!!!!

Happy New Year to you all! Hope you had a safe and fun weekend, best wishes for the New Year!

Thank you Megan for bringing all the New Years noise makers, confetti and 2012 glasses, you're the best!

Miss Amelia Mae and Roslyn had a blast wearing their glasses around the house.

So fun for Roz and Amelia to have matching "Little Sister" outfits!

Mom sure does love it when her grandbabies are home! Mom and Dad bought all the grandkids PJ's for Christmas...they loved them! Roz of course got Dora jammers and Andray got Cars jammers...too perfect!