the Hornung family

2010-10-26T22:23:00.000-07:00

welcome to

The LAKE

Adam's yearly family reunion

the place we LOVE to go to...

EAT

Get dirty and STAY dirty

play hard sleep hard

play with [cousins]

{SWIM}

Lay around and be Lazy

sleep in Cabins at our "resort"

Tradition[s]

boat Rides
FISH or [feed the fish] off the Docks

catching the FISH but not wanting to TOUCH the fish!
play softball

SWING
this is my 4th year going and i have to say

after all the time and effort it takes to plan and prepare for this VACATION and after running around all week playing or chasing Sadie in the end when it's all over and when i look back at all the pictures i can say i am happy Adam's family has this fun tradition and will continue have this reunion for many years to come!

{ I LOVE THE LAKE }

2010-10-26T21:36:00.000-07:00

EASTER

Meaningful holiday.Sweet Candy.2 cute kids.Fun Memories

these cute little shoes were Adam's and now Crews has them

one word love{LOVE}lovethem!!!!!

our 4th Wedding {Anniversary}

we spent the night in the cities and ate at the most AMAZING Brazilian restaurant Foco de Chao!!!!! The next day we went to the farmers market and picked up these...

then it was off to celebrate

the 4th

blue.Freedom.white.fireworks.FAMILY.red

Summer is officially here and we cannot wait to be outside and Enjoy it.

2010-10-26T20:32:00.000-07:00

...living near...

[Papa Mike] & {Grandma Jervae}

We are lucky to live close to Adam's Parents and are able to spend lots of time with them. We love Hanging out at their house, swinging in their back yard, reading with Grandma and well Eating we love all the yummy food we eat when we are together!

{Living close}

also means lots of FUN and a sometimes {CRAZY} visits from Aunt Abby and Uncle Reed

Adam's brother Reed is in Utah playing football....so unfortunately we don't get to see him often. But when he is in town for a visit we always have FUN with him. Good luck with football

"GO REEDER"

Abby on the other hand lives in Chicago and we love when she decides to come spend a weekend at home. She always comes with cute clothes and surprises for her niece and new nephew. We love when she comes home to visit!

She spoils my kids rotten....and we LOVE you for it!!!

and i {Love} having her as my sister.

We are so blessed and i am grateful for everyone in my life that i call Family

2010-10-26T20:17:00.000-07:00

we LOVE spending lazy Sunday afternoons at {gams}

and i love my cute Cute family too

just LOVED these pictures of Adam with Sadie watching the sunset together. You're cute babe...that's why i LOVE you!

2010-10-26T19:31:00.000-07:00

[papa paul]&{grandma sue}

Crew with my parents. He is going to LOVE them as much as [His] BIG sister does!!!

Grandma Sue was here a week before Papa. Always LOVE having my mom here to help out! We always have lots of fun when they come on Two airplanes from California to come see us. It took Crew joining our Family in February to ever get them to Minnesota in March!

Sadie Love's [Crew] a little TOO much sometimes...but these are SWEET sweet kisses!

Papa Paul gives Sadie quarters her {FAVORITE} thing to do with them?!? Ride the Helicopter ride at the mall! THANKs Papa!!!!!!

Both tuckered out!!!!

how we woke up the tired girl, hours of play with play-dough crazy hair is an everyday occurrence for Sadie Marie. She Loves to make ice cream cones.
YUM.YUM

Why DO visits come and go so fast?

....WE LOVE & MISS YOU GUYS....

a {Blessing} photo shoot

2010-10-26T12:14:00.000-07:00

I can't believe i never posted these!!!!!!

I waited a little while after Crew was actually blessed to take some shots of my two kids together...i call it a {Blessing} photo shoot because it is so hard to get Sadie to corporate when i wanted to take pictures. So after bribes and resulting to take pictures on my bed so little miss could watch some TV at the same time...i think i got some cute shots.

NOTICE their aren't many picture of the two of them together...and actually Crew is about 3 months and his blessing outfit was a little to little for our Moose. I got what i wanted, so i was a happy mom!

LOVED all blue for Crew and all pink for Sadie. Can i just tell you how much FUN I'm having, now that i have one of each!

i liked this one of Sadie going in for a kiss...you can see that they have the same color hair!

Love it

{LOVEloveLove Them i could Look at them ALL day}

Crew's Blessing

2010-10-26T11:37:00.001-07:00

Crew is our little Blessing and on the day he was blessed we were happy to have all our family and some friends here to enjoy our [Little] mans big day!

Crew was Blessed on March 21st at 4 weeks old
it was his very first Sunday at Church and what a special day it was.

THANK YOU to all the family that came into town for this special day. We {LOVE} you all

2010-10-25T09:07:00.000-07:00

My mom's in town and i will finally have some time to post what we've been up too! Here's to catching up the last 8 months of Crews little life, every one's getting so big!

meeting [his] family

2010-04-23T09:04:00.001-07:00

Crew was able to meet almost every member of his Family his first weeks of his life. He wont remember this but everyone else will. Here are some pictures of the first moments he met the ones that Love him the most.

I'm sure everyone would agree holding Crew was

{LOVE}

at first sight

...it took lots out of our little guy...

beautiful moments

2010-03-29T08:29:00.001-07:00

Sadie {meeting} Crew for the first time

In the Hospital she walked in my room and said, "where's my Best Friend Crew?" and she.s been saying it ever since. this picture we were Bring Crew home, she just stared at him! Sadie really is the

.BEST big SISTER.

Sadie loves her little brother. It is so sweet seeing her with Crew i love how much she Loves him. She has many names for Crew:

little Brother.My best friend Crew. MOOSE. buddy. CREWS[er]

As i was putting Sadie to bed one night, singing to her we heard Crew crying.

Sadie's response to that was:

"THE MOOSE IS HUNGRY!" me: i started laughing {hard} then she said, "the MOOSE is hungry isn't he?"

(i want to remember that forever)

This was the first Sunday i was back from the hospital with Crew. When Adam and Sadie came home from church it was the PERFECT opportunity to take some family pictures {with out me of course} I think they are beautiful moments and i am so glad i captured them on camera. Crew is 5 days old in these shots and is getting more adorable the older he gets.

Crew Michael Hornung

2010-03-01T09:08:00.001-08:00

Welcoming to this world
[Crew Michael Hornung]

Crew
is here and he came

[FAST]

Okay...so [i'm sharing my delivery story mostly for ME to remember]

Adam got some great shots of Crew after delivery and we got a bigger baby then we had expected. I was carrying a 9lb baby and had no idea. That must have been all the pressure i had been feeling, especially at the end. So when he came out and i saw how HUGE he actually was i understood why i was in the pain i was in! There was no room for him inside me...poor guy

MONDAY February 22ND

7:00 pm : Cooking dinner and i was really excited to eat it. Creamy Wild Rice soup (i got the recipe for my friend and love it so much) i had planned all of our meals for the week. I got really organized and all prepared for Crew's arrival. I was READY!!! I had been feeling weird all day and extra tired, it took all my energy to get up stairs and pick up Sadie to put her to bed. I knew he was coming that day but didn't say anything. Like i said i had organized and prepared everything. I was

[NESTING]

over the weekend i cleaned out every closet, storage room and dusted, swept in every corner, got rid of junk i didn't need, re-organized EVERYTHING you could think of...i was busy busy waiting for this little guy to get here. I had done everything, but i still had the kitchen floor to mop. I'm telling you it was BAD i had been putting that off it was the last thing i needed to do. but Monday i was so tired i didn't bother to make it a priority...i SLEPT instead

{Oh how i LOVE sleep}

After i had made dinner we sat down as a family to eat. I felt a wave hit me and i was SICK, i felt like the room was spinning and i was going to lose my dinner. I told Adam i needed to lay down, so i did and enjoyed a nice little nap.

8:00 pm : i woke up with a contraction strong but short and noticed Sadie on the bed with me watching Pocahontas. I kept my mouth shut and was trying to keep track of the contractions on my own. Thinking they would fade away like they always had. But then i found them lasting a lot longer then they ever had before.

8:30 pm : i told Adam i was having contractions and i wanted him to time them. His was excited i could tell. He got Sadie ready for bed the fastest I've ever seen him do it. Sadie's teeth were brushed, jammies were on, story was read and she was really asleep all in a half hours time[he is a great dad] and Sadie went down without a fight. The night was going great!

9:00 pm : i knew i was in labor! My contractions were now every 5 minutes apart and lasted about a minute. I got out of bed and had this energy hit me....so those of you who know me, and know me well i started cleaning : ) well because i love to clean and have everything Perfect. I started to clean up the kitchen dinner mess and start mopping my floors. Adam looked at me like i was crazy but asked what he could do to help, What a guy. I had told him early in the pregnancy that i didn't want to rush to the hospital like i did with Sadie. We sat there all night and nothing was progressing and they ended up inducing me the next morning. I was more comfortable at home in my element doing my own thing i didn't want to walk the halls of the hospital. So i cleaned Adam folded the last of the laundry and put it all away. [again faster then I've ever seen him do it before] i like this side of my husband

10:00 pm : i had been cleaning in between contractions every once in a while bending over the counter taking the pain, but really not feeling like it was all that bad! {YET} now i was having contractions about 4 minutes apart sometime 3 and then 5 minutes again. So i really wanted to keep waiting. We live 2 minutes from the hospital so i knew we would be fine to keep waiting. I scrubbed my kitchen floors by this time and still felt good...Adam took a shower and we packed him a little bag of stuff for him and we were very excited this was the night our Baby Boy was coming. I think he was nervous though and wanted me to call to see when i should go in to the hospital. It felt like time. They told me to come in and get checked out! We called our cousin Mitch to come over until Grandma could make her way up if i was really having this baby tonight!

11:00 pm : checked into the hospital after getting stuck in the parking garage for almost 20 minutes. Adam drove all the way to the top so we could take the sky way to the ER. But it closes after hours. So we for some reason took the STAIRS all the way down thinking we could get out that way! We got stuck and for a second i thought we were going to have this baby in the stair well. I began to make fun of Adam though i told him we could go park together and walk over...it maybe wasn't the BEST idea of t he night. Adam ended up going to get the car and found me on some level in the garage, and we were off the find the ER entrance...which he couldn't find. He got out of the car TWO times and every door he tried was Locked! He was panicking and i was laughing. My contractions were getting stronger but still about every 5 minutes apart. I dialed the hospital number and Adam finally just asked where to take me. I told Adam he should have done a practice run...he didn't respond. So we found the door and he parked door open car running[i think?] and got inside. Checked in, went upstairs, gown on, and Adam got called out because he was blocking the Ambulance garage and needed to move the car IMMEDIATELY!

11:30 pm : They asked me to Rate my pain, i told them i was a wimp and that i was probably at an 8. They were getting stronger now, but i thought i would only be dilated to about a 3 and have a LONG way to go. To my shock the nurse said, "you're not a wimp, you're dilated to a 6." Just then Adam walked into the room, i told him i was at a 6. The nurse asked me if i wanted an epidural

UMMM YES PLEASE!!!!!!!!

I walked into my delivery room and [NOT] so patiently waited for the anesthesiologist to get there to give me my epidural. He took forever and now my pain was at a 10 and i was having contractions about every 2 to 3 minutes apart. And they HURT! I hated the anesthesiologist he was a jerk and the epidural was pretty painful. He told me it would probably take about 5 to 10 minutes for it to kick.

SERIOUSLY?!?!

12: 30 pm : The nurse checked me and i was DONE completely dilated and they said i was going to be pushing and she went to get the Doctor. At this point i lost it, i became very overwhelmed and just didn't expect this to have happened this quickly. I was also scared because i was not at all NUMB and could feel every contraction and my back labor was extremely painful. But i had no other choice. The doctor came in she broke my water, and i pushed oh the pain! I NEVER EVER EVER wanted a natural child birth it was my biggest fear and i had been having nightmares about this exact moment for weeks. But it was happening, and luckily after 13 minutes he was here!

12:41 am February 23rd 2010

My pain was gone. It is such an amazing feeling to hold your new little one. Words can't describe the joy and love you instantly feel when this moment happens. Every minute was worth it, and nothing seems to matter in the world but what i am now holding in my arms. Adam and i cried.

After i delivered and everything was slowly sinking in, i asked the nurse why i still wasn't numb and why the epidural never kicked in. I think they didn't tell me on purpose that they never turned on the drip it was too late for...After actually getting the epidural they never turned it on, i wouldn't have bothered getting the epidyral if i never had time to enjoy the benefits of it. I know if i had gone in earlier to the hospital i could have avoided all of this...but in the end I have my Baby Boy. He is perfect and healthy and i survived and am recovering faster and feeling great. I told Adam that i was only in the WORST pain of my life for about 45 minutes, and if he could guarantee me that it could be that short every time...maybe i could do it again. just [MAYBE]

We love our Baby Boy Crew

welcome to our Family little guy

2010-02-25T19:08:00.000-08:00

[ look who's here ]

welcome.to.the.world

Crew Michael Hornung

2.23.2010

Crew weighed in at a [not] so little 9lbs. 2oz. and 20in. long

We couldn't {LOVE} him more

2010-02-20T08:36:00.000-08:00

{39 weeks}

and it feels more like 49 weeks at this point

but he's still kicking

and i am convinced that i cannot be more uncomfortable then i am at this point! At my last doctors appointment they said i gained 5lbs in water weight!!!!!!!!!!!

my feet and ankles are HUGE and i am feeling the pressure. My doctor told me that if my water is going to break it is going to gush all over...that's awesome so now the one thought in my head is when are where is this going to happen to me? I don't just want to stay at home all week waiting to have this baby.

[BUT]

the good news is that they are inducing me on Wednesday the 24th, that is if he doesn't come sooner on his own. We are just waiting...for now!

Last night our neighbors watched Sadie for us so Adam and i could go on a one last date before we become parents of 2. We had a great time, the night started with a Pedicure for ME, my feet might look like an Elephants right now, but my toes are cute! Everyone needs a good pedi before going into labor.RIGHT?! Then we went to dinner and i ate something spicy and didn't get sick, that was one of the first times this pregnancy i was able to go out to eat and not get sick...ahhh the end is near! Then we saw the Movie

{VALENTINE'S DAY}

and we absolutely LOVED.LOVED.LOVE it!

It was really great just being with Adam doing things we love doing together. We both know the demands of a newborn and how we lose some of our freedom but we gain so much in return. It is so worth it. Let this baby come

[Love You Babe]

thanks for the night

More decorating ideas

...i'm thinking of putting this in the Nursery over Crew's crib...

It's vinyl lettering i would put on a painted canvus to add some demention to the wall.

2010-02-20T07:51:00.000-08:00

here is a little sneak peak of Sadie's big girl bed and the beginnings of the new Nursery. I don't have it complete yet there is still lots more to do. But i do LOVE decorating and i'm having fun doing a room for each of my little ones

{ Sadie's Big girl bed }

Sadie really loves showing off her bed. She has never slept better and has adjusted to a bigger room just fine. As long as it was painted pink she was happy.
nap time is a the only challenge and i'm sure most of you would agree with me. When i leave the room she leaves the bed and plays until she passes out on the floor somewhere. I wait until she is fast asleep then i transfer her back into bed. I can't complain it's working out great...for now

{ the Nursery }

the Rocker

more to come as we get it done!

2010-02-19T10:55:00.000-08:00

Sadie Marie

she's not my baby anymore and she is all moved out of her

Nursery

i realized i never posted any pictures of her old room. So here it is

{better late then never}RIGHT?!?

{disclaimer} picture overload...most of these are for me so i can remember

Sadie's Crib
i had a tan pink and chocolate brown theme for her nursery and really loved how simple and sweet it turned out.

I made these animal cut outs with cordinating paper and put them into frames to add something by the tree on the wall

the changing table

i used the same paper as the animals to cover this cardboard 'S' i love how it turned out

the rug

sadie's pictures

i also painted a darker pink circle behind the three pictures

the window and rocker

we found this rocker on craigslist (actually all of the furnutre is from 3 different people on craigslist and it all came together i think) Jervae recoverd the cushsions and we took a recieving blanket from the crib set and made a matching pillow and buttons to go on it!

my dad made these cutom book shelves to help store all of Sadie's books. It is low enough that she can get them in and out herself. One of my favorite things in this room!

over the closets we have extra storage enclosed by closet doors. I took the doors off and used the extra space to add some fun things!

It was a sweet Nursery i am really going to miss having Sadie that little. It is going to be redecorated for the little boy coming to our family

[it BETTER be a BOY]

and it will be his Nursery...Sadie's all moved into her big girl room, she's out of the crib and into her BIG girl bed...and LOVES it!

Just in time for the new baby to come! Just what i wanted.

2010-02-19T10:06:00.000-08:00

February has been

...BUSY BUSY BUSY...
I turned the big 24

and went out to celebrate with my husband at a cute little Italian place in St. Cloud and enjoyed the evening just the TWO of us. Then we planned on watching a movie at home...but i ended up falling asleep while Adam gave me a foot massage! The perfect way to end my

{BIRTH.DAY}

Thanks Adam for the night!

{I LOVE.love.LOVE.loveYOU}

[BABY SHOWER]
I had an adorable Baby shower thrown for me! It was a cute Jungle theme and was all about my Little 'Man Cub' coming soon! The food was amazing and presented to well.

the adorable jungle animal cupcakes

the yummy food

the FUN!!!

{ a big THANKS to everyone at my Little Man Cubs baby shower }

AND

did i mention I'm getting BIGGER

but so is She...

sadie has been so cute these day's and i can really tell she is growing up fast. I think she might be growing. She has been eating all the time and is sleeping so well in her BIG girl bed, all night long! I took her to my doctor's apt the other day and put her on the scale. Sadie weighs 29lbs. What a BIG girl. I kept asking sadie how much she weighs and her response every time was

{ ummm umm... twenty 2 minutes}

She has grown into her own imagination and i can catch her playing on her own...READING BOOKS out loud to herself, talking to her ANIMAL FRIENDS laughing and giggling, playing with her TOY school bus talking for the little people and answering for them! It's really sweet to catch her in these moments it makes mom very happy.

She has become Quite the Quoter around the house...too much TV and Movies? Hey i am 9 months pregnant!!!! One of my favorites is this:

{ "Mommy, mommy i have to tell you something...your my beeest Friend!" sadie marie }

i think it's from tinker bell or something, but at least for now, she thinks i'm her best friend and that's all i care about (not sure how long that will last)

I'm trying to ENJOY my every minute with Sadie before her little Brother comes along

February's [NOT] over yet...this boy is due to come... [SOON]

2010-02-03T18:42:00.001-08:00

{36weeks}

and BOY do i want to have this BOY

i am feeling ready. ready to have this baby already. not much longer to go. it could be any day now, but that's just wishful thinking on my part.

2010-02-03T18:03:00.000-08:00

...Papa Mikey had a birthday...
HAPPY.HAPPY.BIRTHDAY.PAPA.MIKE

Sadie LOVES a birthday and there have been many to start off the year! she knows they are all about

[ICE CREAM.CANDLES.CAKE.BALLOONS]

we celebrated at our most FAVORITE italian place for dinner

then it was back to papa's house for ice cream
{this Girl seriously can't get enough}

ICE CREAM

Happy Birthday Papa Mikey [thanks for being such a good father and papa to Sadie]

WE LOVE YOU

2010-01-20T11:46:00.000-08:00

" i WANT TO THROW A SNOWBALL AT you "
sadie marie

Sadie's been saying that ever since the snow started falling outside and she thinks it's the funniest thing to say to me. And yes she threw snowballs at me all day!
It has been a very cold winter. Sadie hasn't gone outside much to play in the snow, with the very low tempuratures and a 8month pregnant mommy we play lots in doors!

Saturady was gorgoeus day to be outdoors so with Daddy's [help] we went to the park to PLAYintheSNOW

I don't know who had more fun but i can tell you i was the first one to get tired. Sadie could play all day in the snow...though she spent most of her time
{ Eating the Snow }

Sadie is especailly 2 these days and is my busy busy little girl. I almost can't even believe she is going to be a {BIG.SISTER} in a month. She is growing up so fast and is getting to be oh so

.SASSY.funny.Giggly.inDEPENDENT.{sweet}LoveAble.

.allthetimeCRAZYcrazy.Squeezable.girlyPrincessGirl.

we never know what she is going to get with our very own Sadie Marie. But somethings i want to remember about her:

pointing at mommy's .BIG.baby belly she said

" that's where Crew lives...can i touch it? Oh it's nice and warm for him in there! Can i get in? "

then she proceeded to try to climb into the top of my stomach i told her it would be better if she just gave him a kiss and told him to come out soon!

She seems to do that lots these days. I am trying to prepare her for his arrival and hope she mommy's little helper and adjusts well to the new addition that will soon come to our family.

we LOVE OUR LITTLE girl

2010-01-20T09:56:00.000-08:00

HAPPY.happy.HAPPY.happy.BIRTHDAY.to.YOU

...reed had a birthday...

having a Birthday right after Christmas means we are in town to celebrate [and] humiliate TEXAS.roadhouse.STYLE we had too much fun at the restaurant it got a little rowdy

Sadie didn't seem to mind it much

Sadie gets lots of attention when Reed and Abby are in town. We LOVE having family around we always seem to have a good time. It always goes by too fast. Thanks for having a birthday and sharing it with Sadie!

[WE LOVE YOU and miss you uncle REED]

auntieABBYhadAbirthdayTOO
HAPPY.happy.BIRTHDAY.to.YOU

we hate that you are not always around butLOVEwhenYOUare

WE.ALL.LOVE.YOU
and hope you had the happiest birthday of all

2010-01-20T08:09:00.000-08:00

{CHRISTMAS EVE}

at Gams house

Sadie was so done taking pictures when it came to Adam and I

{CHRISTMAS MORNING}
eating a little something before the madness begins

Opening her Presents

Sadie's new Cinderella doll

just {One} of her favorites of the Day!

She loved everything and she got spoiled and for
the next 3 days when she woke up she thought it was time to open more presents!

{NEW YEARS EVE}

cheers to twenty ten

...i could not believe this girl...

Sadie stayed up not only to see the ball drop

{BUT}

she didn't fall asleep until after 1am?!?!
she was doing so good not cranky at all...pretty hyper probably from all the sugar and watched Cinderella on her DVD player

[the monkey bread gone wrong]

{NEW YEARS DAY}

coming down from the sugar hangover

with more sugar! She has a nice hot bath and a cookie with milk to start off her morning. She even took a good nap that day and was not very cranky,

{i recommend sugar in the morning after being up half the night do to mass amounts of sugar}

...We had a wonderful Christmas and a very Happy New Year...

we hope it was Merry and Bright for all of you

Santa's Little Helper

2010-01-17T15:24:00.000-08:00

so maybe not Santa's helper but...
Mommy's little helper

She has been quite the helper around the house and if i don't want her getting into [ EVERYTHING ] then i have to involve her

The dishes are one of her most favorite things to help with

Sadie had her hand resting behind her back for the longest time! It was so sweet but i'm not sure where she got that one from but she was very focused in what she was doing!

Sadie's also been

Mommy's little sleeper

the Holidays are busy busy busy and Sadie has been really tuckered out lately again falling asleep in the most Random places. Hallways...Bathrooms anywhere she feels like crashing! It sure beats me having to put her down for a nap.

2009-12-15T13:49:00.000-08:00

PREGNANT PICTURES

Here are some Baby [Boy] Bump Pictures

...I am 28 weeks and counting...

February CAN'T get here any sooner

[not that i am at all ready for our little boys arrival]

i need to get going on his Nursery and do lots of shopping for Boy stuff before he can come! The holidays are soon upon us and i am not getting ANY smaller...it's time for me to get going already!

2009-12-15T13:17:00.000-08:00

Sadie is working hard for a cheeto...but she got it in the end! This little dance party was so cute to watch and Connor's moves were hilarious. I love when kids get together and Dance! The songs of choice Sadie's favorite 'Single Ladies' and the boys liked 'Move it Move it'! We did almost anything to wear Sadie out before getting in the car to drive to Chicago, it worked and she fell asleep right after crossing over into Indiana...who wouldn't? It was hard to leave [it always is] i hate saying goodbye. We had such a fun visit seeing our friends again! I wish we could get together more often. Thanks for the Fun Thanksgiving

{We Miss You Guys}

2009-12-09T06:56:00.000-08:00

THANKSGIVING
Kentucky style

We didn't get to see too many of our friends while we were there. Most had family in town and our visit was short. But we ate dinner at Nate and Sarah's house. It was so yummy! It was fun to see Sarah for the day and hang out with everyone.

Little Jackson!

Connor Man!

We were Back...all of us and it was so good to be BACK in our Ole Kentucky Home! We miss it so much and really enjoyed spending the time with our friends. Connor and Jackson have grown up so FAST. Adam had fun seeing everyone again. Thanks Jared for taking Adam shopping for a little Male bonding time! Thanksgiving is my favorite when spent with family and good friends (that can cook) and playing the Candy Bar game!

{Abby came with}
We picked her up on the drive down and we got to stay a couple nights in her Sweet Condo! Sadie enjoyed a nice bath in the kitchen sink

[Thanks] Abby

These two were little buddies for the weekend and Jackson even called Sadie his girlfriend...but when i went to catch it on video he denied it

[boys will be boys]

We stayed with our friends Jared and Becky. a big {THANKS} again for letting the Hornung's into your home there were lots of us! It was just like old times not much has changed and i got to see my favorite person Becky. I loved being in Kentucky it will always feel like home to us because it was our first place Adam and i called home. Sadie was born in Louisville and we meet and have many close friends that are still in Kentucky

we Love Y'all

2009-11-17T13:22:00.000-08:00

Pumpkin Girl

Fall has been Gorgeous or i should say November has been, October was anything but and we thought we had skipped Fall all together and were in far a long winter!
I LOVEloveLOVE the

{Fall}

so Sadie and I have been outside trying to enjoy the short time we have left of it. I took these pictures one afternoon as she was re-arranging my pumpkins on our front step. I am no photographer but i thought there were some cute ones!

Enjoy whats left of the Fall weather

2009-11-17T12:38:00.000-08:00

This is Sadie's visit to Gam's House while Trick or Treating!!!

Let's just say we all had a good HARD laugh over this. Sadie enjoyed all the candy and was so excited to be able to have all she wanted!!!! Sadie didn't even hesitate she dove right in we had to stop her but she out smarted us...somehow she always does!

ThankyouThankyou {GAM} we Love you!

2009-11-17T11:47:00.000-08:00

I'm A Witch

( Heeehehheehheeee )

Sadie even has a Witch laugh that she continues to do as her {normal} laugh everyday. When we went to the store to buy her costume we asked her if she wanted to be a Princess or a Witch...she was a Nice witch and the cutest one I've ever seen!

Trick [or] Treating Time

Halloween was so much FUN this year. Sadie really enjoyed dressing up and going out...but her most Favorite part of the night was passing out Candy to the kids. We went out for a while and all she wanted to do was to go back home and answer the door. While we were eating dinner Sadie would get an excited look on her face and say,

"The Kids Are Here!!!!"...run to the door say trick or treat and pass the candy out!!!

Sadie with {Gam} we went TRICK [or] TREATING to two houses on Halloween Gam's and Uncle Jeff's. She got far too much candy for only visiting Two houses...they loved our little Witch and gave her all she wanted. Thanks to you Both for making this Halloween so fun for Sadie

Every Witch needs a Cat. Sadie talked about going to Jeff's and seeing the cat for days after Halloween!

Hope Everyone had a happy Happy Halloween!!!!

2009-11-05T12:01:00.001-08:00

Minnie Mouse

BIRTHDAY GIRL

I LOVE Sadie{S}

blond {CURLY} curls

Pretty Red Dot bow

Minnie Mouse Ears

[that never stayed on for long]

Sadie had three parties to help celebrate her turning TWO and i am so partied out!!!!! Though i have to say Sadie seemed to enjoy a week of celebration.
This year she LOVEd;

Blowing out her candles
singing hAPPY bIRTHDAY to herself
eating lots and lots of [BIRTHDAY CAKE]
&
opening her presents!!!

BLOWING OUT HER CANDLES with Mitch [Adam's cousins husband] Thanks Mitch for sharing all those CANDLES with Sadie

...Auntie ABBY came...

all the way from Chicago just for Sadie's Birthday!!! I was gone most of the weekend for a [Time Out for Women weekend]
Sadie had fun FUN fun with Abby and warmed right up to her again!

They took her to a pumkin patch petting zoo
watched Snow White .her Favorite movie as of now.
&
read lot{s}of Books
Thanks for being such a good aunt to our little Sadie she loves you Abby!

It was fun watching Sadie girl turn 2 i can't believe she is this big

...She is my {Girly} girl with Lots of [Sassy] Sass in her...
Sadie{S}
Chatty.Smily.sIlly.Loves to Love and Cuddle.Curly.messy.SHOE fanatic.Smart.happy.GIGGLY.big ATTITUDE.Sweeter then sweet.litttletwoyearoldyou'veeverseen

{WE LOVE HER}

Happy Birthday to my biggest LITTLE girl
we love{LOVE}love you!!

2009-10-26T07:57:00.000-07:00

look who{s} 2

{TWO}day

Sadie

had a birthday....

shout hurray!!!!!

{we sang.ate too many sweets.opened presents}

HAPPY [happy] HAPPY

2nd

Birthday

[TWO]day

{Miss} Sadie Marie

We LOVE you oh so much! You have Blessed our Family for two years now. Thanks for being your Sassy Sadie self we LOVE you just the way you are!!!

[more..MORE..more to come]

2009-10-21T09:26:00.000-07:00

[ BEFORE ]

I have been meaning to post pictures of our new painted house, well since my parents came in May to help us do it. My dad is a Very talented painter and he took a [non-vacation] to help paint our house. We did get to do some other fun things, it just happened to be the HOTTEST week of the summer they were there...that was FUN

{ AFTER }
.

When i lived in Kentucky i saw a house that was a dark tan with white trim and Black shutters. I fell in LOVE love LOVE with it and told Adam if we ever paint this is what i want. Well i never liked the green color of our house! So i think now it looks SO much better.

I love how it turned out

It's amazing what shutters new lights a new garage door and some paint Can do for a House!

This is our home. I love being a home owner and really feel lucky to have to place to call Ours

...A GREAT big THANKS...
[THANK YOU][thank you][Thank You] to my MOM and {DAD} for all your hard work in helping us make the house look so GREAT. We all {LOVE}love [Love] You!

2009-10-14T12:43:00.000-07:00

Sadie's First day of

... Gymnastics ...

.I signed Sadie up for a Mommy and Me Gymnastics class.

LOVE love LOVE {s} Gymnastics

It is the first time she has done something like this, it was fun for the both of us and now that it's getting colder outside its just perfect.

Tiny Tumblers was so such an adorable little studio. I love the floor, it was so CUTE! There were flower squares they stood on to do stretches, what a great idea! Sadie liked her teacher Kelly, she would be in the middle of helping Sadie over this rolling tube thing and Sadie just looked up at her and said "hi" it was pretty cute. She did good waiting her turn which really surprised me, she actually enjoyed watching the other kids have their turn.

YA!!!! She is finally learning to take turns and share!

This is 'The Bar' and it was probably Sadie's most FAVORITE thing at Gymnastics. When we first got there i hardly had time to take off my shoes...Sadie was already swinging like a monkey showing off. I think gymnastics is just right for Sadie, she seems like a natural. As a mom i think that's pretty awesome!

She just did a flip around the bar for the first time ever, she had the BIGGEST smile on her face and was holding herself at the top. Her little arms were shaking she was trying so hard. It is fun to see her do new things.

Go Sadie GO! Thanks to Adam for taking all these cute shots of Sadie. It was Columbus day and Adam had it off [ i LOVE that he works federal ] he also took some video clips...It was fun for him to be there and see Sadie enjoy the gym as much as she did!

This is a six week session, many cute pictures to COME!

2009-10-12T21:29:00.000-07:00

{ I'm Pregnant }

...baby number two is on the way...

We are so excited to add another little one to our family. It is hard to believe Sadie is getting BIG enough for us to have another child. But it is happening and we feel ready.

We can not wait until this little

[ BOY ]

joins our family at the end of February.

[I love your kicks and ways you let me know your there, i can't wait to see your face and hold you for the first time. You will be our little Boy and you belong with us in our family]

We Just wanted to Share our great News with everyone!!

GO REED!!!!

2009-10-12T20:44:00.000-07:00

Reed Plays Football

But according to Sadie now that she's seen Uncle Reed in action...she thinks he plays every sport and that he is everywhere. When we are in the car and drive pass a soccer, baseball or football game she Screams..."GO REED"!!! She is a little cheerleader and LOVES watching her Uncle play sports, she thinks you're great Reed!

We got to spend a very short weekend with Reed. Adam's Parents Abby and us all flew to Utah to watch Reed play a game of football. Sadie was very excited to fly on an airplane with mom dad AND papa grandma! She thought she was the luckiest girl in the world. I was more then happy to have the Help with Sadie so i could focus on more important things...like not hurling on the plane while the Lady next to me was squeezing my hand for dear life Hoping she would not DIE on the plane! It was very entertaining for the row next to me (Adam and his parents) they couldn't help but laugh out loud a little, i wish they would have taken a picture of it.

After Reeds Game we ate at a yummy all you can eat Brazilian restaurant in Provo. It was so good to have the entire family together. We even got together with some old friends. Noelle was my old roommate and her husband Zac was Adam's really close friend. They let us stay with them in Provo and we spent the weekend with them, catching up and having our girls play together! Emrie is adorable and Sadie to this day still talks about her. She tells me Emrie is in Idaho like everyday, it's pretty cute! She misses her Friend

It was so much fun to see Noelle and Zac to and catch up with them and to meet miss Emrie. She is such a great mom and i love her little girl.

Sadie knows Reed's in Utah too and when we get in the car we ask her where she wants to go she says, "Utah to see Reed"

It's so fun now that Sadie is getting older and she i starting to understand more things. She is getting so smart we just LOVe her!

Higher and Higher

2009-10-12T20:29:00.000-07:00

Sadie found a pair of Winter boots at a garage sale my neighbor and i were doing...from the day she found them, she insisted on wearing them EVERYDAY and i mean everyday. Her feet were so sweaty and smelly i had to his them until winter. Which is now, in October it's snowing and in the 30's it's just not right!

Someone let balloons go in the sky, and Sadie was mesmerized by them, she watched them fly higher and higher until she couldn't see them anymore and was very disappointed they had disappeared. She has been watching and loving Little Einsteins and she call the balloons Annie's Balloons. She spent the next couple days going outside and looking for the balloons seeing if her Annie balloons were back in the sky!

2009-10-12T18:47:00.001-07:00

a visit to see

{ Papa Paul and Grandma Sue }

Sadie and i took a trip to California for a visit in August. We enjoyed the sunny warm weather by the ocean and even took a trip to Sea World. This was the first time i have visited California since my parents had moved from Seattle. I miss Seattle, and yes i even miss the rain, it's sad that i won't be going back to Washington to visit my parents...BUT in the very cold snowy Minnesota Winter Cali will be a well needed vacation and i am looking forward to that escape!

...We ate at In and Out...

Yumm Yumm It was so good!

Sadie's first time in the Ocean. I was surprised to find she doesn't like getting dirty, and the sand sticking to every part of her body freaked her out! She liked the water but she enjoyed the playground on the beach more then the waves.

It was beautiful at Ocean Side. We spent the weekend there, ate LOTS of yummy food and walked along the pier. Sadie Loved that most of all.

I also got to take a trip to the San Diego Temple with my dad. That was a special night for us as Daddy and daughter and i will hold it close to me and remember that night as my favorite things i did this trip.

After the short weekend we spent the rest of our trip at my parents house in Fontana. It is a gorgeous house and Sadie got to swim and play outside in the kiddy pool and in the waterfall...she found out that was more fun then the pool we had set out for her!

My dad's Brother my Uncle Rick and Aunt Luann live about an hour from my parents, they made the drive for some Sunday dinner to meet Sadie and see me. I hadn't seen them since i was a Senior in High School. It was great to see them and visit that evening. I love these pictures i got of them with Sadie. Luann picked out an adorable princess outfit for Sadie, which is perfect because Sadie is ALL about the princess thing right now.

Sadie happily accepting her gift

Our visits are always too short but it's fun to be able to make them happen whenever we can! I was pretty sick most of the trip and promised myself i will never travel again alone with Sadie while pregnant as long as i can help it! Not fun for mom or baby.

{ WE LOVE YOU }

PAPA PAUL and GRANDMA SUE

2009-07-29T18:29:00.001-07:00

.LEAF LAKE 2009.

Our Family Reunion was last week and we had such a fun time

Despite the Fact that i was cold most of the week...bundled up in sweat pants and sweatshirts that's not much Fun to me.

I didn't take too many pictures this year, i just enjoyed chasing Sadie to the water and back to the cabin. I think she LOVED the lake. We played with all the little girls her age and she couldn't get enough of that. Being outside is one of Sadie's MOST favorite things to do...she can't get enough of that. It was a fun week all in all. Abby and Reed were there so our entire Family was there together this hasn't happened in i don't know how long! It was great to spend time with all of Adam's extended Family too!

this is a picture of Gam and her Great Grand Children not all of them were there but in total there are 35. Someone should have taken a picture of the parents yelling and doing whatever to get our child's attention for a great picture...it was pretty laughable

Sunday is my favorite day at the Lake. We all go to this small church where Adam's Grandpa and other relatives are buried. It's really a special day to have church program with our family. Adam told Sadie this is where his Papa is buried, it was a great day when we can share our family history with our children and pass down traditions likes these.

Sadie Kendyle and Molly and Rylie playing in the Sand together. It ws so hard for me to get any pictures of all the little girls they were always on the move and never in the same place at the same time. Sadie had her lifejacket on almost all the time...we could always expect her to book it to the dock and we couldn't always get her in time. She could have spent the entire week walking on and off the dock, it was so fun to her.

Sadie swam LOTS when it was warm enough she was pretty scared to go in too far so i was really fun watching her run in the sand and back in the water over and over again! She Loves to jump off of anything...so this time it was the dock and Abby was right there to help her. We love auntie Abby

..We LOVE uncle Reed too..

It took Sadie a little bit to warm up to Reed but all week she knew she could go to him for Chocolate...he was her favorite person when he gave her what she wanted. It is so fun to see them together and i miss that Reed is so far away at school.

he is enjoying a turkey leg at the moment YUMMY

i think that is what the LAKE is known for the most...the

[FOOD]

Dancing with Abby. Sadie really loves music and gets her dance on even at 10 o'clock at night. Sadie was a little sleep deprived over the week vacation but she did so good staying up late and the Lake only comes once a year we let her live it up!

It was so late but Sadie just kept dancing it made us laugh so hard. I love my little girl and love the age she's at right now she always keeps my days interesting

We didn't do much fishing at the Lake this year, but Adam and i were able to go out one night just the two of us. I like that the most. It is so peaceful at night watching the sunset on the water and hearing the fish jump. I caught three Sunny's that night so i felt pretty proud of myself. The things i cherish being with my husband fishing on a beautiful Lake in Minnesota

Our year as the Three of us at Leaf Lake was amazing a time we will look back on and be happy we took time out of our busy life to relax spend time with family and carry out long lived Family traditions. I love this tradition and feel so lucky to be apart of a Family with so much love in it.
{ I LOVE MY FAMILY }

2009-07-29T14:18:00.000-07:00

{ Sadie's Favorite Things }

....Thanks to my mom and dad...

.Marry Poppins

.Cheese Burgers

.Blizzards

.riding in the car playing a grandma on one side a papa on the other

.honking noses Saying AWOOGA!!!

. the fact that she now knows she has 2 papa's

.singing how much is that doggy in the window

.swimming in the deep end at the pool

.2 grandma's

.swimming in the Mississippi

.turning patting Up Down with her friends the Little Einsteins

.jumping into the pool without any fear

.excising with grandma
.riding the escalator in the airport

.when her grandma and papa come to visit

.But.
not when they leave

{ WE LOVE YOU }

thanks for coming to visit us

2009-07-29T14:12:00.001-07:00

2009-07-29T11:27:00.000-07:00

MY PARENTS CAME!!!!
.we hadn't seen them since last Thanksgiving.

{SO}

there was a lot to catch up on. Sadie had changed so much since then and it was fun to see her with my parents again. She warmed up and LOVED that she has

2 Papa'S and 2 Grandma'S

[as she says all the time]

We did so much when they came this time, because the weather was warmer we did things mostly outdoors. We drove Lake Itasca to see the Start of the Mississippi and it was Amazing to be able to see where it all started from. My dad LOVES seeing things like this and taking pictures of it all. It was a beautiful State park and we enjoyed spending the weekend there.

We got to do some hiking around the State park for the day have a picnic play at a Park and lots of swimming in the cold cold river. When we got back to St. Cloud we did some more swimming and playing at the park. Luckily we had the hottest week of the summer and my parents loved it. We played hard but worked hard too. My amazing talented dad agreed to help us out by painting our house for us! It looks great

{ Thanks MOM and DAD }

for all your hard work and for spending the week with us we miss you like crazy and can't wait to see you soon!

Belated Birthday Surprise

2009-07-28T11:23:00.001-07:00

When i got back from Kentucky i wanted to do a few more things for Adam's Birthday. I did some shopping and found a really cute table cloth and bought some new dishes which i haven't done in a while and it was fun to set the Table all fancy and enjoy a romantic dinner together...after he had a little scavenger hunt for the

...BIG SURPRISE...

We had our Favorite Salmon dinner and had a really nice time...and then Adam was off to Softball for the rest of the night while i cleaned up and put Sadie to bed. The next day we went to the park down by the Mississippi river and had a picnic and had fun running around the park with Sadie which is her most favorite thing to do. I love picnic's and i wish summer could last longer...summer's going by way too fast.

Sadie's mouth full of food on the run toward the Park. She is always going GOING going, such a busy little Girl we have!!!

We {LOVE} you Adam & Hope you had the Best Birthday

where do i start

2009-07-28T07:45:00.000-07:00

I know i haven't updated my blog in a while but this Summer has been busy like most of yours i'm sure. We have had visitor's taken trips and had a family reunion last week. I have hardly been home or inside long enough to sit at the computer. I have so much to catch up on and i can't believe it's taken me this long to post my visit to

{ Kentucky }

oh how i miss my Ole Kentucky home and the People there.

Sadie and i were lucky enough to visit our friends the first week in June and stay for about a week at Becky and Jared's house with Connor and Jackson. Sadie loved playing with her Boys. It had been over a year since i had been back to visit and i just couldn't take it anymore and needed to see my Friends

One day we all got together at Ali's house and had the kids play outside and swim, while some moms made really cute summer tote bags ( i wish i could be as crafty as these mom's ) We had a yummy lunch and i had so much fun seeing everyone and their adorable kids. So much had changed since i had been there last

The kids did lots of running around outside, taking baths, watching movies and cuddling on the couch. Sadie was so cute with Jackson they are little buddies

{ i LOVED THESE PICTURES THEY LOOK identical}

I was excited for our Trip to the Zoo it's always a treat when going with your own personal tour guide Connor Man. It was a hot day but the kids loved it. I even met a new friend Michelle and her two handsome guys came to the zoo with us. Sadie was a little scared of the Splash pad but i still got some cute shots

Getting ready for Connor's last Soccer game of the season! Way to go Connor you were so fast out there.

On the last night together Jackson and Sadie both LOVE toy story 2 and watched it until they passed out. I thought these pictures were so funny of the two of them

i loved getting together with everyone. One night the husbands took a break from studying and we all played beach Volleyball. I was so much fun and it really made me miss living in Kentucky hanging out with all our old friends like that.

The week ended with a girls night to Applebee's half price Appetizers YUMMY

Thanks for the amazing trip we love you and miss you all...hopefully next time Adam can come with.
Love you Becky thanks again for the Great week, it really felt like old times. We can't wait that long until next time we see each other i just can't handle it. I love all of my Kentucky Girls and wish i could be there with all of y'all all the time!

I DunNO Abby

2009-06-29T07:14:00.000-07:00

We had so much FUN when Abby was here i had to do some more Blogging about it! I know i have lots to catch up on so i am starting in the beginning of JUNE...When Abby was here for a whole WEEK this time

{ BIG SMILE FOR HER DADDY }

.Sadie had her first TRIP to the ZOO and she loved it.
She is being super strong in this picture and is holding herself up trying to get in the cage to see the animals up close
{look at those guns baby}

Then we went out to eat at a yummy place for Memorial Day...Sadie had to have a BALLOON before we started eating it's the only thing that made her happy at the restaurant. That and whatever i was doing to make her laugh like that

she gets a smile on her face when she see's Abby and Daddy doing this

(sorry abby i know you kicked adam's butt though this picture shows otherwise)

Spending Fun days at the PARK

{ WE LOVE }

when abby comes to visit

YOU HAD A BIRTHDAY

2009-06-10T09:05:00.000-07:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ADAM

the BIG 29

.ADAM celebrated his 29th Birthday on the 2nd of JUNE.

ONE MORE YEAR TO GO

( then you'll be OVER the hill BABE!!! 29 looks good on you )

Abby took Some pictures of Adam and I when she was here Last...we had so much fun having a little photo shoot just the two of us. Thanks Abby i love the pictures you did such a good job and we will remember this forever

Even though i went to Kentucky on your Birthday (THANKS AGAIN) we had a great time celebrating your birthday. I hope you Enjoyed your Day that lasted an entire month! You deserved it and i hope you had a Happy Birthday Babe

Have i told you lately how much i

{ LOVE YOU }

Sharing Strawberries

2009-05-27T07:38:00.000-07:00

I love the red stained lips from the juicy berries. This is Kendyl Adam's cousins little girl. So that makes Sadie and Kendyl second cousins...and Sadie adores her. She just started saying her name really well and when we are at Gams she walks right up to her and says " Hi Kendyl " in her high little voice. She likes to hug her and sit on the couch next to her, and if Kendyl isn't paying attention to Sadie, she starts petting her arm with a BIG smile on her face.

They love each other.

Lazy Summer days Pickin and Eating Strawberries...or buying them from Costco and eating them with cute little girls who like to share them with each other!

Sadie LOVES strawberries and i have an idea why. For most of you that know me really well know that i don't have a sweet tooth...i hate sweets and never eat anything with sugar. But there was this 9 months of time when all i wanted was Strawberries, i would literally walk into the grocery store and smell them, and buy them!

I wish i could enjoy a Strawberry like i once did. Maybe i should get pregnant again just for the Strawberries. They are just too sweet for me and actually i can't eat any fruit for that matter. So for those of you who think i'm LUCKy for not eating Chocolate Cakes Candy's Cookies...feel a little bad that during the summer months when the fruit is oh so yummy i'm missing out on a GOOD thing!

Adam and i are able to sit bit and relax a little bit more these days. Sadie keeps busy playing outside, and there are plenty of kids to run around with. But in all honesty Adam and i relax for about 2 minutes before running after Sadie to keep her from getting into too much trouble!

We DO love our little girl!

Our crazy always on the go getting bigger everyday little Girl!

I'm sorry for all the pictures but now that the weather is warming up outside there are so many cute picture moments. We love lazy Sundays at Gams house. Sadie really loves playing with the little girls and hanging out with grandma and papa. She loves her Gam too!

Picture Perfect

2009-05-23T20:45:00.001-07:00

Before i say anything look at this picture of Sadie it is completely candid and my most FAVORITE picture of Sadie EVER. She was outside with Abby playing and fell over and landed in this position and started laughing. I think i need to blow this up and frame it. I LOVE Love LOVE and just think it's the perfect picture! Doesn't it look like she's posing?!?!

Thanks Abby for capturing this Perfect Picture of Sadie you're the BEST

Abby's Home

we are so excited that Abby is here visiting MN this week. She got in early this morning and Sadie and Papa greeted her at the airport while Adam, Jervae and I attended a wedding. Adam's cousin Chuck was married today in the St. Paul Minnesota Temple it was a beautiful wedding and we have LOTs of cute pictures of Sadie dancing and having fun with her FAVORITE auntie ever!

Sadie can say Abby better every time she sees her...she can now say Abba and not the Ba Baa she use to say. Except for now Sadie says Abba whenever Abby's not in the room. Sadie wonders around the house saying Abba?? Abba?? in fact she couldn't even stand to be away from her long enough to take a nap....so that resulted in NO NAP! She did pretty good but is sound asleep in her crib ( hopefully all night long )

Sadie Loves Abby. At the reception she spent most of her time...

Smelling the Roses

Holding on to her Daddy

Dancing with all the Little Girls

I had no idea Sadie loved to Dance as much as she does. Recently she has been dancing all the time, and it is so cute to watch. She loved these girls and walked right up to them grabbed there hands and started shaking it was so sweet.

Good to have you back Abby we LOVE it when you come Home and Sadie loves it most of all. Thanks for all these cute pictures.

2009-05-22T16:23:00.000-07:00

BLOGGING OVERLOAD!!!!!

i apologise for updating and overloading my blog with pictures and videos and long stories. There is lots new going on and i had the time to post so i took full advantage. So scroll down and down some more because i did 5 new post. That is all for today, but i promise there is LOTS more to come.

photo shoot

2009-05-22T15:28:00.000-07:00

I'm not a professional photographer...i am far from it. I've learned a thing or two from my dad. I do LOVE taking pictures though and i took some of these pictures of Sadie and really thought they turned out awesome. It was a Sunday evening at Gam's house there is really old barns, tractors, tools and these old wheels in her yard. I really liked taking picture with these props and think i'm going to play around with them some more. How do you like them? Do you have any ideas or tips for me to get some really cute pictures?!? All comments are welcome!

Sadie does not sit still so i don't feel like i got a great picture of this wheel. i just love the sceenery behind it the Farm land to me is beautiful but i don't think i captured that with Sadie in the picture. Still Cute of her though.

This is Sadie and her 2nd cousin Rylie i think these turned out darling

this is my favorite place to take pictures i just think the fence in the background and these old wheels are awesome.

Sadie was having fun on this plow so i think i got some good pictures here Sadie is my favorite model to work with. Even if she doesn't work with me as much as i would like. What kid at this age does?!?

Take Me Out...

2009-05-22T10:02:00.000-07:00

To the Ball Game

We LOVE LOVE LOVE this time of year and We LOVE LOVE LOVE going to Twins games

it's more fun with a big group this time we went to the game with Adam's cousins Sarah and Anna and there husbands Nick and Mitch. We had a great time at the game, it's just fun to have a date night away from the kids.

Take me out to the ball game any day. To me this is the perfect date i love watching baseball and i LOVE the twins. This night we all got free white Twins hats don't we look good?

The girls

We sat by our husbands for the first couple of innings and we were getting ignored...who knew guys could talk more then the girls could?!? Then the girls decided to sit together. Girls are totally better then guys are. We had a great time, we really do love this time of year.

The guys

2009-05-22T09:15:00.000-07:00

I thought i was taking a picture of Sadie smelling this flower...it's a real short video but it's just like her attention span! So it's perfect she is always moving from one thing to the next.

2009-05-22T08:55:00.000-07:00

This is Sadie's Favorite way to cool off when she is getting her hair done. She loves to soak herself and it's so cute that she doesn't even care. If i let her she will do this until the bottle was empty...it will be the perfect toy when we play outside in the Sunny Sun

(This video is for you Jessica Steveson, your little girl will soon be Lovin it like Sadie)

Mothers Day

2009-05-22T07:39:00.001-07:00

A Happy Mothers Day

to all the Mothers...Grandmothers...Great Grandmothers

I had a great mothers day and i hope everyone else did as well! I have to tell you it was a very emotional day for me. Adam woke up with the Flu and Sunday morning and stayed home from Church that day. I teach Relief Society once a month and Mothers Day was my day, it was also Sadie's First day in Nursery!!!!!!!!!!! It was a BIG day and i was not ready for it. With the stress of my lesson and not knowing how Sadie would do was getting to me. I was also going to talk to my Brother which i was so excited for, but it was consuming my every thought...not knowing when he would call?!? Sadie unfortunately was SCARED to death of nursery and was fine that i left at first but then it was OVER. I had to teach my lesson and hear Sadie crying for me! Needless to say....i LOST it in the middle of my lesson. It was really embarrassing trying to teach and being emotional about my daughter. Sadie eventually fell asleep in nursery and i got through my lesson. I ended up talking to my Brother later that night.

I love being a mom and even though Mothers Day is suppose to be a day of rest for Mothers i enjoyed spending every second with Sadie and i LOVED it. Being a mother is the greatest calling and i feel so Blessed to have the little girl i do. I love being a stay at home mom and spending the most important times with her. Because it was Sadie's first day in nursery she made me a Mothers Day picture : ) i will keep it FOREVER i love it so much and it's the first thing she has ever made for me, so it's pretty special to me! Yes it's on the fridge.

I just wanted to show off the art work! And i got this cute picture of her handing it to me as she said: "Love You MOM" Does it get any better then that?

We spent the rest of the afternoon at Gams for a potluck of yummy food lots of Laughs. It was so fun to be able to spend the day with my Mother-in-Law and Gam. I Love that i am so close to my in-Laws i Love Adams family and these women are strong and are Great Mothers. Sadie is lucky to live close to them she gets Lots of LOVE.

A Happy Mothers Day to my Mother! I haven't seen since November, it's really so hard to be so far from them. But we try to see each other as often as we can. I love my Mother and wish i could have spent this Mothers Day with her it would have made it really special for me.

LOVE YOU MOM

She is a great Mom and an even better Grandma and LOVES Sadie more then anything. I Love my Grandma and know it's been a long time since these pictures were taken. But i LOVE them and love honoring these women on this most Special of Days

Happy Mothers Day to All Mothers

Saturday Mornings

2009-05-11T19:08:00.000-07:00

I love Adam and i just wanted to Say what a great daddy i think he is. I know this is Mothers Day weekend but this is all about Daddy for now. Adam sometimes wakes up with Sadie on Saturday Mornings so i can sleep in a little! He is very sweet and it's AMAZING what even an hour more of sleep can do for me, any way this last Saturday Sadie was up extra early and had quite an eventful morning. I want to Break this down for your enjoyment

6:30 am : Sadie woke up and was soaked from a full diaper so dad had to change her in fresh new p j's and gave Sadie her morning sippy of milk she LOVES so much. Adam thought she would LOVE it even more if he added Hersey's Chocolate syrup to her milk

( FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER )

7:00 am : I wake up to the sound of Bath Water, The Washing Machine and The Dryer. I went downstairs to find Sadie had thrown up all the Chocolate Milk all over her and daddy. I said poor Sadie you didn't like your milk and Adam replies, " NO she loved it she drank it so fast!!"

About an hour has passed

8:00 am : Adam comes upstairs with Sadie and says :( She threw up again!!! I was worried and asked what happen, to that Adam replied...i gave her more Chocolate Milk. SERIOUSLY?!?!? And then this is seriously what happened next. Adam said Sadie i'm going to give you some fruit snacks!

I thought it was funny and i had to ask my husband if we could maybe LAY OFF the sugar so early in the morning? Just Maybe

Babe I LOVE you and I love how you help me with Sadie on the weekends, really i didn't do this Post to embarrass my Husband... i just thought this would be a fun story to share with all of you! ( I'm sure we all have similar stories ) Sadie LOVES her daddy and i think she looks forward to Saturday's with Dad!!!

Goodbyes

2009-05-05T20:08:00.000-07:00

Everything Good must come to an end

After a long day at the mall the next day we laid low at Adam's parents house. We took pictures Amanda and i went out to Breakfast and overall we had a really great week. We were both very sleep deprived and had to take care of sick girls long after they went home.

Bye bye Tettas!! Sadie misses her friend!

The next day Sadie woke up not knowing where Tessa went...i told her she went home, that followed with Home Home Tettas HOME Tettas?!?

Our Girls really were cute together

I will miss my friends but are grateful for the new memories we have together with our kids. Thanks for the great time. I love you Amanda!

for the LOVE of Pablo

2009-05-05T19:39:00.001-07:00

Yes Pablo the penguin on the show the Backyardagains, he is her favorite character and when she saw the LIFE size characters she was freaking out, saying Pablo Pablo UH OH Pablo. She stood in the bench and just looked at him, UH OH Pablo pointing and smiling, I really should have taken a video of it. I have to say we had a more enjoyable time shopping when the girls were able to play around in the theme park for a while.

Is this not the best picture of Sadie and Pablo! It totally looks like she is posing with her hand on the bench looking at me the way she is. I think i need to frame this picture either that or send it in to Nickelodeon and see if i can win some kind of contest!

Yes we even found his face on a sign and she was all over that!

She really is so sweet and i love seeing Sadie so happy, Holding Tessa Teddy just watching the swings go around. My little Girl is growing up

And a mini merry-go-round i didn't even put money in the thing Sadie just went from one horse to the next, having the time of her life!

This is a Shout Out to Uniqua Sadie calls her ( Eeka ) She loves Uniqua too. How cute are these statues of the Backyardagains?

Girls Just Want to Have Fun

2009-05-05T18:31:00.001-07:00

Because this trip was a shock to me and i didn't have much time to prepare and plan fun things to do...there was one thing we had to do;
go shopping at

The MALL of AMERICA

This was the last day before Amanda had to leave. The days leading up to that we ate out A LOT did some local shopping at our mall and visited our Outlet mall...which was more then interesting. It took a couple of days to get our girls on a schedule that would work For all of us Ha Ha Ha that's a joke. Tessa is still on two naps a day, where Sadie just take one. And when we went shopping on day the girls let us know this what NOT there idea of fun. So my only saving grace was to buy Sadie this

A doggy Backpack Kid Leash
( I always said i would NEVER put my kid on a leash...that was before i had a girl named Sadie )
she is always on the go and never wants to sit in the stroller. She walked around the entire mall like a BIG girl and she did very well, she even begged me to sit in the stroller by the end of it! Best 13 dollars at Target i ever spent

Amanda and i we haven't seen each other in over a year and it has been so fun talking about old times in High school and college. We don't have lots of pictures of the two of us...now it's all about the kids! Here is a look at the past at my Wedding almost three years ago now

A lot can change in 3 years, everything for the better. Now we both are married with little girls that have our eyes! I love having a friend i can stay close to. I really needed this visit I love you Amanda!

Oh and how i miss that Blonde long hair!!

Unfortunately our girls spent lots of time in the car. Tessa always did Amazing and Sadie took her afternoon nap in the car.

We have arrived!!!

Sadie and i fed Tessa some lunch so Amanda could shop in one store in PEACE. Sadie was such a big helper, she is feeding Tetta's goldfish. I think Sadie is practicing for the future!!! ( No Announcements )

LEGO LAND

This is the cutest picture of Tessa, she was finally out of her stroller and having fun with the Lego's. She put them in her mouth crawled all over the floor and was LOVING every minute of it!

The Nickelodeon Theme Park inside the Mall where Sadie was IN LOVE. I will be doing a separate post for that! ( It needs an entire post )

Our evening ending with Dinner. A very BAD idea the kids were more then done, and the waiter probably wanted to kill us, our kids made such a mess. But i still managed to get a cute picture of me and Sadie.

SURPRISES

2009-04-30T11:46:00.000-07:00

I LOVE Surprises!!!!

This surprise was the best by far. Adam told me Wednesday night as i was folding the laundry that i should probably have the House clean by the time he gets home from work, and said nothing more. I of coarse asked 20 questions until he finally said, Just wait for tomorrow and stop trying to guess can't you please just stop guessing?!?!

(i love surprises but i'm always trying to guess what it is, am i the only one?)

SO the next day as i was cleaning my house and had way to much time to think i came to the conclusion that my parents were flying to see me i called both my mom's and dad's phone and they were both off...so i was certain they were coming.

But to my SURPRISE it my my good friend Amanda and her little Tessa, Amanda and i have been Best Friends since i moved to Washington when i was 12. It was so fun to have her come and spend the week with me. I got to meet her sweet Tessa who is 11 months old. It was cute to have Tess and Sadie play together, despite the fact that they were both sick they Liked playing together, we have the pictures to prove it!

There was lots of Starring at each other

Tessa is So Adorable and i love that i got to finally meet her!

There was lots of Hugging...some forced for the camera, but there was lots of Love between these future best friends!

They had fun playing with all of Sadie's TOYS and BOOKS

( Tetta )

That's what Sadie called Tessa, It was so cute to her say "UH OH Tetta" or "I Nono Tetta" or her famous taking her Binki and Say "this is Tettas"

YEP! There was Lots of Sadie Swiping Tessa's Binki. What can i say she LOVES Swiper on Dora I guess she can relate to him the most!

My Little Sadie the Swiper

But my favorite was all the SOFT touches. They did that the most and it was so cute to see them exploring each other. Sadie really did well with having a little girl around. She started to share her toys better, and she even let me hold Tessa without it bothering her (too too much)

We did LOTS more then just sit around the House...i just wanted to do separate Post to show all the fun things we did!

2009-04-30T07:57:00.000-07:00

I got a new camera!!!!

I am going to be updating my BLOG finally...Sadie is sick with an ear infection and I'm hoping she will sleep so i can Blog. How bad is that?!? Well we have had a LOT going on and I'm excited to Blog about it.

PHOTO TAG!!!

2009-03-19T19:19:00.001-07:00

This is my first tag...well i think i was tagged a while back but it was when i first started blogging and didn't really know how it worked! So i thought i would give this one a try, but i first looked at what picture i would have to post and hoped it wouldn't be anything too embarrassing!
So here it is....
SADIE IN THE SINK
This was a Saturday morning and we took Sadie in the bathroom and decided to put her in the sink?!?! OK i really don't remember why she ended up in there...but what a cute picture! I do remember we were videoing on our cell phones, and taking pictures like crazy...so Sadie must have been crawling on the counter and ended up slipping in the sink for a little Saturday Morning Bath. She loved it as you can tell from her big smile and she must have been 9 months? She didn't know how to turn on the water yet so that's a good thing.
I'm glad i did this tag it was fun! Now it's your turn

PHOTO TAG!
Here are the rules:
1. Go to your documents/pictures.
2. Go to your 6th file.
3. Go to your 6th picture.
4. Blog about it.
5. Tag 6 people to do the same.
I tag Becky, Sarah, Ali, Abby, Noelle and JoDell

Have Fun and i hope there are some good pictures out there to Blog about!?!

A SERIOUS PROBLEM

2009-03-19T11:33:00.000-07:00

MY CAMERA IS BROKEN!!!!

And i find this a serious problem, wouldn't you?!?

The last pictures i took were the Oreo Cookie mess and then UNfortunately after downloading them to my computer my lens won't OPEN. I didn't even drop it, the lens just wont open!

I really LOVE my camera and i want to see if it's worth it to fix?!?!

Or if just get a new one?

( If you know camera's or have had this happen to you...could you let me know what you think?)

It kills me when Sadie is doing cute things and i can't take pictures of her. Then Abby and Reed were in town the middle of March and i couldn't take any pictures of that trip...Luckily Abby had it covered and you can check her Blog out to see the FUN time we had!

I might do some random POSTs SO i apologise a head of time for the randomness.

A Sweet Mess

2009-03-19T10:52:00.000-07:00

Sadie loves sweets and i didn't as a kid and still don't so i love to spoil her every once in a while. This day i had just gotten Sadie up from her nap and asked her if she wanted an Oreo cookie with milk! Thus the messy Sadie pictures...i discovered when a Oreo cookie is dunked in milk it get very very soggy and makes a big mess. Sadie's good at making messes but this was a cute mess. She loved it so much and thinks she is a BIG GIRL when she can dunk her cookies.

My sweet Little girl and some messy chocolate cookie

This is just a little Candid Sadie, she is always smiling and cheesing up the camera...but this day i could not get her to open her eyes and i still like her smiles.

Sleepy Sadie

2009-02-26T11:36:00.000-08:00

My Sweet Little Sadie was very Sleepy. This week she was extra sleepy i found her in random places around the house...asleep. Sadie usually had a hard time going down for a nap and never went to sleep on her own. I had to do the whole routine for naps...Bottle Blanket Rock her and then Lay her down when she was passed out. She had been teething and we had some very long nights. I found a little Tylenol helped us both sleep better. Thank goodness for drugs! This was in January when i caught her sleeping in RANDOM places.

We were eating Lunch, well Luckily i had just cleaned up Sadie's tray if not she would probably have fallen asleep in her food! I was in the kitchen and we were listening to the new Taylor Swift CD. I was doing the dishes cleaning up a bit before i took her out of her high chair. She wasn't screaming to get out so i was using this time to clean. Don't we all do that? Then i went over to get her out...and this is what i found! I could not believe she had fallen asleep, the music was so loud and i was totally Rocking out Singing. ( I sound just like Taylor its AMAZING)

My Beautiful Voice must have put her to Sleep

I took me a minute to find my camera, but when i did i was taking pictures like crazy. i was laughing so hard because i could not believe she had actually fallen asleep. She didn't even wake up when i carried her into her crib. She was OUT.

This was SERIOUSLY the next Day

It was pretty early in the morning too, as you can probably tell she's still in her p j's. Sadie loves to read her books, but this time she fell asleep on her book. This is her cute puppy and kitty book that has the fur you can feel. Anyway it was so cute because she fell asleep right on the puppy's face.

And in this picture you can see Sadie's face through the hole in the books cover! I thought this was so cute and i just wanted to share it with all of you. Sadie is now a great sleeper, she is completely off the Bottle and goes to sleep just fine without her Mommy. It's the best we are all sleeping great. I hope I didn’t just jinx my Luck?!? I hope we can all sleep as peacefully as Sadie looks in these pictures. Happy Sleeping.

the LOVE of family

2009-02-25T13:01:00.000-08:00

AUNTIE ABBY

( ba baa )

As you can see we loved Loving on Sadie over Christmas. We just love when Abby and Reed come to visit. Sadie Loves being spoiled by these two. Sadie couldn't ask for a better Aunt and Uncle.

Sadie is talking all the time now and is getting pretty good at saying names. She can say Sadie and it's so cute to hear her say Abby and Reed. She just gets so excited that when she sees pictures of them she can tell me who it is. I love taking pictures of Sadie with Reed and Abby, she just loves them so much!!

UNCLE REED
( eed )

They are just so cute together. Sadie loved getting to know Reed better over Christmas Break. Reed really adores Sadie. He is a great uncle and we really miss him when he's gone at School.

Her most favorite thing to do was steel Reeds popcorn! This is Sadie's favorite snack and loving sharing it with her Uncle eed. I love Reed in this picture (sorry if you hate it reed ) i guess this picture kinda shows that we just sat around all Christmas eating and watching Football...oh wait that is ALL we did!

All joking aside we love having everyone home. Sadie is growing up so fast and i hate that family is scattered all over and can't be here to watch it happen. We love and Miss all our family that's away from us and Hope You all had a very Merry Christmas.

Sadie Loves going to Grandma and Papa's House. She usually falls asleep on the hour ride. When we pull in the drive Sadie wakes up and says PAPA. Its pretty cute and i Love how much she Loves them. Grandma always has fun new books for Sadie to read and yummy things to eat! Papa likes to take Sadie anywhere she wants to go, she just grabs his finger she wrapped around and off they go. Thanks for Christmas we loved spending time together and have fun memories to cherish.

We get so busy and caught up with everything that's going on i never got one picture of Sadie and Papa. We will have to remember to capture more of you two.

Here's to the LOVE of Family

IT WAS A MERRY little CHRISTMAS

2009-02-18T07:27:00.000-08:00

We Spent Christmas in Minnesota this year. Traditional Gam's house for Christmas Eve and it was Christmas Morning at Adam's Parents house. Sadie was so cute in the morning opening her presents and playing with her new toys. We love the Holidays its the time of year when family comes together and we get to relax and enjoy what matters most in life. This year was Reeds first Christmas since his mission, the entire family was together. There were some good times playing sing star, late night Appetizers from Applebees and playing with Sadie. I love Christmas time and we Really has a great time this Year. The Holidays always go bye way too fast but the memories are nice to hold on to. Happy Holidays to all of you and we Hope it Was

A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!

A little HO HO HO Merry Christmas to You!

Christmas Morning Sadie woke up to this pink Chair and spent most of the morning in it. She read some books and opended her presents. I have to say when we saw the chair we had to get it for Sadie. Everyone put money together to get this for Sadie, she loves watching her movies in it and it is so cute that she has a little Chair of her own!

She still took time to stop and eat and she was very excited about it!

So this was an everyday occurrence while our house was decorated for the Holidays and pretty much the bane of my existence. I love decorating for the Holidays and it was so hard to keep Sadie’s hands off. I tried everything and in the end just ended up giving up and letting go…that was after she had pulled the Christmas tree down two times and after she would run up to the tree take off one of the ornaments, walk over to the end table and smash it to pieces then look at me like “What are you going to do about that” written all over her FACE! I promise I have never been more excited to take down the decorations in my LIFE.

Where Have We Gone?

2009-02-18T07:11:00.000-08:00

Well we are still here and i know it's been a long times time, Thanksgiving wow that is a long time. But its official...We NOW have the internet!!! After 8 long months of not having it lets just say i am very excited to finally Blog hopefully on a regular basis. We had to make some sacrifices buying our first home, but it is paying off and we are able to get some of the Luxury’s of life. I never thought The interenet would be such a luxury. Sadie is getting so big and i have so much to share with all of you. So thank you for waiting for these updates and i am so Happy to be back in the Blogging World!

So Here goes nothing!!!

Home for the Holidays

2008-11-28T21:36:00.000-08:00

My Parents came to Minnesota for THANKSGIVING this year. It was so much fun to have them in Our Home for the Holidays. It had been over 6 months since my Dad had seen Sadie and lets just say his was very entertained by her. She LoVED seeing her Grandma and Grandpa Stoll again! We were able to spend two weeks together. My Dad traveled to Minnesota for Business and brought my Mom along. While he was in the city about 2 hours from us the first week was spent just with Grandma around the HOUSE.

OK so sometimes you just have to brag about the people in our lives. I love my parents and am very grateful for them.
I Don't get to see my Family very often living so far away from them so i really enjoy the time we get to spend together. It was fun to sit up and talk to my mom for hours like i did when i lived at home. She was such a big help with Sadie and i love watching them play together. Grocery Shopping was so much easier with my mom running with Sadie up and down the aisle. She even discovered that Sadie likes to grab hold of the Shopping carts and push them. Its really cute, but she has a pretty good grip that's hard to get her to let go. She ran to some ladies cart and started pushing...my mom was trying so hard to get her off of this persons cart, meanwhile the Lady was just watching and Laughing. It was really funny! We were excited to show off our House for the first time and my parents wanted to help us out by finishing at least one room...the Nursery was the room of my choice. Sadie is now 1 and her nursery was not done and she needed the perfect little room. Thank you for helping paint and find cute accessories to make Sadie's nursery cozy for the cold winter. I have found it is hard to get much done during the day, but with my moms help we got so much accomplished and i loved spending that one on one time together! Thank goodness for Mothers. She Taught me to be a Mother to Love unconditionally and most of all to be Patient. I hope to become everything you were and still are mom

I LOVE YOU!

I Love my Daddy and i don't get to see him as much as i get to see my mom. So the week we got to spend together was very nice. My dad was very entertained by Sadie. He loves singing her "the doggy in the window" song and Sadie will dance and and scream. Probably my dads favorite thing was when he would ask her someting and she puts her hands up and do the I DOn't Know sign. It took him a while but he finally got a picture if it. I get my Love for taking pictures from my Dad and now enjoy driving around and taking pictures of the beauty in Minnesota.

These are some pictures i took at Quarry Park in St. Cloud. The water was frozen and it was beautiful. We were throwing rocks into the water making holes and the sound was really cool and echoed forever...its something to experience if you've never done it! I'm just saying it was pretty awesome. My dad also did a lot of handy work for Sadie's Nursery and painted a tree on her wall. He is quite the artist and now Sadie has a Paul Stoll original in her Room! We took many many trips to the hardware store. But i remember being a little girl and wanting to spend time with my dad and it usually consisted of trips to hardware stores, i just Loved being with him. Another Favorite staying up to watch a movie even when everyone else was to tired to watch it! You have to see Dark Night Dad and tell me what you think? I love you and thank you for all your Love. Thank you for supporting Adam and I in our journey through life together!

We Are Grateful

2008-11-28T20:51:00.000-08:00

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

We Feel So Grateful this Thanksgiving to be with both our Families. I love everything about the Holiday Season. The Christmas music was playing in our House the Day after Halloween which would explain my Blog background changing before Thanksgiving had come and Gone. I get really excited and Love Christmas time. But not to rush the Fall away this Thanksgiving we spent with Adam and My Parents. WE had a big Family Dinner at Adams Aunt Joni's House out in the country in there Farm house. We had a really good time all of us except my Dad. Unfortunately for him he got sick right before and spent his Thanksgiving Day sleeping it off. It was my parents last day in town and it was too bad he didn't feel well. We are Grateful for our Families. Parents, Grandparents, Brothers and Sisters. I love my Family and always cherish the time we have to spend together. I love my Family Adam is such a great Father and Husband Sadie has become quite a busy little girl. Lately there is never any DOWN TIME but i am thankful for her in my Life.

My Parents with Sadie Thanksgiving Night Saying goodnight and goodbye until there next visit.

It's always hard to have them leave and Sadie was really warming up to them. She just loves all the LOVE and Attention. Its fun to see her Love her Grandparents the way she does.

This was the Sunset on Thanksgiving

It was Amazing. I am grateful for the beauty that is all around us.

I Know Sadie is Grateful for her Grandparents and Her Parents it just seems like whenever Grandma and Papa come around she wants nothing to do with us! Its cute though and it's nice to be able to take a break...and Blog every once in a while. Grandma bought Sadie a new Thanksgiving Book, she loved it and went from each Grandma and then to me so we could all read it to her. I love that Sadie is so interested in books they have entertained her for hours and

We Hope Everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving Spent with Family and Friends

Back in September

2008-11-16T15:29:00.000-08:00

This Post is way past Due and i want to thank my Family for being patient with me. Sadie and i went to Boise in September and had so much Fun. Sadie was able to meet my grandparents for the first time. We got my mom to come from Seattle so we all had a nice visit. I love when Sadie can see my mom she grows up and changes so much it's sometime hard to have them live so far away. I was born in Boise as most of you know and with that i know tons of Idahoans. We had so much fun seeing Family and old Friends. Boise was busy but Fun we wanted to Thank my grandparents for letting Sadie and i stay with them...hope you enjoyed your Little Great Granddaughter even when she cried! We Loved coming to see you and Loved being with family. Sadie especially LoVES the little kids and enjoyed playing with my cousins. Thanks guys for entertaining Sadie.

Growing up in Boise brings back many Memories for me. This park was the Same park my mom pushed me on this swing...when i was Sadie's age! It was so fun that i could take her to this special place. Another special place we always like to visit is my Sisters grave site. How wonderful it is that Families are Together Forever I miss Jeanine all the time but know she is Where we are all aspiring to be one Day. Some Day Sadie will meet her Auntie Jeanine. I Love going back to Idaho and seeing Family and Friends. It was so good to see all of you and for Sadie to meet all of you!

Sadie's First Visits

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Aunties Visits

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The Most Favorite Fall pass time is when Auntie Abby Comes to visit. We have been lucky enough to have Abby come at least once a month and we LoVE to see her! I am so lucky to have married into the Family that i have. Abby is GREAT with Sadie and we love her so much. Thank you Abby for all your cute gifts and Love you give to Our little Sadie Marie. She loves seeing you and i only wish you were closer and could see us all the time. You are a beautiful successful Women and i am glad Sadie has you as an example in her life. You are a great roll model and an even better Auntie.

WE LOVE YOU!!!

( p.s. sorry this is the only picture i had of you two i need more )

FALLing For Apples

2008-11-16T12:26:00.001-08:00

I love the Fall it is my most Favorite time of the year! Sadie has also enjoyed the fall and it is Beautiful in Minnesota. My opinion has changed of this State and Fall is absolutely gorgeous here...so now bring on the COLD and take out the Uggs because Winter is soon upon us! But this fall consisted of raking leaves and the raking some more leaves! Actually Yesterday was our last and FINAL day of raking Leaves. Thanks to Sadie's almost 4 hour Afternoon nap (got to love the long one nap a day) Adam and i got a lot of yard work done. It looks amazing and i finally feel ready for the snow to fall. My parents are coming for thanksgiving and we are excited to have some guest stay in our new HOME.

This is the street we live off of and the view from our living room. Like i said Fall is gorgeous here in Minnesota. This Fall some of Sadie's favorite things to do were...Wagon riding at Grandma and Papa's house, Going to the Apple Orchard, playing in piles of leaves and Sundays at Gams

On the Hay ride Sadie only Enjoyed it because she had an Apple the entire time. Silly Sadie Gotta love those Apples! Especially at an Apple farm Picking them from a Tree. I hate that Fall has come to an END it never is long enough...so long cute fall coats and Mommy/Sadie afternoon walks time to take it indoors.

Happy Halloween Pumpkin'

2008-10-31T21:34:00.000-07:00

Sadie was too little for her First Halloween to do much of anything. This year was so much fun dressing her up making her into a Bunny! Sadie really Loves Halloween the Pumpkins and ghost and Candy her Favorite is the Suckers...her first piece of candy tonight was a sucker and her mouth was completely Blue! We found her Abby's old pumpkin basket to take Trick OR Treating and ended up taking it with her everywhere she went. and the only way i could put some face paint on her was to give her an entire Apple...whatever works RIGHT?! Despite the fact that all three of us have colds this week. We had a fun Halloween

Even though Sadie is a walker we thought it would be fun to take her around the neighborhood in her wagon. it was so dang cute she was so good i can't believe she sat still...must have been the magic sucker!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN PUMPKIN'

WE LOVE YOU

Happy Birthday to Our Sadie Marie

2008-10-31T20:15:00.000-07:00

HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY SADIE

On OCTOBER 26th 2007
We Welcomed Little Sadie into this world
A year has gone by and Sadie has blessed our lives in so many ways. We are so in Love with our little girl and Thank our Heavenly Father for her everyday.

Some Sadie Updates My Little girl is not so little anymore...

She weighs in at 21lbs and is 31in long She is a wiggle worm and will not sit still, she started walking at 9 months and there was no slowing her down. I would say shes a pro by now. Sadie loves to talk or scream whatever she prefers...she always lets me know!
She is my good little eater and especially loves all fruit oh yeah and her new favorite Frosting on her Birthday cake. I love to watch her grow up and learn new things. She loves Dogs and can say Doggy, Daddy, Mommy and Boo! Halloween has been lots of fun for Sadie and loves the pumpkins and the ghosts she walks around the house with a little wooden ghost and says..."Boo Boo Boo" It really is so cute

She Loves to say HI to everybody, and it still surprises me sometimes like when she says hi to little girls at Church...she will start screaming it with great excitement until they Say it back. Speaking of little Girls Sadie's loves to play with kids. They make her so happy and at her Birthday party i could not take one picture of her looking at me.

Here are some pictures of her party in our basement, Our first party in our new house!

And The Pictures Of the Birthday Cake Just in case you were wondering?!?! She Loved every minute of it and once she started it was hard to get her to stop!

IT'S ABOUT TIME!

2008-10-31T19:38:00.000-07:00

I Know you are all thinking it...So i Said it!

It was time for something new and now i am finally doing something about it

OK First of all i want to thank all of you who continued to look at my Blog and time after time seeing My Huge Suburban every time you were wondering what was new with the Hornung's...and you are probably thinking "what the heck is wrong with them...i hate this Blog". I thank you for baring with me and apologize for being so lame. I still don't have the Internet and i am so sad that i can't post on a regular basis. Sadie is growing up so fast and i can't believe she is Already ONE. So to start things off i will post Sadie's Birthday and Halloween...then i will Play catch up. i loved catching up with all of you...Friends and Family and miss looking at whats new with all of YOU! so i hope to get all caught up this weekend and give you something to look at!

Summer Sundays at Gams

2008-09-15T18:50:00.000-07:00

We have had a busy summer Over Labor Day weekend we came down for Grandma Hornung's Birthday

We Love lazy Summer Days hanging out with Family and playing outside...Summers over and Fall is here! Its our Favorite time of year and can't wait to share our adventures with You!

MY First LOVE

2008-08-02T07:11:00.000-07:00

So this Post is pretty Bittersweet For me!

This last week i had to part with my very reliable indestructible Big Beast car of mine! So many of you have Seen my car in Washington, Idaho, Kentucky and Minnesota. Well i have had this car ever since i learned how to Drive and yes i even took my Drivers Test in Her! I love this car I have always felt safe behind the wheel, she's been so good to me. Adam and i used it to move all of our stuff TWICE is been very handy. I Love how it stands out from the rest i have to say at first i was embarrassed to be seen in it driving to High School, everyone knew where i was all the time, so when i told my parents where i was i had to mean in (no sneaking around for me)Yes Adam was my 2ND Love but i LOVE him so much more then my Suburban. Don't worry, he Loves the car too. I drove on our First date to Idaho Falls and he thought it was so funny that a little girl like me Drove such a BIG car.

Well it went OFF in good Hands. Reed my Brother-In-Law took it to School. So now MY Suburban is off to Snow College in Utah! So if any of you see the burban in Utah...No sadly it's not me there for a Visit. I was happy to pass it on to Reed, he needed a car and what better then this? Its the Perfect College CAR the LAdies Love it! Good Luck Reed be good to HER she is one of a kind and i'm glad your First Road trip went smoothly. Have Fun playing football, but Don't have too much fun in my Suburban! We miss you Boy

So Goodbye my Love i will miss you!
Thank you to my parents for letting me have their car! I know it was hard for my dad to part with it when i first took it to college. But he was the artist that made the Suburban what it is. His company paint is PPG and he signed his name on the gas door. She will find her way back to you someday Dad.

We Love Our Twins!

2008-08-02T06:52:00.000-07:00

AND

We Love Date Nights!

We Went to a Twins game with Adam's Cousin Kylee and her New Husband John. I love going to Baseball games and i just love getting out of the House these days! Sadie played with Grandma and Papa while we were gone. Even though the Twins lost to the White Sox it was 1 dollar hot dog day! So Adam and John were Happy

GO TWINS!!

Breaking Dawn Girls Night

2008-08-01T23:14:00.001-07:00

So it's FINALLY HERE!!! Breaking Dawn Stephenie Meyer's 4th and Final Book of the Twilight series! I was recently converted to these Books and started Reading them in May. I just finished the third Book on Monday and have been so excited for this weekend to continue reading!

It is 1:30am (and i should be reading) and we had the BEST girls night tonight! I came down to Anoka and Kylee, Adams cousin who INTRODUCED me to Twilight went out and FIRST Did the Half Priced Appetizers at Applebee's To start the night off right!

Then we went to a Pre-Book Party at our Friend Audry's HOuse!! Then we went to Borders Books to BUY our own Copy Of Breaking Dawn releasing at MIDNIGHT!
I have never done anything like this Before, and going out at 12 to buy a book and to look around and see 400 other fans there to buy the same book was...CRAZY INSANE! We had too much fun and while standing in line, There were some interesting people buyin the book tonight! But we saw our Other COusin Megan...Everyone Is Addicted to TWILIGHT

Meagan Me Kylee

WE didn't even end up buying the book from BORDERS, after waiting for 10min and being almost the last people in line we went across the street to Good OL' WAL-MART and walked right in took it off the shelf and bought it within 3 minutes.

I can't Believe i am BLOGGING and Not READING! But i got a copy...it's mine and i can't wait to see whats next for Bella and Edward! Happy Reading to all the other Fans out there!

For all those who are sceptics...Pick up Twilight, Don't judge a Book By its Cover or in this case a Vampire! Its the best thing you will ever read and you wont want to put it down, so give it a try and tell me what you think?!?

Sunny Summer Days

2008-07-27T14:50:00.000-07:00

A Sunny Day at the Flower Garden

2008-07-27T13:24:00.000-07:00

We Love The the new area that we Live in. Its a college Town and we are right by the Mississippi River. While the weather is still NICE we are taking advantage and seeing the sites. The Flowers garden is so Breathtaking, I love Flowers and LOve taking pictures of them. The day could not have been more Gorgeous! The Blue sky with Puffy white clouds, i took so many pictures i want to share them all with you!
Sadie was so cute taking everything in! But at this stage she didn't want to stay in her stroller for LONG, she is crawling like crazy and loves to explore. The grass and some Flowers went in her mouth of coarse! She loves the outdoors it was a Fun Family Outing!

Talking to my Dad the other day he commented how many cute shots of Sadie we get, it's fun that i seem to capture the Real Sadie Marie in pictures so my parents and other Family and Friends can keep up on her every change! I'm glad my Dads love for taking pictures rubbed off on me. I know i hated all the picture taking when i was younger BUT thank you for doing it Now i Enjoy it as much as you! Here's to YOU Love you Dad

This is the Mississippi River we walked on the Trail and sat on a swing to enjoy the scenery. While we were there this Little Boy ran by looking at the River and said "Hi Mississp" we were Laughing so hard, what a cute kid!

What a Beautiful place we Live in. It's been Fun Moving around we've lived in Idaho Kentucky and now Minnesota the Land of 10,000 Lakes. There is Beauty all around us...Can't wait for Boundary Waters Summer of 2009? Who's In?

Here's To You Buddy

2008-07-26T22:07:00.000-07:00

Having My Brother Shawn come visit last week was so fun. We had time to just hang out and spend some Quality time before he becomes a Missionary. It's hard to think about not seeing him for Two years, so much will change for the both of us but I'm excited to see how he will change! He was able to See Our New home and Play with Sadie...she loved seeing her Uncle and it was so cute to see them together Again. He is more then ready to leave I'm just so happy he had time to come see his Sister!

One Day I took my Brother and we went to this Kind of ghetto place on the River where you could rent Tubes and Float the Otter tail River...it was cheap and we though we might DIE on the Bus ride to the Drop off, BUT we are alive and here to talk about it! It was fun and Lazy we talked and had some Brother Sister Bonding time! I love you Buddy that was definitely a fun Adventure.

TWO OF A KIND

My Kid brother is not a KID anymore. But we had a fun week laughing about the silly things we use to do together...we are alike in so many ways and most of you Don't know but we share the same weird dislike for

THE SWEET THINGS IN LIFE

NO SUGAR !!!

Who knows why we are so Different from everyone else, but now you know I'm not the only FREAK out there! We have always had that in common. We are both sensitive but with good reason. There wasn't a time when we wouldn't stick up for each other. Even as my little Brother he had my back. We have always been close it was just the two of us kids after our Sister Jeanine passed away. It made our Family bond stronger and look forward to the day when we will be united as a Family again. I know she is Proud of the Man you have grown up to be as our entire Family is. You have made great decisions in your life that has led you to one of the Most important decisions you will make. You have chosen to Serve a mission I am Proud of you Shawn.

It was a Sweet Goodbye and i know the Lord will watch over and protect Shawn as he Serves in Alaska. I am excited to watch him grow in the Gospel and share his Testimony with the people there. You are going to make a Fine missionary Shawn. Stay Obedient and Strong and Return to us with Honor! We Love you and Pray for you each day. Shawn I am so lucky to have you as My Brother You are going to be Great!

I LOVE YOU

God Be With You Till We Meet Again

We Miss the Lazy Lake Days

2008-07-26T21:38:00.001-07:00

Well we had to take the Gam and Sadie picture outside Gams cabin! Sadie just happened to be wearing a COW on her sun outfit, and GAm LoVES cows...her kitchen Bathroom almost every room in her house has some kind of Cow decoration! When i saw this outfit i Thought of Our Gam and Love that Sadie has this picture with her. Gams TWO Favorite things Cows and little Great Granddaughters.

AHHH the UGLY days of the Lake, no make up no problem, the fish still Bite!

We Spent an Evening on the Lake catching some Fish, Adam could live eat and breath Fishing and he Looks GOOD doing it Too! Glad i caught you Babe.

And I'm talking LAZY, it was so Funny when Adam fell asleep on the Hill on the water floaty in the middle of the day. I couldn't resist taking some pictures of My Cute Husband catching some Zs he looks so peaceful and surprisingly Very Comfy, if Sadie wasn't going like crazy i might have joined HIM!

The thing i most miss is the Beautiful views of the Docks and the water, the gorgeous Sunsets and the laughter and busy chatter of Family. We definitely Cherish the time we have to be with our Extended Family. We are so blessed to be surrounded by our Loved ones and are grateful for Eternal Families. The Lake always holds great memories and has been a tradition passed down many Generations, can't wait for the many years to come to create More!

The Lake

2008-07-20T13:45:00.000-07:00

Sadie Loves The Lake

2008-07-20T13:09:00.000-07:00

This Last week Adam's Family had there Family Reunion and it was Sadie's first time experiencing the Denny Family Fun!

It was a lot colder then most years but quickly warmed up so we got in the water to cool off! Sadie's a Little Swimmer, she loves the water but mostly she loves to eat the SAND!
All week we were taking sand out of her mouth, and later we found it in her Diaper
Silly Sadie! My Brother Shawn was able to come and stay with us for the week before he reports to the MTC on July 30Th. He is going to be missed but it was Great to Spend some quality time with him and Sadie loved Playing with her Uncle Shawn again!

The lake goes by all too Fast and i swear it goes by Faster each year. We missed Abby for the second year in a row! Wish you were there with us Untie Abby we Missed you.

I hope you enjoy the pictures of Sadie she is getting so big and this week was the FIRST for a pony on top of her HEAD it's finally LONg enough, What a BIG Girl Sadie!

Sadie Marie and Kendal Marie. They both get there middle Name from Jervae and Kendal Loves Sadie they are so cute together!

Our First Home

2008-07-19T18:33:00.001-07:00

Here are some new pictures of our Big Purchase! One of the many reasons I fell in Love with our House was are Yard, It is landscaped Beautifully! I only hope i can keep it looking just as nice.

I know what you are thinking Jared...are grass is DEAD and we try to water it everyday, we know how much you Love GREEN GRASS, we will try to get it up to J-Rods standards soon!

This is our side yard, Shed and Garden. Adam is out there everyday and Absolutely Loves it! We have more Raspberry bushes then we Know what to do with. There is also Rhubarb, green onions and asparagus. We are excited to plant and grow more Veggies next year!

THis is Our Patio and i am OBSESSED!!! I LOve being out there, we just got Home from Adams Family Reunion and all these new Flowers came up when we were gone! The FLowers and Vines growing up the privacy fence is my favorite.

And Last is our Tree I love how Big it is, it provides much needed shade and is so Beautiful i can't wait to take some Cute family pictures under this tree!

So the yard is going to be a lot of hard work and Thank goodness we have a Well and Don't have to pay for City water to keep everything hydrated! So i hope you all enjoyed seeing some outside pictures of Our Home! It's fun to be able to Share it with you all. Adam and I feel so Blessed to be home owners and look forward to making many memories in this Place!

Thank You to Our Families for all the Love and Support they have given us. We Couldn't be here Today without your Help. THank YOU!

Happy 4th of July

2008-07-08T22:16:00.000-07:00

Happy Red White and Blue!!

We hope everyone enjoyed there 4th. We took a trip and stayed with Adam's parents. Adam's cousin got married on the 5th so we enjoyed seeing family from out of town...especially Auntie Abby, we hate when she has to go Home!

But it was good to see her and Sadie Loved playing with. Thanks for always spoiling our little Girl.

We love you Abby

So funny story it was Sadie's FIRST 4th and her bed time is around 8:30 every night...well we wanted to see fireworks and they didn't start until about 10:30 so as our entire extended family gathered on this hill to watch the show Sadie was so tired, Her grandma took her and rocked her top sleep by Singing "Rock A By Baby" over and over until she passed out 5 minute before the loud fireworks started! Sadie seriously slept through the entire thing, even the loudest Finally i think i have ever heard! WE were right across the street so i am talking LOUD fireworks...she didn't even flinch! I thought that was so funny, so thank you Jervae for putting Sadie to bed and letting Adam and i enjoy the SHOW!

Don't you Love the Flag i stuck in the ground for this little photo shoot? Ha ha so Patriotic!!!

Livn Poor and Lovin Every Minute of it

2008-07-08T21:31:00.000-07:00

So You all have probably wondered where we have been for the last little while...Well Adam and i are now Home Owners! We bought our first Home and recently closed the middle of June, the new Home has kept us busy but we are in Love and are so excited to have a place of our Own and a place to call HOME!

There are many things we have had to sacrifice and one of them is Internet and Cable. We are not Apartment living any more and nothing is included with a Home! I hate that i can't Blog and put pictures up of our new place. But i will try in any way to keep everyone updated.

Sadie loves her new yard to play in. We live on a fenced in corner lot so we have lots of privacy. Our home was Built in the 60's with a lot of charm! I never knew i could LoVE a house so much?!? It's a Rambler with 4 bedrooms , 3 up and 1 down and 2 full baths, a finished basement will be our main hangout when we can afford furniture and there is more storage then i have stuff for! We love owning a Home and enjoy all the sacrifices we have to make to start our family here! i hope to get some more pictures up soon and can't wait to share more of this new experience with all of our Friends and Family!

Happy Anniversary Love

2008-07-08T21:03:00.001-07:00

Here's to Two Years with my One True Love

I Love looking back on the last Two years of our marriage and the Three years of being together.

July 1st 2006

A look back at the "Dating Years"

i love this picture of us in Rexburg we look so young and so in Love. I know i joke around a lot but this man still gives me Butterflies and i can't wait for him to walk through the door at the end of his Day!

The year we dated and fell in love is a time i cherish and hope to always Remember the feelings i had. The way he looked at me, our fun dates and I was Lucky enough to marry my First Love! I Will always Love you Adam and you have truly made me so Happy i am a Lucky girl to Have you as my Husband. Thank you for LOVING me the way you have. You are my best Friend and My Eternal Companion.

Happy Anniversary Adam i can't wait to see FOREVER with you

I LoVE YOu

To My Best Friend

2008-06-05T06:58:00.001-07:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ADAM!!!

Adam was Born on June 2ND 1980

28 years old !!

Here are some fun facts you might not know about Adam and they are the reasons why i love him so much!

1. He Loves To Fish 2. Read Church books and anything BUT the Twilight serious i can't get him to read those...who can blame him!?! 3. He loves Church History

4. Playing with Sadie he is Such a great Dad and Loves his little Girl so much 5. He loves Sports any kind of Sport, his favorite is either Football or Cornhole not sure which one any more 6. FOOD that we have in common, we love eating out maybe too much and now that we bought our first house it will be a while before we go out again!

7. He is big on FAMILIES and loves spending time at his parents house hanging out and enjoys the time he gets to spend with his Brother Reed they have had many GOOD TIMES TOGETHER

We Wish Abby was closer and love when she comes to visit. Adam and Abby are 18 months apart and have always been close!

8. He enjoys working outside in our yard and Garden, he loves working with his hands and growing food for our food storage, he could work outside all day if i would let him!

9. He loves to smooch Sadie and melts when she falls asleep on him Adam likes to Smooch me too!

10. ADAM Is A Great FATHER!

I Love Seeing Him with Sadie he is so cute with her and is always helping me out, what a great Husband i have

Adam is the best thing that has ever happened to me and because of him, he gave me Sadie. I could not have asked for a better Husband or a better Father to our little girl. I love you Adam and can't to see what new adventures await for us!

So Happy Birthday Adam and A Happy Fathers Day We LoVE you More then you could ever know.

LoVE Your Girls!!

Mothers Day

2008-06-04T08:10:00.000-07:00

Mothers Day i hoped was the end of a pretty bad week but come to find out it was a Start to another Horrible One! My Sweet little Girl was Blessed with a virus called

Hand Foot And Mouth

Have any of your kids gotten this before? Lets just say i knew nothing about it and the sound of it kinda FREAKED me out...i felt so bad for Sadie she got little blisters on her fingers and toes then of course in the back of the mouth! SO it hurt her when she ate, she screamed so much that week and there were many long nights. It broke my heart to see her like that, but there was nothing i could do for her and it only lasted a week so we just had to wait till it passed!

I have been pretty Lucky Sadie is now 7 months and has never been sick with anything serious, she has been a healthy baby so i suppose it was time for something to happen.

So RUMOR has it this Virus is very contagious and only children can get this. I did a lot of Research on the Internet! But i was all over Sadie all week long hugging and smooching her...I must be a child at HEART...cause guess who caught Sadie's Hand Foot and Mouth? Me and Mothers Day was the begging of the worst week i have ever experienced. I really wanted to Blog about it because it is such a weird virus.

My Symptoms: 1.First i broke out into a fever and felt weak for one day (kinda like the flu) 2.Monday it hurt to swallow come to find out i had tiny white dots in the back of my throat drinking, eating, putting anything in my mouth was out of the question! 3.Tuesday my finger tips hurt (ladies you know when you take your finger nail polish off and it's a little sensitive it was like that but seriously 100 time worse) and my hands felt swollen but didn't appear to be 4. Wednesday the dots appeared on my hands and feet making my feet tingle and swell 5. After all of that everything stoped hurting on Saturday and the blisters get BIG then they Burst, then they Peel. It doesn't hurt it just sucks! The worst part of all of this is knowing what my little Sadie had gone through the past week, it broke my heart to know she probably felt the same pain i did and she took it a lot better then me! Just ask Adam i was seriously complaining all week Long! Sorry Babe, thanks for putting up with me and taking care of Sadie and Me.

Its A Fun Time to Visit

2008-06-02T18:28:00.000-07:00

i loved this picture of my Mom and Brother. We all loved being together for my Brothers last Birthday for TWO years at least. Then my parents will be empty Nester's soon...it's a good thing they have a cute Granddaughter to come visit!

To my Surprise i realized when i got home how many pictures i didn't take of Sadie and Grandma. I guess its more about the QUality time we spent. We were the ones home all day as the boys worked, so we got so caught up in the girl stuff that we forgot about taking pictures. Sorry Mom! It is fun to kiss her all over when she lets you that is, and Grandma always enjoys spending all her time with Sadie when we visit. WE Love Our Grandma!!

Called To Serve

Well the time has finally come and it came in the mail and this kid was all smiles and couldn't even wait for my dad to get back into Town before opening his Mission Call. So i wasn't the only one in the family listening intently over the phone waiting to hear where Elder Shawn Stoll would be serving for the next two years. He has been called to the:

Anchorage Alaska Mission

He will Report on the 31st of July and is so eager to start this new Adventure that awaits for him. We are so Proud of you Shawn and look forward to learning more about the people in Alaska that will be blessed by meeting you!

We Love You Buddy