Kiddie Parade '09

Gracie dressed as a little hula girl during the July 18th Stir Up Days Kiddie Parade. I couldn't figure out how to turn the picture around, sorry.

We decided to enter Gracie into the kiddie parade for something fun to do.
This was Gracie's little float. It was all pretty much last minute as I was having a hard time deciding what we were going to do. While trying to find supplies for a princess theme in Walmart I can across this set up, meant for a party, but we made it into float decorations. Gracie ended up getting second place for "Hawaiian Fun in the Sun". Way to go Gracie! I think you won the judges over with your cuteness.

Congrats Craig and Miranda!

Craig and Miranda rounding up all the single women for the bouquet toss. It was funny cause they had to yell for Colleen over the microphone.
Gracie bustin a move during the beginning of the dance.
Gracie loving the music!
Gracie was running around with a bunch of other kids. I was a little worried that she would get knocked out one of the times, but she didn't.
A picture of us before the wedding. We had a great time and ended up dropping Gracie off later with Great Grandpa and Grandma Lund and Aunt Sheila. She had a little slumber party with Lane and Kade. I had a laugh attack when Clint requested "Beat It" by Micheal Jackson from the "Turners". Guess he didn't want anyone to know he requested that song. A good time was had by all.

Lost in Fun!

Gracie & I met the girls Friday the 10th at Lost in Fun in Lincoln. She had a lot of fun playing in the ball pit, swinging, and jumping in the bounce houses. I was a little wore out myself after chasing after her from here to there. Good thing that place isn't any bigger than it already is.

Happy 4th of July

This year we were uncertain of how Gracie would react to the fireworks, especially the booms. Turns out, the only kind of firework Gracie likes is smoke bombs. We thought she'd do well with the fountain fireworks, but she didn't care for those either. It was the first time we heard her say "House. House. House." So needless to say, Gracie spent her 4th in doors and we had to watch the Ashland firework display from the car. Maybe she'll like them next year.

Lincoln Children's Zoo 2009

Gracie finally got to ride on a "choo, choo". She thought it was fun.
Gracie got to hold a butterfly in the Butterfly Pavilion. We didn't let her hold it for too long cause we thought she would get a good grab and kill it! Although the poor guy didn't look too healthy.
Probably Gracie's favorite part of the zoo experience was feeding the goats. One time, I thought she was going to get her fingers eaten off. We had a nice little trip to the zoo.

Father's Day 2009

Hoff and his little girl on Father's Day! Hope you had a good one. They are both in yellow. Dad got to pick out what you were wearing today; of course he would pick out yellow.
Papa bought the kids a pool and they had a lot of fun swimming together. Grandma Jo brought out the bathtub toys and everyone had fun squirting one another.
As you can see, they were the center of attention. They got a ton of laughs.
This is Gracie saying, "Tada". I'm not sure what was so amazing about what she was doing.
At the end of the day, we all got to enjoy homemade ice cream, jello cake, and cookies. Gracie ate her ice cream so fast that I think she experienced a cold headache. The dinner and dessert was delicious and we all enjoyed the day and each others company.

Luke & Steph's Wedding

A picture of us before the wedding. Gracie thought it was fun to run around all over; so needless to say, she didn't get to stay long before she was Papa and Grandma Jo bound.
Our good friend Cherri was unable to attend the wedding. However, Karri had the wonderful idea of bringing "Cherri" anyways. She was very popular throughout the evening. It was hard to get everyone together in one place; sorry Jessica you were missing in this picture.

Laura, Maria and I at the wedding. Everyone had a lot of fun. Congrats Luke and Steph!

Summer Fun Around the House

Gracie loves to play in her sandbox. Especially with all of her farm animals.
We finally got the swimming pool out the other day. I was thinking just last year, she was having a hard time just sitting in the pool and this year she's swimming around and getting in and out of the pool all by herself.
We thought her little ruffle-filled suit was just darling, but she didn't. For weirdos sake I did not post the pictures of her pulling her top down and exposing her little boobies. For some reason, she did not like it pulled up in to position, she liked it down by her belly. I told her its smaller than the bath tub; maybe we'll have to upgrade.

Sprinkler Action!

We tried out the sprinkler one of these rare warm days and Gracie thought it was pretty cool. She mostly was trying to drink the water. She lasted for about 5 minutes, I think until she got cold.

We Are Having . . . . . . . . .?

Although we were planning on not finding out the baby's sex until the birth, curiosity got the best of us and we were too tempted not to find out. We are having another GIRL! Little Gracie is going to love having a sister to play with. Even though a boy would've evened things out, having another daughter has its many advantages. I now don't have to paint the baby room a neutral color, we get to re-use all of Gracie's baby clothes, and we only have to try and figure out a girls name. The ultrasound tech sounded pretty confident in her prediction. Every thing seems to be as it should and we are glad we will have this precious addition to our family.

Daddy's Little Helper

While Hoff had his two weeks off, he got two major projects accomplished. First he put together Gracie's new swing set, which she loves. One of her favorite things to do is to swing. Literally she would swing for hours and we do. We've learned to place a chair out there for Mom and Dad to rest. The little stinker even knows to kink her legs back and hold on to the chains when we have had enough and want her to get out. Hoff has even taken the swing off the hooks and brought the whole thing into the house because she would not get out. Hoff then tackled the challenging job of laying laminate flooring in our kitchen. As frustrating as it was at times, it looks really nice and we like it a lot. My job was to entertain Gracie so she wouldn't interfere with the installation process. She likes to get in the way.

First Zoo Experience!

On May 4th, we decided to take Gracie to the zoo. We considered it a mini vacation since we probably won't get to take one this summer. Hoff is lucky enough to have 2 weeks off between jobs, so we are doing some fun things and he is getting some work done around this house. He will probably be stationed in Columbus, but don't know for sure. We knew we wanted Gracie to see three things for sure . . .the fish, monkeys, and ride the train. We went on a Monday for crowd purposes and for future reference the train only goes on the weekends. I was a little mad about that. Anyways, Gracie did like the Lied Jungle with all the monkeys and she did like the fish aquarium. It was cute to hear her call the fish, "Here fishy, fishy, fishy. By about three Gracie had had enough and laid down for a nap and my feet were sore. I don't know how people get yearly passes. Once a year is good enough for me; it makes for an exhausting but good day.

The Perfect Day

We spent a day at Schram Park and the Platte river Sunday, May 3rd. The weather was perfect and Gracie just loved the sand. She would lay all over it.

We were going to picnic, but we thought Gracie wouldn't do well eating outside. So we ate a little lunch at the Gretna Pizza Hut, before heading over to the park. We looked at the fish aquarium and she loved that. Then we headed over to check out all the geese and the little baby gosslings.
She doesn't have any diapers on because she sat in goose poop over at the park. She didn't seem to mind not having pants on.
All in all, we had a nice relaxing day and plan on going again sometime!

Holy Cow!

Hoff and I were watching T.V when we looked back to see Gracie sitting perfectly in her highchair. We were totally amazed and this is how the little stinker did it.

Easter Egg Hunt

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