Four Teenagers

Anna's birthday isn't until tomorrow but last night we celebrated! I can't believe that my youngest sibling is a teenager! And Mom and Dad can't believe there are four teenagers in the house at one time!

Ellen was the self designated "decorations coordinator" for the event. She did a great job! Maybe you should consider that as a job?!

Do those M&M's look different to you? They're strawberry peanut butter flavored! My first reaction was..."Ga-rooooosss!!! Who on earth would eat those?!" But I tried them and they weren't half bad. They won't ever be as good as regular M&M's, but they're tolerable.

Birthday Girl!

One of God's most precious gifts... close friends!


So the Gabriella and Mariah are super creative and came up with a fantabulous [I like making up words ;)] card for Anna.

They used candy for to fill in words of a poem that they made up!


Happy Birthday Anna! I'm so excited for all that the future holds for you! Trust God, surround yourself with close Godly friends, follow your dreams, listen to Mom and Dad [they hold your college tuition money in their hands!], and be yourself! I love you!

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Portrait Session

Meet Seth

He's five

Love those eyes

He loves to play baseball, football, and soccer



The End!

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Our Adventures in Colorado

I'll start off by saying we were there for one of the two weeks because a kid at the camp got the Swine Flu and the Health Department said everyone had to go home. Ellen, Dad, and I felt fine the entire time, and never got it.

Anyways, onto the good stuff. The camp far surpassed anything I could have imagined. Here are some highlights:

-Friendships. Despite the fact that we were only there for a week Ellen and I both quickly clicked with a group of girls. They felt like long lost sisters. We've been able to keep in touch since Summit and I love that! Everyone was really focused on Christ and it was such a great atmosphere to be able to share about my faith at the meal table, in the rooms, and classroom. I hadn't met any of these people before and yet it was so easy to start conversations and get to know them. I also had a great small group, that I loved sooo much and had alot of fun getting to know!

-Studies. We had amazing classroom instructors. Summit offers the best of the best, and boy oh boy do they know their stuff! We had a lot of classroom time and even though I was typically tired my brain was like a sponge trying to soak it all in.

-Landscape. Colorado is God's country, end of story. Seriosuly though if it wasn't such a long ways from our house I'd move there. Even though it was mostly rainy while we were there, I enjoyed spending time outside and looking at the magnificent mountains.

-Olympic Training Center. We got to tour the Olympic training center near Denver area. I love love love the Olympics and so I enjoyed looking at the training centers in person. Someday I'll go to the real Olympics... someday!!!

I'm excited because our Summit t-shirts are coming in the mail soon. Also, because Ellen and I are going back to Summit for two weeks this August for the last session. I was a little apprehensive just because our first experience was so amazing and I don't want to go back and be disappointed but I think I'm making the right choice.

Three trips to Colorado in ONE summer! Wow... I'm blessed!

I'm in Michigan and don't have any have Summit pictures on my computer but will get some on Facebook soon.

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Family Session

This afternoon I did a photoshoot for some family friends! The rain held off and we had a wonderful time at a park by our house.

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It's About Time

This post is longer than most but so much has been happening and I don't want to leave anything out!

Summit was even more wonderful than everyone said it would be, besides the fact it got cut short [that story will be in a different update, sorry for the cliffhanger]. It was so beautiful in Colorado and if it wasn't so far away I would move there.

I wanted to bring the mountains home to replace the mounds of dirt or "hills" we have here in MN.


Earlier this week our family dressed up, and went to the "Chanhassen Dinner Theater", to see "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers." It was a blast! The food was delicious, we had great seats, and the play was very well preformed and incredibly funny!

No, my eyes aren't normally this dark; red-eye reducation just got a little caried away.

Steak, potatos, and veggies? Yes please!

We were basically on the stage. It was great!


Add it to the history books, as of June 4th, Dad is 50!!! It's official both of my parents are "over the hill." We celebrated Dads birthday by surprising him at work with his other employees, Mom made a special dinner [of his choice], and we went out to see the movie, Earth.

Dad chose steak for his birthday dinner. Steak twice in one week = a good week!

Ladderball! That could come in handy at my open house if it doesn't rain ;)


We've got a busy week coming up. Uncle Brian, Aunt Judy, Sarah, Timmy, and Jared are coming on Thursday to help with graduation prep!!! Can't wait! Also, the day after my graduation party the family is leaving for Michigan for our annual two weeks vacation. The family has been doing a ton of work helping to prepare for the graduation party. I'm sooo thankful!

They've all been very faithful watering our brown lawn as well the new grass seeds we just planted.


Please ignore the quality of these pictures, the small digital camera we have is from the stone age and needs an update!

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