Friday, July 27, 2007

South Dakota or Bust!

We're headed out on our mission trip July 28-Aug. 4th! Here are the 14 crazy kids and 3 zany leaders who will be taking the journey to Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota! We are super pumped to see what God has in store for us all! Please be praying for us as we desire to serve and honor our Mighty God in whatever ways He has set out for us! We'll fill you in with all the details when we get back! Until then, we'd appreciate your prayers!

Monday, July 23, 2007

WE'RE EXCITED...

... to welcome another member to our family around March 15, 2008.

Merry-go-round!

We have really been enjoying our walks to the park this summer.
One of Traeger's new favorites is the merry-go-round!



Friday, July 20, 2007

We're going to the zoo...

The Patrick boys, Nonnie, Traeger and I went to the Greenville Zoo! It was a beautiful day to be out and enjoying the animals! The kid's favorite part was petting the animals. The older boys even got to feed some!

Nonnie and Traeger!

Nonnie came to visit for 3 days while Luke was on a golf trip to Stevens Point! As always Nonnie is a huge help and great company! Thanks for taking the time to come love on us, go shopping, and take long walks! You're the best!

A quick visit!

When we were in Oshkosh for Lifest, Luke and his youth stayed at my parent's house. On Saturday morning we got a call from Luke's parents saying they were on their way home from a motorcyle trip and wondered if they could stop by my parent's on their way home! We gladly accepted the offer to see them and go out to supper!
Traeger thought Grandpa and Nana's motorcycle was pretty cool!


Lifest 2007!

Lifest 2007 was a ton of fun with many gifted artists to enjoy!
We got to hear Newsboys, Toby Mac, Bebo Norman and more!

Dad, me and Luke enjoying our time together!
Friday evening Casey and I got to hang out for a few hours.
A mini CUW reunion! We enjoyed seeing y'all and catching up!







Sunday, July 08, 2007

Camping at Lake Arrowhead

On Thursday we headed over to Montello with my family to camp until Saturday. We had a blast doing the usual - swimming, eating way too much, chillin', going to the Flea Market, napping, playing games, etc. Looking forward to doing it again over Labor Day weekend!

Nonnie and Grandpa with Gideon, Kieran, Traeger and Breck!

Traeger's Tree

Grandpa and Nonnie planted a "Traeger" tree in their yard in honor of Traeger. We got to see it for the 1st time this weekend. Traeger's tree joined Gideon, Breck and Kieran's.

Happy Independence Day!

We were in Omro (Mikaela's hometown) for the 4th. According to Luke we had the "privilege" to see the longest parade in history. I will admit the Omro parade is pretty long and there are unneccesary floats that participate, but it's tradition. Luke managed to survive,
and then he and Adam took Traeger and the Patrick boys home for a nap.

Bohn family get together!

We headed home July 3rd for a quick but lovely visit with the Crouch family (my dad's sister and family from CT.) We met at Grandpa and Grandma Bohn's house for a cookout,
and the Patrick family joined in on the fun too!

Monday, July 02, 2007

Pastor Luke in action!

I apologize for the blurry photo but I thought you would enjoy seeing a picture of Pastor Luke in action performing his 1st wedding this past Saturday in Two Rivers for a high school friend.
I'm proud of you Luke, you did an awesome job!

Celebrating!

Since we couldn't make it to cousin Annabelle's 1st birthday party on Sunday, we made a special trip on Thursday to wish her a Happy Birthday! Traeger and Annabelle had fun playing together, stealing each others pacifiers and watching their parents play a mean game of bocce ball!
Happy 1st birthday sweet girl!

Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Friends!

We enjoyed going for a walk and grabbing some ice cream with the Pospisil family last night. As you can see Traeger loves having friends visit and he didn't seem to mind sharing his toys with Lauren. Thanks Pospisil family for a fun time together!

Curious Traeger

When Traeger woke up from his nap yesterday there was a new creature invading his space. We watched little Taylor, a two month old, for the evening yesterday and will again tonight. At first Traeger wasn't too sure what to think about Taylor but quickly moved on and decided he could share his space and mommy for a little bit.

Monday, June 25, 2007

Starting Young!

I wanted to share my simple joy for the day with you. This morning I was throwing in a load of laundry, I had all the darks in the washer but remembered Traeger had a few darks in his basket too, so I left the bathroom to go get his darks and came back to this picture.
In less than a minute Traeger had managed to pull all of the darks that I had just loaded out onto the floor and thought it would be a fun activity to take the clothes in and out of the washer for about 4 minutes in which time I had to run and grab my camera to capture the "helping hands."

Sweet Girl!

Luke and I had a 'daughter' for 2 weeks. Gabby is a 17 year old girl from church who needed a place to stay while her guardians were out of town. We had fun playing cards, watching movies, talking about girl stuff, shopping, and picnicing at Sacketts. One of Luke's favorite things about having her stay with us was that he had someone who stayed awake for a whole movie and my favorite thing was having company during the day!
You're awesome Gabby! You are welcome back anytime!

Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Three men and an air conditioner!

The three Hatfield men putting an air conditioner in Traeger's room!
Thanks Grandpa and Nana for coming to see us!
We're so thankful for your help when you come and visit!
Looking forward to seeing you again in a week!

Sackett Lake

Last week Thursday we ventured out to Sackett Lake for a picnic and some swimming fun!




Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Traeger's First Haircut!

I didn't want to let go of Traeger's tiny little locks!
They were just so stinkin' cute!



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