Up, Up, Up & Away!

Nate has been dreaming of having his own seat in a glider since we watched the movie, Thomas Crown Affair, several years ago. Today he had his chance! He loved floating above the land and of course asked his instructor to take him on lots of twists and turns. I'm glad he's back on the ground!

We're looking forward to being in Stevens Point and Wausau this Friday-Sunday to see family and go house hunting:)

See you soon!

Love - Steph & Nate

Prom Night

Hi, it's us again:)

We spent the weekend in northern Minnesota with other Edward Jones families from our area. On our way up to the resort I got a phone call from Stevens Point Public Schools offering me the job for the 5/6 gifted and talented classroom teaching position!! I will be signing the contract towards the end of July. It's exciting to have a job offer but very nerve racking too. 5/6 GT will be a lot different than my third graders I'm used to and it means that Nate and I will probably have to live in two separate states during the fall...which will be very tough. We're hoping to have someone hired for his office soon!!

Our time at the resort was a little bittersweet, because this will be our last big get together with the group...next summer we'll be hanging out with the Wisconsin Edward Jones families:) We had a prom theme for one of the dinners and so I dusted off my prom dress from 9 years ago when Nate and I went! Wow, does time fly! We're standing next to a birch canopy/arch from a wedding that was at the same resort. With the name Birchler I had to have our picture taken under it!

We hope you enjoyed some summer fun this weekend too!

Family Fun

We thought this would be the best place to post recent pictures from our reunion. This was the year of blow up toys and night hikes in the woods. Look out Jake! You never know when someone is going to pop out of the woods to scare the kids (and adults). :) Next year we'll need to get pictures of this!
We hope to see some other pictures soon.

Happy Father's Day to some of the best!

Happy 2nd Birthday Lexie!

We hope that everyone is having a great spring! Summer is almost here. Below are Lexie's 2 Year old photos that I shot at the Lodi Park. See you all soon!

It's Been A Long Time!

Hi

We miss seeing everyone on the blog, so we decided to start up again. : )

Making pancakes with Daddy on a chilly Sunday morning at the beginning of March.

Talking to Grandma on the phone and being silly!

Hope all is well!!!

Love,

Lexie's Mommy and Daddy

XOXOXO

Merry Christmas!

Ice skating with Maya
Grandma and girls in front of our rockin' Wisconsin Tree.. We just had to get rid of it today.. I almost cried I loved that tree so much! 
We thought Dad would like to visit the National WWI museum...Walking to Libery memorial and musuem
Reading

Happy Christmas and New Year to everyone!! I am not sure anyone reads this blog anymore, but I'll do one last post since we had the great pleasure of having Mom and Dad come for a visit. The girls and we were so so so excited! It was fun to have Grandma and Grandpa all to ourselves... even even just for a brief moment! We were all in a little depression with the early departure, but one day is better than none we all decided! 

Other highlights were Mika also went ice-skating for the first time (see below). After a spin with mommy she decided she wanted to do it all by herself.. mmmmm...  a little harder than it looks after falling on her toosh. She got right back up though..

  We had a quiet holiday this year since my Aunt and cousin Andre decided to stay in Maine; Andre just got back from studying in Spain and my Grandpa is not doing very well with his Alzhemiers and they wanted to be there for my Grandma. They anticipate this will be the last year my Grandma will have Christmas at home with him and will move him into a facility that can better care for him sometime in the near future. I am happy for freedom for my Grandma, but also very sad for my Grandpa and I chose not to think about it too much. Life is so precious and short..Which is also why I wanted to say Happy New Year and love to you all.
Hanging out with Grandma
Swinging with Grandma...61 degrees!
Christmas Eve after mass

Wisconsin Christmas Fun

Thanksgiving Memories

Thank you for all of the cherished memories:)

Nate and I were talking on the way home of how much we enjoy all of our traditions. We're counting on everyone to keep these around so our kids can enjoy the family fun too!