Nancy and Joe's Wedding Extravaganza

We had a really great weekend celebrating Nancy and Joe's wedding. The weather was beautiful for their outdoor ceremony and the afternoon at Duck Lake completely topped it off for the kids! Even though my in-laws live on a lake, it's not often that we get the kids right into the sand, making castles and squishing their cute little toes in it. They had a blast!



Brooklyn was begging me to let her swim further and further out, while it took a LOT of convincing to get Jeremiah this far. They had so much fun. They could have stayed for hours longer!



Jeremiah and his teeny tushy had a hard time keeping those swim trunks on. What a little peanut!

Jeremiah turns 3!!

Wasn't it just yesterday that little Jeremiah was learning to 'scoot'? What a sweet boy he's turned into. This year, his birthday fell right around the weekend that the Grahams had their annual get-together on the lake. It was a perfect way to celebrate him, running around with his cousins, hanging out on the pontoon, and many hours in the pool. I went completely outside of my culinary boundaries this year and baked/decorated a dinosaur cake for him. He LOVES dinosaurs, so I was so excited to give this a try. Considering that I once made a 2 year old throw up at Brooklyn's party from homemade frosting (if you could even call it frosting), to me this was a success.




I really wish I would have recorded Jeremiah's reaction when he opened up his Twins hat. Oh my word! He's typically a happy boy, but he sure was excited to see a hat just like daddy's that fit him! (Thank you Oma and Opa Steck!)

He's also made very good use out of his very own lawn mower. So cute!

It's so nice to have "the big boat" for us all to enjoy together (thanks Gordy and Carolyn!). Jeremiah often asks "Can we go on da big boat?". He even ventured into the lake this year. Boy, did he think that was fun!


It's always fun when the cousins get together. I love watching how much more they interact with eachother every time we get together. Each of them is becoming just a little more mobile and a their vocabulary is expanding so fast! I think Jeremiah was expecially enamored of Piper ("Pipey" to him). I'm so glad Stephanie had her camera on her while they were running around the backyard together.