No More Pictures...

ok....so maybe one more!

Owen's First...

This will be Owen's first Halloween...
not sure yet what he will dress up as but isn't he a cute little pumpkin.

Our Silly Mommy...

is still making us pose for pictures!

Thank You Pappy & Grammy

Thank you Grammy and Pappy for our new cool Halloween jammies.
They are so cute and so festive ....Mommy just had to take a bunch
of pictures of us before bed time.

Buddies

Ready...Set..Go!

Ready...

Set

Go!
Owen is working hard at crawling and trying to keep up with his big brother.

In 5 months

Our little pumpkin is just growing up to fast. The picture on the left he had
just turned 2 months, and the picture on the left is him at 7 months!

Time is flying!

Jacob's Favorite Part of the Zoo

is feeding the animals.
He loves to go in the kiddie petland and feed the goats, lamas and the other animals.

Double Take..

We went to the zoo twice this year. Last time before we left
we stopped to pose for a picture, but last time Owen was asleep.
So this time we posed with Owen.

These pictures are of Daddy..Mommy with Jacob during the visit
for Jacob's birthday.

George and hulu hoops...oh my!

Jacob loves Curious George. He just could not believe that he was at the zoo today.
He ran right up to him and gave him the biggest hug ever.

Hulas Hoops...Jacob tried!

Owen at the zoo

Owen turned 7 months earlier this week.
He enjoyed the animals at the zoo as well as the music.
As you can see in the picture Owen is teething...well drooling!
No teeth yet.

Owen has started to crawl, coos all the time, and loves to touch your face.
He still have his favorite blanket and toys...
but
he is quickly becoming Jacob's shadow.
He wants to play with Jacob and if Jacob won't let him...
he goes after his toys.

Music Festival: Dan Zanes

Dan Zanes from Playhouse Disney was at the Every Family Rocks Festival
this weekend.

We had a great time at the zoo today. The weather was absolutely beautiful.
We ran into the Fife family there as well. It was great to see them and for Andrew and Darren
to finally meet

Blank Park Zoo

Today we went to the Blank Park Zoo.
There was a music festival there as well.

Daddy with his boys....

Jacob being sooo silly...wearing Daddy's glasses upside down.

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Happy Anniversary Adam and Jen!

May you always be warmed by each other's smile,
Always take time to walk and talk a while,
Always know deep down you're each other's best friend,
And enjoy the kind of love that grows and knows no end.
Wishing you an 'always' kind of love!

Happy Anniversary

Sorry Adam..had to post this silly picture.
We miss you both.

Happy 9 years Adam and Jen

New Features...

Its been just over a year since we started this blog. Some months we write more and post more pictures than others. We do this to keep our family and friends updated on what we are doing, how the boys are, as well as share a few "saving tips" We appreciate each and everyone one of you that read and follow.

Recently we updated our site and there are a few new features we would like to point out.
First being the new navigation bar. You can see it says "Home Andrew Melinda Jacob Owen" You can click and scroll down on each name to read blogs that are related to that person as well as link to our other sites for work, interest, etc.

On the right hand side you can sign up for updates to be directly emailed to you. To sign up please enter your email and follow the steps on the confirmation email that will be sent.

Also on the right hand side is a "Twitter" area. We have a family Twitter account and you can see that it auto updates with some just little snip-its of the day.

Please check these new features out and let us know what you think. Feel free to email us or leave us comments if there is something you would like to see that is not here.

Our love to you all!

VeggieTales: Saint Nicholas -- A Story of Joyful Giving

As we have said before we are big Veggie Tale fans. Jacob being the biggest fan of all. Owen has even started to pay attention. Well today we looked into the new movie that on October 3rd is coming out. Its called Veggie Tales: Saint Nicholas-A Story of Joyful Giving. We posted just a little snip-it of the movie. It has a very valuable lesson that we hope that we all can remember this upcoming holiday season.

I can do it cause I'm happy....because God's gift to me!

Have the best pumpkin on your street!!

Visit The Pumpkin Lady's Site for a ton of FREE printable pumpkin carving patterns!

For the free patterns, scroll towards the bottom of the page- there are a bunch! There are also picture instructions to show you how to use the patterns.



Want more patterns?
Try HERE and HERE!

Happy Grandparent's Day

Happy Grandparents Day!
We love and miss you!

Happy Grandparents Day

Happy Grandparents Day Grammy & Pappy.
We love and miss you.

Happy Birthday Mommy!

Happy Birthday Mommy.
For Mommy's birthday we all went out to eat at Old Chicago...maybe we should start this tradition, because last year...Mommy, Daddy and Jacob went to Old Chicago for dinner.

(2008)

Daddy and boys in MN

Nickelodeon Universe Indoor Theme Park

Jacob enjoyed riding all the rides.
He rode this WonderPets ride, Big Rigs, and a Blues Clues ride.
He didn't want to go home.

Jacob made a little friend on the ride.

He squealed the entire time.
He LOVED it.