Acacia turns 5!!

Click on the below link to see photos from Acacia's 5 year birthday! The festivities started on January 25th (her actual birthday). We went to the Nitty Gritty Birthday Bar (and restaurant) along with Acacia's Birthday Buddy, Kathy. Kathy is one of my best friends!! Acacia was born on her birthday! Saturday was Acacia's party at Madtown Twisters! She requested a sailboat cake (don't know why). And lastly, she had two of her best friends spend the night! Their first sleep over and we all survived!! A do believe a good time was had by all! May I just say .... I am a bit tired.

Acacia turns 5

Ski Lessons at Sundown '06

Click below to see photos from the kids ski lessons.

Ski Lessons '06

New Year's Eve '05

Golfing with Brenna!


These are the way cool magicians that we saw! We could not figure out how they made stuff disappear!



This is Acacia and Brenna on the bouncy climber wall thing. They did this about 7 times.



Live music. "It's too loud!"

Christmas '05 - With Emme and Nono

Click on the link to see all our Christmas '05 photos. Or just scroll down for a look at the highlights.

Christmas '05


We went to the tree farm and got our perfect Christmas tree. We went in the middle of a week day so no one was there. They let us go sledding on this great hill of packed snow! Even Nono and Emme went down the hill on the sled!!


One day we all went ice skating! My friend Maya was there with her family! We used chairs to help us learn how to skate, but they ended up being a pretty good way to get the grown ups to push us around on the ice. Emme and Nono skating too!!

I made a snow man (and woman) with my Dad and Nono. Do you like the grass skirt?













Here is our '05 family Christmas photo.









We went to Cascade with Emme and Nono and did some skiing. Emme went skiing, but Nono opted out of this activity.















This is all of us after we opened allllllll the presents!!


This is me and Chris at the train show that was at the botanical gardens. Can you see the train behind us? We got to walk through the tropical rain forest while we were there too.

Promega Holiday Party '05

Click on the link to see the Promega Christmas '05 photos.

Promega Holiday Party '05

Baby Samantha and Bye Bye Chris '05

Click on the link to see some photos from my trip to the Berg's. Julianne had baby Samantha and Chris had his few days of R&R before shipping off to Iraq. It was a bitter sweet family visit.

Baby Samantha and Bye Bye to Chris '05

Pumpkin Picking '05

Click on the link to see some photos from our pumpkin picking outing.

Pumpkin Picking '05

"Really Big Hike" '05

Click here to see our photos from our "really big hike". We went to a State Forest and hiked for 3.5 miles. The terrain was actually very rough. We ended up carrying Chris and pulling Acacia in the wagon for at least three fouths of the trip. What a work out for Mom and Dad! But, it was worth it. It ended with a tower that was like 7 stories high. Once you were at the top the view was just breath taking. Back at the resort we ate, swam and passed out. The next day we went to a local farmers market and to an Indian burial site. The kids got to fish for the first time and we brought home about 3-4 fish! A good time was had by all! :)

The "Really Big" Hike '05

Auntie Valerie Visits '05

Auntie Valerie made a pitt stop in WI to see us on her way across country. Chick on the below link to see photos from her visit. We went apple picking and to the zoo! We had lots o fun!!

Auntie Valerie Visits '05

East Coast Tour '05

Click on the link to see photos from our East Coast Tour of '05. We departed Madison in our Big Red Van and headed to Pgh. There we stayed with Randy's brother Sean, wife Dianne and new baby girl, Jenna. Randy's brother Kevin and his son Ben were there and so were Randy's mom Karen and Bill. We got to visit with tons of Westminster friends and Munhall neighbors before we headed to Northern Va to see my pregnant sister Julianne, her family and my college roommate, Christy and her kids. Then we departed for Richmond, VA where we stayed at the Faglioni resort. We relaxed by the pool and spent a perfect day in Kings Dominion. Next, we headed to NC to stay with my parents for a week. My entire family (including grandparents were there (as you will see by checking out the photos. Enjoy!

East Coast Tour '05

CA - Disney '05

Click on the link to see our photos from our California/Disney trip of '05. They are in a slideshow. Randy had a Promega meeting to attend in CA so the whole family went along. We got to drive to the dessert to see Great Nani and Great Auntie Valerie. On the way back, we stopped in Orange County to see all my Mom's cousins and their kids! I had such a great time as there were tons of kids!! Then we drove back to Disney and played in the parks for a week. My Auntie Valerie came to the parks a couple times. Dad got to spent the evenings and a couple days with us too. Even Mom's friend Rose got to see us before we had to go home. If you want to see a little video clip, just click the play button below.

CA/Disney '05

It's a small world at Disney '05

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Christmas - '04 - With Chris and Yoli

Click on the link to see some photos from our Christmas with Chris and Yoli. We went ice skating and skiing! It was a white Christmas!

Christmas '04 - With Chris and Yoli

Chris and Yoli Wed - '04

Chris and Yoli got married in August 2004 in Holland!! What a BLAST!! Click on the below link to see photos from this trip!!

Chris and Yoli Wed '04

Summer Vacation '04

Click on the link to see some of our photos from Ocean Isle, NC. We spent a week with the Learishes and then some time at Emme and Nono's.

Summer Vacation '04

In the beginning ...

Hmmm, where to begin!? This will be a work in progress. I will probably be changing this for a while until I figure stuff out and deside the best way to do this. I had no idea that "others" could post to my site ... but that is cool. By having it like this we can each set up our own blogs and link them to each others. Well, I hope everyone likes this and it is easy to navigate. Let me know what you think!

Lisa