Veteran's Day

Jake and Daddy

One of my favorite pictures....

Emma Kate Blomquist

On October 14th we welcomed our new addition into our family. Emma Kate Blomquist was born at 7:18 am weighing in at 8lbs 7oz and 20" long. She is precious and we are head over heels for her. She never lacks attention thanks to her brothers who are always giving her hugs and kisses or putting her pacifier back in or coming up with new nicknames for her (grunter/spitter/pooper have all been mentioned!). She is going to be one protected/spoiled/loved little girl. I can hardly believe that I have a daughter! What a precious gift from the Lord!

Happy Birthday Noah!

I know, it's a crazy birthday week around here! I can't forget Noah's big day though. Yesterday (the 21st) he became a big 5 year old! He is quite excited about  this and told me that he's pretty sure he grew in the night before his birthday. Poor little guy has had strep throat all week - the worst I have ever seen it for him. He managed to rally a little bit on his big day - with the assistance of some Motrin. :) He was worried that his birthday might be canceled since he couldn't go to school with cupcakes like we had originally planned. We assured him that nothing could cancel his birthday and woke him up to doughnuts and a new buzz lightyear toy, which made his day. Good thing because I did not have the energy to celebrate all day long! Happy Birthday Noah. We love you!

Happy Birthday Jake!

Well, we have had alot going on here lately. There are many posts I could put up. Some I'll get around too, others I wont. But I didnt want to skip this one. Last friday was Jake's birthday - our big 7 year old! He has grown up so much and we are so proud of him - this was made so clear to me on his birthday. See, his big day got overshadowed a bit due to the arrival of his new lil sister the day before (post to come later). We were still in the hospital and couldnt celebrate with him like we wanted to, no favorite dinner, no cake, and a rushed trip to wal mart to get a present. Our good friend, Sarah, worked hard to make the most of it for him and she did a great job, but I still felt bad. But Jake never once complained - he was content with the way it went and it made me see a little side of maturity to him. His one request was that the baby not come on his day - so I guess he got what he wanted! Happy Birthday Jake - next year we will let your day be yours!

Jake's world cup

This is a recent project that Jake did at school. It says "when I'm a little older I plan to...". He drew a picture of the World Cup. That's him in the middle and all the other people are kids in his class (the player and cheerleaders anyways). Yep, he wants to go to the world cup someday. He hasn't talked about the World Cup since it ended early in the summer, but apparently it made an impression! I just thought it was super adorable and wanted to share. I love getting glimpses inside that brain of his!

Labor Day Weekend

We spent the first half of our labor day weekend at the beach and boating with friends. It was wonderful. We spent the second half recovering from the first half of the weekend. Now the backpacks are packed and the kids are heading to school again tomorrow. Although they've been in school for a couple of weeks now, I think I can say that summer is officially over. We ended it on a high note. Now, if only the weather would cooperate.....

The hawk whisperer

Noah has a new talent. He has informed me that he can speak "hawk". No, I don't mean Brian's squadron, I mean the actual birds. He's convinced that one day he was squawking at them and they answered him back! He's not quite sure what their conversation was about, but he's convinced. Much to my surprise, the other day he headed out to the back patio. He stood there, started squawking, came back in and said "hmm, no hawks out there today". It was definitely a moment where I suppressed my laughter. He'll figure out one day that he can't speak "hawk", but for now he's our little hawk whisperer. I love it!