2011-2012

I joined Facebook.  I thought I could use Facebook instead of this blog to keep everyone updated with new kid photos, but, as I suspected, I really don't like Facebook.  So I will try to keep the blog up to date again.  Since its been a year since I last posted, I'm not going to try to fill in everything that happened in the past year.  I'm starting from now.  The photos on the boat are on Lake Superior on Nate's friend Dave's boat.  We have had alot of fun.  Olin is learning to keep one hand for the boat.  Berit is learning that her mom has one hand for her while on the boat.  It has been very, very fun to get the kids out on a big boat on the big lake.  The other photos were taken this week at the park and at Lake Nokomis.  Berit will be 2 on August 25th.  I measured her today and she has grown 5 inches this year and is about 1 inch taller then Olin was on his 2nd birthday.  She is talking, sometimes in words only her mother can understand, sometimes with words only she can understand, but its a start.  Olin is a big boy and is very sweet most of the time.  He likes to have things clean, but finds cleaning itself quite boring.  He also likes to help his dad out with projects that require tools.  He has been a big help with the lawn.  We have a non-gas, non-electric push mower that he is strong enough to push and he has mowed the backyard for me.  He does NOT find mowing the lawn boring.  I just need to make sure Berit and myself are not in his path.  Addison passed Driver's Ed and now needs to practice driving for real.  Scary.  She is very busy with volleyball season already.  She is very good teenager and is incredibly helpful with the littles.  And Amelia is going into 3rd grade.  She also is a big help with the littles and all of us, especially Olin, miss her when she is not with us.