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Monday, September 1, 2008

Steven Konrad

HAPPY BIRTHDAY STEVEN!

WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH

An unforgetable Steven moment!

Thank you for all the laughter, creative thinking, and inspiration you bring to life.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

We've returned tonight from our evacuation of Gustav! What an ordeal. Although we were not in the direct path of the storm, we thought it best to head east with the babies. We were gone a little over 24 hours. We made the best of it by going to the beach, almost to Panama City. There was not one drop of rain where we were the entire time - until we left this afternoon. The waves were huge this morning at 7 am and the wind was SO strong. It was kind of neat to be on the coast and feel the power of the storm. We're glad Gustav seemed to settle down a little once it came ashore, and are praying for the communities in it's path. There is still so much work to be done on the coast of MS and LA even from Katrina. I hope our country will once again realize the need and give in whatever resources they can. Please keep the families affected in your prayers.

Friday, August 29, 2008

He knows our every need!!

This week Luke and Isabel got their first cold. On probably the day they were feeling the worst, the greatest surprise came for them! These are new toys from Aunt Kathy! These are not just any run of the mill toys though - they have such bright colors and will be wonderful learning tools through play.

All the sudden, they were all smiles - and loved looking at all the colors.

I was SO excited because Aunt Kathy also sent us a new rug. It was like she knew what I had been thinking. THe babies are constantly rolling over off of the blanket onto the hard wood floor.

THANK YOU AUNT KATHY! You truly - made our day!

Our little turle girl - Mary Isabel

"Yes - I can definately get around on this thing!"

Thursday, August 21, 2008

Back to the beach!!

Our family vacation this year was just a short trip over to Seaside for us! We live about 2 hrs. from there now, so we've already been a few times to that area. We enjoyed the weekend...then stayed over an extra night to have the babies pictures taken. We are using our wonderful friend and photographer Sheila Goode. I love the way she works. She photographed our wedding...so it's pretty neat for her to photograph Luke and Isabel! She should have the pictures on her website this week.

Here's our family picture the last night. I will try to post more later...

In case you can't tell...I'm holding Isabel and my Dad has Luke :)

We really missed Kara, Steven, and Shelly this year, which means we'll have to do an even bigger one next year.

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

I'm a twin...and I think I like it!!

We will be 5 months old on Monday! Changing so much.. we like playing in our cribs and are more content to play together. This morning, Luke's feet were kicking Isabel's face and she just laid there and let him kick her - I guess she's becoming more playful. Then, he started chewing her arm, and decided she'd had enough and cried.

They are not sitting up yet - but their backs are getting stronger.

I will post beach pictures later today! We are resting up from our vacation. Why do vacations make you so tired??