Diversified

It is not a surprise to any of you that Soren loves tractors!!  ALL kinds of tractors!  However, John Deere does such a great job of marketing to kids that *most* of his equipment/clothing is John Deere.  Well, the Newberg family happens to drive Case or red tractors!  So, it's a long standing debate (friendly, of course) that Soren is being converted to JD due to the availability of green kid things!!  Over the last 4 years one of my very generous co-workers (who has 4 grown boys and knows how boys love tractors) has given Soren many JD shirts and made numerous JD blankets, etc.  While we were in the hospital with Kinley, Scott gave her a hard time about not providing any Case items to Soren!  So yesterday, I saw her and she had made Soren 2 Case t-shirts and one very nice Case blanket (mostly, for Scott, tho)!  Therefore, Soren is now diversified in his options for clothing and snuggling!!



Apple Picking

Last week we were invited over to my friend Beths house to pick apples from their HONEYCRISP tree!!!  Soren thoroughly enjoyed the picking, the excitement of it, and bringing his wheelbarrow to haul away the apples!!  I thoroughly enjoyed the FRESH apples!  We love Honeycrisp apples at our house, but I didn't realize how much better they taste when they are just picked!!  Yummy!!



Professional pictures by Emily

I may be a little biased....but I think the subject is pretty cute!!!

Enjoy!!!

We are!!!

3 months old

I thought I had more time~

Today at breakfast Soren says, "Mom, for my next birthday I want my own phone!"  Really....I thought that wasnt supposed to start for a while!

Cousins

The past couple of days we spent helping my sisters family out in ND.  Their house got flooded this past spring and because I was VERY pregnant at the time we weren't able to help them!  However, I wanted to go up and help before I go back to work!  SO really....Scott was the one who helped the most and did the hard labor....I just got to play with kids and spend time at the park!  :)  Soren loves his cousins so....and just can't spend enough time with them!!

 My sister checked out 4 "All About John Deere" DVD's at their library....of course they were a hit with Soren!!!

 Making cookies with Signe!

 Kari in the 'baby' chair!

 Kari!!!!

 Soren loving the park.

 Fun in the leaves!

 Kinley loving the cool weather to sleep/nap at the park!

 Climbing the rock wall....'like Aubrey!'

 Jo snuggling with Kinley.

Peace and quiet on the way from Fargo due to a borrowed DVD player!!!  :)

Following a picnic lunch at Siri's flooded house, Soren & Kari got a ride on the JD lawn mower!



Anniversary

So almost 8 years ago Scott proposed to me!  He planned on taking me up to Mt. Tom at Sibley for a romantic picnic but the weather was horrible!  So instead we had a picnic inside with some of our fav foods from Green Mill!  Well, last weekend I got to surprise Scott with a dinner cruise on Lake Minnetonka to remember that awesome day!  The Lord has blessed me with one amazing husband!

It was an ABSOLUTELY gorgeous evening outside!!  I couldn't have asked for a better night!  Kinley accompanied us and thoroughly enjoyed her first boatride:)!!!

Final Days

This morning we started off with the plan to bike on the local trails and then meet some friends for lunch and playdate at the nearby park.

We did get to bike/walk for some exercise!

 Then we went to the nearby beach so I could feed Kinley!  My picture wouldn't download but Soren spent that time collecting feathers, rocks & sticks with strict instructions NOT to get wet as we were headed to the park later!

 Soren asked to take a picture of Kinley & myself...not bad for a 4 yr old!!!!

 Well, the water was just to tempting so I agreed to roll up his pants and let him just get his feet wet!!

 Cute toes!!

 By now I had realized that it wasn't worth the battle of wet vs dry!  So I had called our friends to ask if they'd like to join us at the beach instead of the park....thankfully they agreed!!  So, the pants came off b/c they were getting to wet/heavy!  Soren & Allison playing.

 By the end of the morning everything was wet!  Literally from head to toe:)!

These are the final days of one of our most favorite summer activities!  I love spending time at the beach as does Soren!  Kinley mostly napped today...but I am looking forward to her enjoying the beach next year!

What a wonderful morning!

Preschool begins

 Soren requested that I get a picture of his new John Deere backpack...you can't really  see it but you get the idea!

Preschool started today!!  Soren was all smiles as he woke up, ate breakfast and got dressed in a matter of 15 minutes!!!  It was so fun to watch him walk excitedly & confidently in to see Mrs. Huisinga & Mrs. Watlund!  I am excited for the learning he will accomplish this year as he is just beginning to get excited about learning himself!!  

Like a sister

I have always looked up to my sister!  I always wanted to be like her growing up, dress like her and act like her (much to her dismay, I'm sure, at times) etc!  Even now she is one of the people I admire so much!  So Soren has been asking to be 'like'  his friend Aubrey now for a while!  We do spend enough time with Aubrey that she is 'like' a sister to him!  Yesterday, we ended up at the same park and he wanted to be 'like' Aubrey and climb the jungle gym/ropes/slides etc!  Today, as he realized that I was planning on cleaning he couldn't contain his excitement as he asked to 'brush the potty' like Aubrey!  Of course, I said "YES!"  He waited ever so patiently as I worked on the upstairs bathroom....and then waited so patiently as I worked on the downstairs bathroom! "Next time mom, can I put the stuff in the gets rid of the germs, like Aubrey?"  Hmmmm....I am loving this! :)

Directions

As we are sitting outside today enjoying the beautiful sunshine and eating our lunch, Soren asks, "Mom, how do the birds know which roads to turn on when going south for the winter?"  hee....hee!!