Babies, Birthdays, Picnics, and Flowers

I have not been good at updating our blog. Hopefully as school is out, I will have the time to catch up!

My best friend, Jessy, and her husband Tom welcomed twin boys this past Saturday. Welcome to the world, Gabriel and Nicholas! I am so excited for more boys. Most of my college friends have all had boys! I was able to head up to the hospital Sunday night to meet them. I was able to sit and feed Nick. He was so tiny and very cute. I forgot what it was like to hold a newborn!

I am holding Nick and Jessy is holding Gabe. I ended up having a flat tire when I walked out of the hospital. I do not know how to change a tire, so Joe and Jake had to make the trek up to Coon Rapids to help me out. It ended up being a 4 hour trip from when I left the house in the first place.

Paige turned 1! Yeah! We had an Elmo themed party at my parents' house. Hailey was even able to come down. It was a lot of fun to see the two one year-olds playing together. Hailey helped Paige open the presents and Jake wanted to play with most of them. Paige loved her cake. She even rubbed some into her eyes. Needless to say, a bath was in order!
Here are some pictures from a picnic Jake, Jamie, and I had at Lake Calhoun. It was over Memorial Day weekend. We stopped to have a picnic.

Joe has been working very hard to get the yard to look nice, now that we are getting closer to putting the house on the market. He enlisted the help of his mother and Dan. They did an amazing job. They created two little gardens and spruced up three other ones. Joe continues to work hard at getting grass to grow in areas that Kirby has ruined. It looks great. A man stopped by yesterday and was trying to sell fertilizer. I wanted to tell him that our lawn looks pretty good. Check in with the neighbors who have weeds overtaking their yard.