Happy 4th of July

Happy 4th of July

Ella and Eva on the 4th of July.


Eva in the highchair. Ella now sits with us at the big table and everyone is happy with the change.

Well we caught up with everyone this week since we have missed them from being gone on vacation. On Monday we watched Sammy who is 5 months younger than Ella. They get along great and look forward to playing with each other each week. They belong to our playgroup that takes place each Friday.

Eva and Sammy. Sammy loved playing with Eva although he wasn't as gentle with her as her sister is.

Ella and Sammy!

Tuesday we met some moms for lunch and than went to Cinncinati for a Reds baseball game. Evan has always wanted to go to a night game so we did. It was a little cooler but the girls were tired and kind of a mess. It was a good experience but hopefully not one that comes again anytime soon. It was a lot of work and we didn't really get to watch the game.


Ella hangin out before the big Reds game.

Wednesday Erin and Aiden came over to play and the kids had so much fun together. Erin is expecting another little boy in Oct. so our little playgroup is growing. Yay!

Ella and Aiden

Eva's 1st biscuit, she is always sucking and chewing on her fingers so I thought she would like one. She had troubles holding it herself so Erin helped her than she was happy.

Thursday Jenna came over and we had a pool day. She went in with Ella so I didn't have too, what a great friend.

Eva happy and ready to go swimming.

Friday we met Andrea and the kids at the park and than had lunch with them. Ella loves playing with them too. Evan got off early from work so was home by the time we got home. We relaxed in the evening as we did pretty much all weekend. It has been so hot here that we can't even do anything outside unless your in the pool and its too cold for Eva so that doesn't work too well for our family. We did go both Sat. and Sunday in the morning before it got to packed or too hot. We enjoyed a firework show on Sat. night at the park through the trees. We just walked which was great because traffic looked crazy! The show started at 8:45 and the girls were so tired. Eva fell asleep and Ella was rolling around like a crazy girl.

Ella took this picture of us. She has a current love for pictures, she likes to take them, be in them, and look at them. I was proud of her, it turned out quite well.

Evan and the girls in the park.

The girls waiting for the fireworks in the park.

This week has been rough for us, neither one of the girls are sleeping very well so the nights are very long. Let's hope that ends soon. Ella is still completely in love with her sister and loves to help her when she is in need. She always picks her back up when she tumbles over and gives her a toy when she cries. I'm glad they have each other. Hopefully they will always be close!


Eva is in awe with Madi, She loves her kisses!

Ella is changing her baby. She pooped!

Ella and Eva

Eva and daddy

Ella was making Eva giggle so I caught an action shot.

Hot Week

Eva and Ella

Eva can sit so well now so she enjoys her baths much more. She likes to play with all the toys.

Eva and Ella on Saturday morning! Too cute.

Eva wearing my sunglasses! She's so classy. :o)


Evan and I had a date night on Tuesday night, we had tickets to the Dave Matthews band and had a great time. It was a really hot night but worth standing outside listening to great music. I wasn't ready to have another late night because I was sill so exhausted from our trip but I figured we don't get many opportunities to go out without the girls so we went and had a blast. The girls did just fine without us! More of those to come.

We were real close, it was great!

Dave Matthews Band Concert

We have been trying to make it to the pool as often as we can because its been so hot here. It's totally unbearable, you can't even go outside unless you're near water. It's miserable! For once in my life I wish I had ND weather. :o)Ella loves it but I cannot take the girls by myself so we don't get to go as often as she wants. Ella is getting way to daring so I don't trust her. She loves the water!

Eva and I staying out of the freezing water.

Ella loves the pool and is starting to learn how to swim with daddy's help.

Eva fell asleep on the short walk back to the apartment. What a tough life! I envy it.

On Thursday Evan's work had a fun fest day for workers and their families. We had lots of fun. We stayed for a couple of hours; ate and let Ella play in the toddler tents.


Ella on top of a tower, she went up and down that thing a million times.

Welcome home

Ella and Eva
We all had a great time in ND but so happy to be home. It was hard on the girls, well Eva. She didn't sleep that well which meant I didn't sleep that well. We stayed at my G&G Vondal's the first week and than went into G&G Lindahl's the next. It worked out great because Evan didn't get into town until the 2nd week. We left May 31st with Evan's Uncle David and Aunt Beckie who brought us as far as Minneapolis. They are travelers so they had their camper with them and we all got to experience camping. It was fun; we had a campfire with smores and played outside. We stayed in Minneapolis 2 nights and caught a ride home with Unlce Jon and Auntie Alana, well actually Devils Lake where G&G Lindahl came and picked us up. It worked out great but was a lot of shuffling. Thanks for everyone who helped us get home, we really appreciated it! We didn't do much except enjoy each other's company. I ran 10 miles on Sunday June 5th to prepare for the Marathon and got real sick. I didn't feel completely better until Friday. It made me really nervous for the marathon but I wasn't going to quit now I had come to far. Training is the hardest part! We did go up to Langdon and Walhalla to visit Great-Grandma's and Great-Grandpa's.

Grandma put Eva in the laundry basket so she could get the laundry done. She didn't want to lose her turn holding Eva.

Eva's reading the paper with grandma.

The girls with Grandma Vondal

4 generations.

G. Lindahl kissin on Eva

Grandpa and all his grandkids

Auntie Hopie and Eva

G&G Lindahl

Eva

Uncle Grantie and Eva

We love the Reds




Family pics- Hope took pictures of us to help save us money. Some of them turned out great. Thanks Auntie Hope.

Eva and I



The baptism went wonderfully. Eva was great, she actually fell asleep in church and was sleeping when they poured the water over her head. She woke up on the 3rd pour and just smiled. I was surprised she didn't scream. We had our little after party in the park and even went for a little swim. All the cousins got along great, Ella missed baby Tylie (Tyler) and auntie Hopie the most.

She loved to tease Auntie Hopie.

Grandma Charb and Eva wearing their sunglasses.

Eva wearing her gown and bonnet.

Vondal family

Lindahl family

Sponsors- Auntie Hopie and Unlce Jeff who couldn't make it. Auntie Alana and Unlce Jon.

Parents and Eva

Eva baptism


We left Cando Thursday for Duluth so we could have a resting day before the big run. We did a little site seeing on Friday and visited with Evan's family. We went down by the water and skipped rocks and picked up our racing packets and than went up to Enger Tower. We all got ready for bed early because we had to wake at 3:30am to drive 25 miles to Duluth (We couldn't get hotel rooms in Duluth) to catch a shuttle by 5:00am to make it 13.2 miles away from downtown Duluth. On the ride over I was thinking to myself: What the hell am I doing? Why am I running? I had to pay $85 dollars, I had to wake up in the middle of the night, and I had to run a freakin long distance. Well it went alright, I finished in 2 hours and 19 minutes. Well it surely was an experience and an accomplisment. And it is one I will never do again. Evan and his dad on their own. Good luck guys! :o)

Ella and I up in Enger tower. It wasn't that tall but it sure gave a great view of the city.

Uncle David and Ella up in Enger tower.

A boat going through, the lift bridge is up. It was pretty neat, I've never seen it before; I was amazed.

Us in Duluth by the lift bridge.

Ella and I at the Marathon Expo. by a Kemps cow.

On Sunday we left for home and was in the car for 17 hours. It sucked but the end result was home and it felt so good to be home even if it was 2:30 in the morning. So we did have a great time but I am exhausted and can't wait to get the girls back to a normal routine; one that included much more sleep.
Happy Father's Day to all the dads!

Eva's Baptism

Sorry for the late information but Eva's baptism is at 9am at the Cando Lutheran Church. We will be having a little celebration afterwards in the park if it's not raining and in the Lutheran church if it is. Hope to see some of you there.

The Lindahl family