Art Shows!

Both Emily and Adam's school had Art Shows this month. Both kids did great jobs with their art projects!

Five For Friday

Last Friday was crazy busy with out of town guests, basketball, etc. So I didn't blog any Five for Friday. Stay tuned for this Friday's edition though!

Wish We Were Here Wednesday....

WISCONSIN!

Anyone who knows me, know how much I love to vacation in Wisconsin. It reminds me of times spent there as a kid. I'm a lucky girl because Paul loves it as well. It reminds him of family vacations spent in Michigan as a kid evading HUGE snapping turtles. Sorry, I digressed a bit there with the turtle story. If you want to know it, ask Paul.

Anywho....

I love our time spent in Wisconsin in the summers. Our days at the lake are filled with:

Boating with family:

Swimming:

Waverunning:

Drinking:

With Jeff!
With Grandpa!

Napping - both us and Papa Floyd!

Fishing:

And best of all, spending time with family!

Five For Friday

Here we go!

1. How can my baby girl be turning 11 in just a week??? A week from Monday Emily turns 11! Crazy. Seems like only yesterday she was a tiny baby!

2. Starting to finalize summer plans - camps, vacations, lazy days at the pool! Can't wait. Ready for a St. Louis summer - HOT, HUMID and SUNNY!

3. Thinking our summer will include lots of baseball games - both Adam's and the Cards. Maybe if we're lucky, a White Sox game in Chicago?

4. I made a few new recipes this week: Orange Beef and Honey/Applesauce pork chops. I also made Sweet Potato and Black Bean Burritos last night with Chipolte Rice. It was a good eating week at the Kreidlers!

5. This weekend - unusually quiet! Only 1 basketball game, baseball practice, and hopefully Emily, Paul and I will find time to watch Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire one night after Adam goes to bed!

Emily. And her hair.

Every night, I'm a horribly mean mom who makes Emily dry her hair before bed. I'm picky too - her hair has to be COMPLETELY day. Her hair has enough body/wave that if it's slightly damp, she wakes up looking like this, only not as ugly:

So, I was looking at old pictures of her and remembering how curly her hair was as a little girl. Check these out - you might have to click on the actual pictures and blow them up to get a better look at her curls!

July, 2002

STEP. AWAY.

Paul wanted to know. Does eating Girl Scout Thin Mints make you THINNER?

Answer: No.

STEP. AWAY. FROM. THE. COOKIES.

Just for some extra motivation for us, pictures from a few years ago:

These pictures remind WHY we work hard at running and eating better! (Ignore Cathy in that picture - She looks great, I looked FAT!)

Wish We Were Here Wednesday

Sanibel Island, Florida

We spent 5 days on Sanibel Island in July 2005 before heading to the Florida Keys to see the grandparents. We enjoyed a fun vacation - shelling, hanging on the beach, and swimming. Paul and I also enjoyed playing poker with Emily in our cottage at night! We'd like to go back to Sanibel, especially now that Adam is older and would enjoying shelling and swimming in the warm ocean.

Adam - 6 months

Emily - 5 years