Berken Family: July 2014

Party time

Party at Raleigh's house...

Super Finny

This jumping series is too good...

Party, party and more party :) On Finley's birthday we had Bumps and DeeDee and Brook and Graham over for Wisconsin brats and a cake (that the "cake fairy" dropped off on our doorstep). Open some gifts (horses, doll heads, baseball glove, bat...) and had a fantastic evening. Then come this weekend we had a party with her buddies at a park. Lots of fun for our big girl. Wow. How in the world did she get so big?

Making cupcakes for my park party :)

I'm getting old...

Friends who came to my party: Mckenna, Elin, Booker, Ryder, Keegan, Cedar, Sebastion, Elouise, Raleigh, Juniper, Julainna

Presents I received: doll, play dishes, books, stamps, Ergo for my babies, nail polish, stencils, boat, sprinkler, purse, CSU shirt, PJs, stonewash jeans, duck stuffed animal, chicken figurines...

SPOILED. :))))

Olive is cute

The weather is better up here

Finley seems to find herself onto of our counters and tables, often. Sigh...

Month long road trip :)

We packed it all (and I mean all) up and went on a looooooong road trip. First stop was Green Bay for a few weeks to some some quality time with Grandpa and Da. We also saw lots of extended family, Great Grandma & Pa, mom's Florida family, met my new cousin Marlee Mae and made many stops at parks, the zoo, Bay Beach, picking strawberries and perch frys :) And we spent a long weekend at the cottage on the Bay with some of mom & dad's best friends and their kiddos. It was awesome. What wasn't awesome was nap times (or lack of) and Olive's decision to ONLY sleep on the boob. Not fun for mom. Minor though, in the grand scheme of things. It was a blast. Next stop was LaCrosse, WI to see mom and dad's good friends, Joe & Jac get hitched. It was one of the most beautiful weddings ever and we had a great time. We slept in hotels, stayed up late and ate whatever we wanted. Yikes. Then we were off to Yankton, SD for 2 nights to go to mom and dad's friend, Cody's Celebration of Life. He lost the battle with thymic cancer, but left such a lasting love of life that will forever live on. It was at a beautiful park with bouncy houses, sno-cones and mechanical bulls (Cody's instructions before he left) :) We also went to the beach and got to meet a lot of mom & dad's friends from their days in Alaska. After a month of living out of suitcases and the truck, it is soooooooo good to be home :)