Tyler- 7 Months Old

Tyler is 7 Months old today! I can't believe how fast time has gone! He has been such a blessing to our family, I could not imagine life without him! Tyler had his 6 month well baby visit at 7 months due to the fact that Annika had to have her physicall before she started preschool so we had to fip- flop the kids around. He weighted in at 18lbs 10 oz (50%) and 28inch long (85%) so he is starting to thin out some now that he is crawling everywhere!!! He still remains really tall ( I have no idea where he is getting that from) Everyone always comments on how much the kids smiles! I can't complain b/c he was not such a happy boy for the first 3 months of his life! Smiles are always welcomed!

Wedding Wine

Here are a few pictures of us bottling wine for the wedding. Melissa, Jason and his family went a month or so ago to go make the wine for the wedding the bridesmaids job was to go "sample" it and bottle it! We had a great time and what a cool idea! You get to design your own label, which in their case had their engagement picture on it, choose what bottles you want it in and what foil to put on top. Jason and Melissa are planning on putting 1 of each kind on each table at the wedding! Very Cool Idea!

Wednesday= Boating

Tyler enjoy a day at the lake

Annika tubing. She went 1 other time this year on the "Big Bertha" tube and did not care for it. This tube keeps her out of water and is a lot easier to ride and she loved it!

Rileigh Annika and Abby

Tyler and Aunt Missy

I took Tyler for a kayak ride. He loved it! He loves to be in the water just like his sisters!

Ebates

Last night while I was looking for a code to get free shipping at Home Depot I found this site called Ebates (see link to the right). It is totally free and each time you shop through there you get a percentage of your purchase back as a rebate. No UPC to send in it does it all for you.! Last night my rebate came to $9.63 and the best part is that I did not have to hall my three kids in a store to shop!! Right now if you sign up under me I get a $5 bonus! My user name is htalsma! Check it out and see what you think!! They have about every store imaginable!

New Pictures

Last we I got the kids pictures taken again by Whitney, you can see them by clicking on the link to the right that says Whitney Jill Photography. Enjoy!

A World of Hurt

Well I can proudly say that the kiddo's ears are all cleared up (knock on wood!) Now it's Derick and my turn to be in shambles!
Derick has been dealing with a abscess tooth, he went to the dentist Monday and had it drained and has been on Vicodin all weekend along with anti-biotic. He is now starting to feel better now that he realised that he has to take that medicine with food! Root Canal is scheduled for Tuesday! Good thing we did not cancel that dental insurance yet!

Monday I was also in a world of hurt. I have been dealing with a ingrown toenail for the past couple weeks and finally decided to get it taken out. The procedure was not to bad considering. Now if I can keep the kids from stepping on it life will be good!

Catch Up

The end of this week got really busy so I have once again have a ton to blog about!! Sorry about no pictures, I got a new camera and I am still working on figuring the thing out! Sorry!
Wednesday- Wednesday is boating days in the summer time. My dad and Mary have the day off and most of the time they spend the day pulling the kids around the lake. This week was no exception.
Rileigh has been complaining about an ear ache since the last ear infection a month ago so I told her she had to go in and see the doc. but first she had to get in a few tube rides before the doc. told her she had to stay our of the water for a while. That was not the case she ended up having a ton of wax stuck and that was making it sore! ( Tami you would have gotten a kick out of this!!) She was so happy that she could climb back on the boat and go tubing some more.
Tyler also turned 6 months old on Wednesday! I can't believe how fast time goes by! He is staring to crawl and is sitting up by himself for a few minutes. He is such a charmer. He is always smiling at everyone. Watch out girls here he comes!!!

Thursday- Thursday we spent the day at Green Lake with the Newenhouse, Meyers and Hambergs! A great day was had by all! Thanks so much to the Hambergs and Schuts for having us out. The kids spent the day swimming in the lake and we even got in a little bit of tubing as well. After spending the day with the kids us girls had a night out coming!! We were all going out to Picnic Pops! Just us Girls!! Now if for those of you who don't know this doesn't happen often enough! We had a great time hang out and listening to ABBA!! Thanks Sherri and Michelle for giving us the idea and also the push to get us out without the kids!! I needed that!

Friday- The Curtis's are in town! We spent the day hanging out with them and catching up on mounds of laundry and sleep!

Saturday- We headed back out to Green Lake with the Hambergs to spend the day with them. We once again had a great time out there and feel so blessed to have such wonderful friends!! Both of our kids are a bunch of water rats ! The kids swam tubed and even Michelle and I got on the tubes for a while! Derick Knee Boarded for the first time in years and Annika and Rilegh had a great time jumping off the diving board. We ended the night with a chicken and steak on the grill, smores over the fire ( sorry mom Schut) and ice cream to finish a great day off!

Sunday- The ear ache continues for Rileigh! We finally decided we should take her in to the med-center since I am going in Indiana tomorrow. This time it is Swimmers ear! That means no swimming for at least 2-3 days until she can get an ear plug in it! Rileigh is my child that will put on a bathing suit the minute she get up and is in the water 24-7 ( hence the swimmers ear) this maybe a little tricky to keep her away from the water for a few days, so pray for rain!