Niemeier's

Vegas Baby!

2012-01-24T18:11:00.000-08:00

We had the oppurtunity last week to go visit Uncle Nick in Vegas! Dr. Kolegraff was taking his Jet to get some Cont. Ed there so we got to ride a long! We left Tuesday the 17th and came home on my Birthday Jan 23rd. We were supposed to come back on Sunday the 22nd but the weather was too icey in Spencer. So one more night in Vegas Baby:) It was an adventure we will never forget!

Rogan's first plane ride! he did awesome not a peep out of him! Cora on the other hand was a caged animal!!

The girls with Uncle Nick by his pool, It was a little chilli to get into the pool. We had better weather then back home! We got to enjoy 60 degree weather and sunshine:)

It was the Chinese New Year on the 23rd so Vegas had a lot of decorations for it. We went to the flower garden at the Bellagio and watched the water show!

Kendal fitting in on the Vegas Stip!

Rogan turned 3 months old while we were out there!!

The girls at the Rain Forest Cafe!

We went and saw the Flamingos at the Falmingo hotel.

Picking out M&M's at the factory! Got $13 worth of treats.

Watching the M&M movie in 3D

Perfect Necklace for Cora on the Strip!

Someday when she reads she prob won't smile:)

Checking out the strip!

Kendal dressed her brother up!

Nick and Amy had a park down the street from their house. We got to enjoy the toys and sunshine. Cora decided to go potty in the middle of the park. Then she proceeded to take her shirt off b/c she was hot. She is an interesting little girl, deffinatly keeps us on our toes. She had a few melt downs in Vegas too, she still does not like that word no and likes throw some fits. Makes for interesting times.

Nick's neighbor has a pet pig named Crispy Bacon:) This was one of Kendal's favorite things, the neighbors pig!

Rogan and Uncle Nick did alot of snuggling in their footsie PJ's!

Rogan in his big Boy outfit!

We got to see a mermaid in an aquarium swim in front of us!!

Kendal got shake to Queen's hand.

We had to spend an extra night so Uncle Nick suprised me with a Balloon and Birthday cake.

These are a few pics of everything we got to see and do. We had a great time and the kids did great minus a few meltdowns by Miss Cora. Thanks Dr. K for making this oppurtunity possible and Thanks Uncle Nick and Amy for letting us stay with you!!

Kendal is a handful!

2012-01-16T21:27:00.000-08:00

Our Little Girl Turned 5 Today!! Hard to believe that 5 years ago this little miracle changed our lives soo much! She is our little fashion dancing diva! She had a party at home on Saturday with 6 other girls. They played Just Dance 3 on the wii and made Wuggle pets:) what more could a 5 year old want!

Rogan is thinking what are you girls up to now!

Sunday we met Grandma and Grandpa Nemo, and The Holsts out for lunch at Pizza Ranch.

Her Dance outfit for Dance class tonight!

Happy Birthday my sweet little Kendal!! She is such a sensitive little girl that is growing up soo fast into a fine young lady!! Love you soo much!!

Where had time gone!

2012-01-08T16:29:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year! Not sure where the time has gone! We had the Niemeier Christmas last weekend and I am officially back to work full time:( I was on call New Years Eve so that was are excitement, well everyday in our house is full of excitement...Cora splitting her chin in the bathtub, Rogan pooping up his back, Ruger getting into the neighbors trash, Kendal being a Diva changing her outfit every 10 minutes. Would not ask for anything different. The girls are back in school and Rogan has been going to Daycare! So far everything is going great, just crazy getting out the door on time not sure if we will ever conquer that task!

All of the cousins on the Niemeier Side!

Rogan is really starting to coo and talk with us! he loves this little catepillar on his changing table, he always talks and smiles at it! soo cute!!

Our little Harley Biker Babe on New Years Eve.

The girls like to put mommy and Daddy's clothes on

one of Rogan's Christmas presents luv this!!!

Showing off Daddy's Team!

Our little tootsies!!

Rogan in one of his Cousin Cale's outfits before church today.

The kids are growing like crazy and so far so they have been healthy, Everyday I pray it stays that way! Mom and Daddy had their first night out last night. Rogan had his first baby sitter! Mariah was awesome! She is a junior in High school and the girls love her!

Christmas 2011

2011-12-28T08:37:00.000-08:00

We had a wonderful Christmas! We were in Holstein for the entire weekend and attended many parties:) Rogan was awesome all weekend for his first Christmas! He is 2 months old now and always smiling!

We surprised my Dad with T-shirts for the Big Clausen Christmas. He sold a Million $ as a Riddell salesman this past year and got an award so we had to celebrate!

Kendal's letter to Santa before we left with his cookies!

The photo says it all! He was surprised with the shirts! We love ya Grandpa!

Santa visited the Clausen Christmas party! Cora was a little nervous to get her present from Santa so Grandma had to go with her.

Kendal was a big girl and got her present from Santa

Santa brought Grandpa Joe a new T-shirt!

We went over to the Whitmers Christmas Eve morning to make some cut out cookies! The kids had fun running around with one another and frosting the cookies! They were not the best looking cookies but it kept them sitting for a few minutes!

Christmas Eve we went to the community Center to celebrate with all of the Cronins!

our girls in a nutshell!!

Patiently waiting!

Grandpa Nemo with his hands full!

Kendal feeding the reindeer at Grandma Sharon's house

Karlen holding Rogan on his 1st Christmas

our little Santa!

All of the cousins with their new presents!

Our Diva!!

When we got home Monday night we celebrated out Christmas at home!

Rogan got a new phone:)

Santa left the girls a Barbie House! They are soo excited! Now we are making room for it in their room! We had a wonderful Christmas with all of our Family! We have one more this weekend.

Christmas Program and Rogan's Baptism

2011-12-18T16:56:00.000-08:00

Wow What a crazy time a year! We have been crazy busy. Mommy has been back to work a few days a week and Cora had her Christmas Program at school this past week. Rogan ins 8 weeks old already and such a happy baby! He is cooing and loves to be talked to. He is such a good baby, thank goodness otherwise mommy might be an alcoholic:)

Cora following in Big Sis's footsteps!

This weekend Rogan got baptised so we had the family come and visit! Chuck, Brenda, Maura and Cale, Nick and Amy came on Saturday to spend the night. We played games, had to many snacks, watached movies and did pedicures and manicures! We had a blast!

During church was the christmas program so it worked out great! all of the family got to see the girls sing and play bells with Rogan's baptism.

Uncle Nick and Uncle Scott are Rogan's godparents! What a lucky boy to have two great Uncles!

The Niemeier's, Rogan is the first Boy Grandson to carry on the name!!

Our little man!! He did soo good did not even cry once during the service!! We have been blessed with such a wonderful family! Everyone made it to celebrate our special day.

Its starting to look alot like Christmas!

2011-12-06T07:00:00.000-08:00

The Elf on the Shelf is out and watching:) Cora was kind of like really he can tell on me, Kendal is soo excited. I think Cora has been warned a few times he is watching but it doesn't really seem to bother her.

Their first Christmas photo!

Mom what are you doing to me!!!

All of our babies snuggled in the basement.

We got our house all ready for Christmas and the girls got all of their outfits out:)

Rogan is 6 weeks old now and starting to smile:) He is such a good boy the only time he cries is when he is hungry, he does like to grunt alot! I cant believe it has almost been 2 months. This past Saturday the girls got to go to the school to shop and get gifts and wrap them without me. Then they got to visit with Santa. I was surprised both girls sat on his lap and told him what they waned. Cora was a little unsure but she did not cry. Kendal wants a Barbie and Lalaloopsy dolls.
Rogan could use some diapers since he is good at filling those:)

Our little Libra

The girls with their little tree in their room, They decorated all by themselves

We got our trees up and decorated. One upstairs and on in the basement. I had a lot of help this year:)

On Sunday the girls went to Sioux City to the Orpheum to see the Disney Princess show. We went with Juli and Addison and met Meghann and Lillian. We met at McDonalds for a quick crazy lunch then headed to the show. It was an amazing show. The girls had a great time and I think the mommy's enjoyed it too. It is always good to see our Best Friends:)

The girls loved the show. Kendal asked if I had a Prince Charming and I told her that it was Daddy and she laughed:) I told her some day she would find her Prince Charming and get married, she started to cry and said no I want to be your kid:) I said thank goodness I don't want you to grow up yet!

Our Little Princesses

Our Girls day out!

Thanks Heaven for Grandmas! Grandma Sharon came up to stay with Rogan while we had our day out because Daddy was deer hunting. Then Mommy had her first day of work yesterday:( It went well though b/c I knew he was home with his Grandma. I just have to go a few more days this week just in the morning so not to bad. He will have his first day of daycare on Thursday! It is nice having my mom around b/c your Mommy's will always take care of you no matter how old you are!! Thanks mom love ya!!

So Much to be THANKFUL for!

2011-11-29T14:50:00.000-08:00

What a weekend we had! The past week Kendal has been spending the afternoons with mom and Rogan. As you can see in the 1st pic she loves stuffed animals and she loves playing school with them so she usually occupies her time by lining them all up and pretending she is the teacher. Cora likes to go play at Coleens house, which works out pretty good b/c then mom can snooze. Not so sure what my little wild child would do while I m sleeping:)

Rogan in his swing, he looks soo tiny!

Last Wednesday Kendal had special friend day at school. Grandma Linda and Grandma Sharon came up to spend the day with Kendal at school then have lunch with her. Cora, Rogan and I came in for a little bit for craft time until Kendal told me that it was time for Cora to go home after they got into a fight in the bathroom.

This face usually means he is going to make a mess in his pants:)

Kendal snuggled with Rogan on the couch while we got the Christmas decorations out. She was a good little baby sitter. She put him right to sleep.

Cora helped with the decor and yeas those are all tattoos on her arm!

The girls being silly

Kendal getting Ruger in the festive mood:)

Daddy snuggling with his little man on Thanksgiving Day

little family photo, perfect pic!

Over the weekend we went to Sioux City to stay at a hotel with all of the Cronins. We had a great time with everyone.

The great Grandchildren filled the pool!

Grandma watching all of the kids!

Great Grandma Cronin with all of the 18 Great Grandkids and there are 3 on the way!

Cora with Lexa's little girl Ashton, they are new best friends, She is 2 and Cora is 3

Santa came to the hotel! As you can see below the look of complete shock on Cora's face!

Grandma with all of her kids

Grandma and her 22 Grandkids

The girls with Caleb and Ashton (Lexa's kids) at 11:30pm still bright eyed and bushy tailed!

This was such a pretty fall sunset the other night I had to snap a pic out our back door. I can't believe Thanksgiving is over. We are working on getting the house all ready for Christmas! We are soo thankful for everything we have been blessed with! A wonderful, healthy, happy family. In this crazy world we are soo fortunate to have such great a family for our kids to grow up with.

Rogan is 1 Month Old

2011-11-21T10:41:00.000-08:00

Rogan is 1 month old! He weighs about 9 lbs already and is 22 inches long! Rogan had his first road trip to Des Moines in his 1 month birthday. We went to stay with Brenda and Chuck and go to the Zac Brown Band concert. The road trip was a little slow on Saturday since thre was freezing rain and the roads were ice

covered. It took us an hour and half to get to Spencer, uusally it takes us 1/2 hour. After 6 hours and 3 stops we made the trip safe and sound. Mom and Dad were ready for a night out:) Grandma Sharon and Grandpa Joe stayed with the kids while we went to the concert.

Looking at his Big Sister!

The girls are still doing amazing with there new little brother! They absoulutely adore him and Kendal loves to hold him. She helps mommy out alot while I am trying to get supper ready or get myself ready.

Our little Turkey!

The girls being goofy wathcing the football game

Going crazy in the car ride to Des Moines

Rogan with a great memory of the ISU victory over #2 Oklahoma St game

Cale holding his little Cousing, excited to play catch with him someday.

Maura loving her cousin!

And we are spent, the car ride home went much faster only 4 hours this time with one stop:) Overall is a wonderful weekend and a lot of fun! Now we get ready for Thanksgiving!!

3 Weeks old and alot of Firsts!

2011-11-10T07:02:00.000-08:00

Rogan got to snuggle with Grandma Sharon last week while mommy ran some errands and we went to Kendals parent teacher conference. While we did that he took his first bottle and did great! We got a good report on Kendal she is doing awesome and we could not ask for anything better. She loves to color right now and could do it for hours:)

Mommy and the girls went to the high school musical in town while the boys stayed home:) The musical was back to the 80's so it was a lot of fun for us.

Rogan had his first road trip to Holstein on Sunday. We went to visit Uncle Jim and Aunt Jeannie. Uncle Jim has been in the hospital the past few weeks so we soo excited to go see him at home! He was doing great and it was soo wonderful to see him and have him meet little Rogan.

Rogan's umbilical cord fell off while we were at Grandma Sharons! So he got to take his first bath with the girls! They were soo excited waiting for him to get in the big tub!

He was a little tired and hungry so he was not so happy but he has had another one since and loved it!

Rogan and Ruger bonding for the first time:)

Our little guys is 3 weeks old and doing great! Adjusting to the chaos well! The girls are awesome. mom and dad a little sleepy but it is all worth it!!

Happy Halloween

2011-11-01T13:55:00.000-07:00

The girls got to dress up for Halloween at school, Kendal had to dress up like something she wanted to grow up to be. She chose a cowgirl:)

Rogan in his Halloween outfit:)

We did the family theme. Kendal was Dorothy, Cora was a witch, Dad was the Scarecrow, Rogan was the lion and I was the tin man, Ruger was toto ( he only went a few blocks:). It was a great night to trick or treating! Rogan slept through the entire event:)

The girls with their buddies from Daycare Lucas and Mason. They have been with these boys since they were born!:)

One Week Old!!

2011-10-27T20:35:00.000-07:00

Rogan has been in our lives for one week now! It feels like it has been longer then that, he fits in with the chaos like it is no big deal:) We had to have a little photo shoot tonight. He did pee on the blanket but otherwise it all went well. We had our 1 week check up and he weighed 6lb 9 oz, my boobs are magical!!

Cora pouting during our little photo shoot b.c she wanted to take the pics.

He has the longest legs and big feet!! I think he is going to be tall!

He already knows that Cora is a wild child!! He looks nervous!

Kendal loves to hold her brother! she is starting to think she is big stuff now and trys to put him with is head up by her shoulder so she can burp him.

Cora in her spider hat she made at school

We decorated a pumpkin for the decorating contest at the library. We did the Pout Pout Fish, it is one of our favorite books.

Kendal was the VIP at school this week, this was her poster she made! She worked on her poster all afternoon! So proud of her!

Cora had her first trip to the Dentist this week. She did really good and had no cavities so we were excited! I am not going to lie I was a little nervous b/c I always have cavities and she doesn't like to brush her teeth

Cora is helping mommy, she is putting lotion on her brother's head. The girls have been such good helpers and love their brother soo much.

Welcome Rogan Lee

2011-10-25T07:54:00.000-07:00

The BIG Day finally came the arrival of our Baby Nemo #3! On Wednesday October 19th at 7:49 we were blessed with a little healthy Baby Boy! Rogan Lee was the name we gave him about 4 hours after he was born. Daddy had a long list of names to decide from and still had the name book in the hospital:) But after meeting the little guy we got it narrowed down to Rogan b/c it means Irish Red Head, he does not have red hari but he has lite eye brows and eyelashes and has his Dad's hair line:) He is absoulutely precious! He is was 6.25 lbs and 19.5 inches long! He is soo long and skinny! the first thing I saw was his leg sticking straight up with his long skinny feet!

The girls were a little nervous when they came in, Mommy looked a little different with wires and things coming out of her and they were worried about my boo boo but they love their new little Brother!!

Proud Big Sisters!!

Playing Doctor in the hospital!

My favorite Picture our first family photo!!

Coming home!

Cora getting a diapers ready for mom, my little helper!

The girls have been doing soo good, little goof balls entertaining us with all of the new baby stuff!

Cora in Buddy's Wrestling singlet, Daddy was proud, some day Rogan will fit in it:)

Everything has been goin great since we have been home he is eating good and sleeping good! And we are enjoying every minute!!

Tomorrow is the Big Day

2011-10-18T20:04:00.000-07:00

Tomorrow we will welcome the new baby! 7 AM is the scheduled c-section time so will keep you posted.

We got some pics back from our belly shots and Cora's 3rd B-day pics!

And the Birthday celebration continues:)

2011-10-10T16:25:00.000-07:00

Cora and I made a cake on her actual birthday on Friday and we decorated it:) So we finally just got to eat it yesterday since we had such a crazy busy weekend. She looks soo grown up!

The slinky is a hit that we won at chucke cheese. Kendal likes to put it on her sisters head.

Happy 3rd Birthday Cora!

2011-10-08T21:06:00.000-07:00

Our little girl turned 3 on Friday the 7th. She is growing up soo fast! She is one independent, smart little girl.

The girls helping with baking cupcakes for Daycare. Cora wanted Lady bugs so this was our attempt:)

Birthday morning waking up with a cupcake!

Cora was up bright and early ready for the day! So we got dressed and opened presents

Captured, a moment they love each other:)

Cora with her Dog telling him he needs to come inside.

The best part about making your own birthday cake!

On Cora's actual birthday we went and got pedicures! The girls had a great time and did great.I have a feeling I might have started something;)

Cora being a big girl in the chair reading her magazine.

The finished project

We went to the football game Friday night with Daddy. We got to celebrate with our good friends at the game.

One of her presents from our friends

Today we met some of the family in Sioux City at Chucke Cheeese. We had a great time and considering she didn't get nap today she did really good. We were pleasantly surprised.

That look is sooo Cora in a nutshell!

The 2000 ticket prize!!

And she is spent! What a big girl. We had such a great day with our little girl. We are soo blessed to have such healthy, happy little girls!! Happy Birthday my little Cora Belle:)

Loving Fall!

2011-10-02T19:17:00.000-07:00

This last week we celebrated Ruger's 7th Birthday Kendal managed to get a birthday hat on him:) It just so happened to be her picture day at school that day!

Posing in their matching PJ's

Cora's 3rd Birthday is coming up on Friday the 7th. She got to open and early birthday present to get her a little excited for me to do her hair....as you can see it is not working soo well:) she doesn't like to get her hair brushed or let me do anything with it! We did try to cut it a few weeks ago with Grandma Sharon but Kendal had a melt down and wanted her to stop. She has gotten a little better but I think we are still going to cut it.

Kendal posing b4 a 5th Birthday Party she went to on Saturday

Loving her Ruger Buddy!

Cora looking all grown up posing too!

Today we went to a pumpkin patch and funny farm. It was soo nice out, almost hot but a great day to spend the afternoon outside!

She looks like a natural:)

Cora was not into posing in the pumpkin patch for me. She was hot and was getting bug bites so I was only able to grab a few of the 2 of them.

Kendal on the other hand could have posed all afternoon, these are few of the many:) We also got some fresh apples from the orchard! They were soo delicious the girls each had a few on the ride home.

Then it just is not a Sunday without getting our Jon Dopp visit in:) We saw him at church this morning so the girls asked about riding horses. We are pretty lucky to have a friend like Jon.

Saying Goodbye to JD

Good Times

2011-09-25T20:38:00.000-07:00

We have been just hanging out enjoying the great Fall weather and getting ready for the baby:) We are all getting very excited for #3! Cora has been having a few melt downs but we are hoping that gets better.....it should right....:)

Snuggling, are favorite thing to do!

So I have been nesting and going through things, I went through my jewelry the other night. The girls were in the bath and when they got out they picked out some of their favorites.

Getting all of the Fall Decor out, ready for Halloween!

Kendal has been addicted to the IPod lately, little sis checking it out.

Tonight we went and road horses out at John Dopp's. You could not ask for a better day! Cora is really starting to enjoy riding horses as well. Looks like we have two little cowgirls on our hands:)

Riding off into the sunset!

Heather's Wedding

2011-09-12T21:08:00.000-07:00

On Saturday we went to Holstein for Chad's Cousin Heather's wedding. It was a beautiful sunny day, you could not ask for a better day in September. So we got the girls all dressed up and wrestled Cora to get her hair done:) She does not like to have anything done to her hair, lately she does not like to have anyone but her Daddy do anything for her. We hear a lot of "Daddy do" she does like to growl at her mom though, I am really hoping that this will pass in the next few weeks.

But look how cute and innocent she looks:)

Cora took this photo, not too bad:)

The girls running around like crazy with Cousin Chloe

Kirk and Chloe bellied up to the bar!

Shaking her booty

This video is Cora doing her first Hokey Pokey, Too cute! Kendal just watching taking it all in!

1997 Mommys

2011-09-09T21:37:00.000-07:00

Tonight we met some of my high school classmates that live around here. This was the first time we got our kids together:) We had a beautiful night and a great time. Nicole did get a good pic of us Mommy's. We really need to do this more often. Kendal could not stop talking about having everyone over to our house but she was worried about Nicole's youngest Izzy being scared of Ruger. Then when we were leaving Kendal had to not only give Abby's little Noah a kiss but she had to grab his face and kiss him....little nervous about my aggressive lover:)

All the kids eating pizza, kind of crazy they all came from Lady Pirates:)

All the kids, Kendal and Addison supporting the soccer poses. Simon not really wanting the picture:)

This was a picture taken before school the other day, so explains my girls! luv it. not Cora' shoes, " No I do" have you heard this from your 2 year old:)

Cora's First Day of Preschool

2011-09-06T16:23:00.000-07:00

Cora had her first day of preschool today. She is going over to Spirit Lake to Carousel. Kendal went there last year and a had a great time so we thought it would be good for Cora. She was such a big girl and soo excited. She was ready before Kendal today saying como on Nenny (that is what she calls Kendal:) Grandpa Joe and Grandma sharon were stayed with us last night so Grandma got to help her ready for her big day!

Big Sis giving her the pep talk, telling her it will be soo fun!

My growing girls!

Walking up to her school...

Looking a little nervous at school:) She did really good and did not cry, I was soo proud of her. She is going to school with her buddy Mason from daycare so his mommy picked them up today and she told me that they did not want to leave. She was excited and painted a picture for me!

Labor Day Weekend

2011-09-05T21:29:00.000-07:00

We had a very exciting weekend! We headed to Ames on Saturday morning to participate in Jamison's Vision walk. It was a little soggy and rainy. We didn't make it for the walk but we got there for lunch and to be with all of the family.

Then afterwards we headed to the hotel to swim before the football game.

Grandma Sharon did their hair!

Kendal before we got out of Ames!

Our little cheer leader! The rain never really stopped so we didn't stay for the game be had a lot of fun with the family!

Then today we went to Arnolds Park for one last summer event in Okoboji! The girls had a great time! The weather was great!

Cora a little scared on the Roller Coaster!

The girls got tattoos like there mom and dad on their lower backs:)

Riding the apples all by themselves

We could not have asked for a better day! Great weather, fun and many fun memories!

Road Trip to Meet My Bloggers:)

2011-09-02T01:48:00.000-07:00

The girls and I took a road trip to meet Brooke and Libba in Storm Lake! This was the first time I got to meet Taylor and Luke in person. I have to say in person b/c I feel like I have know them since they were born since we have the the wonderful world of blogging:) We had a great day to meet and the girls had a great time!

It was a good thing the ground was made of rubber b/c little miss Cora had a tumble after spinning round and round on a chair. It was one of those moments that you had to be there to really appreciate the fall:) She bounced right back!

Cooling off at the Beach

Playing with our new friend Taylor

It was soo good to see these fine Young ladies:) It has been at least 2 years since I have seen Libba and Brooke and I could not even remember, maybe the Sports Column or Field house shaking our booty back in 1999:) God that sounds so long ago! Even though it had been that long it seemed like we just saw each other yesterday! We had a great time and it was worth the trip!

Note Kendal with the Senior picture pose or sports pose, all she needs is a soccer ball:)

Camping with the Niemeier's

2011-08-28T17:02:00.000-07:00

We did our annual camping with the Niemeier's at Scharnberg park near Everly again this weekend. We had a great weather and a great time!

Cousin Chloe and Aunt Kimmie

Playing at the Park

Kendal showing Grandma how to run our new Ipod touch amazing how much those little ones know what to do!

Pushing Chloe in the stroll

Cora helping play the bean bag game

The girls watching Ruger swim in the lake making sure he is ok.

Ready for the Beach

The girls with Mason's fish:)

The cousins

Proud Grandparents with all the kids!

All the big kids with their lovers:)

The girls were practicing a dance they were going to perform for us when Daddy tried to be sneaky and get a quick picture of them. As you can hear Kendal scold her dad for peeking on them:) I told him the first of many scoldings from his daughter:)

This was their final performance!

1st Day of Pre School

2011-08-24T19:51:00.000-07:00

Kendal at school with some of her classmates

Today was Kendal's First Day of Pre School at Harris Lake Park! We had the preschool pot luck where we met her classmates and teachers! Chad and I got to spend our 8th anniversary at the preschool potluck:) We had a great time checking out her locker and classroom. She shares a locker with a boy named Billy and has 11 in in her class! We were a little nervous about how things would go today since the teachers home visit did not so good on Monday morning...Kendal was not herself and sat on the couch and pouted and would not cooperate for them. Not the case today! She got ready no problems and went right to school with a big smile on her face!!!

I was soo proud of her! she didn't even give me a hug and kiss good bye she was so excited.

Kendal lining up to go to the class room

Kendal got to ride the school bus to her daycare house, Daddy was there to greet her and take some pics!

At home with her sis after her 1st day!

Trip to the Cites

2011-08-20T14:30:00.000-07:00

We went on a road trip to the cities with Daddy on Thursday. Daddy had to go back to school for some cont. education so we went along for the ride. The road trip started it out with a little treat in the car, yes that is a giant ice cream drumstick:) Surprisingly she did really good with it, not mess and she ate the almost the entire thing on her own!

Cora being a goof ball in the car.

While Daddy was at his school the girls and I did some shopping and went to a park in the cities. It was a beautiful summer night!

Once Dad was done with classes we all headed to the horse races!! As you can see Kendal was a little excited! Next time we need to bet some money and have Kendal pick the horses, b/c she predicted Horse #6 that won the race!

The girls with Daddy up close watching the races!

Off to the hotel for a little swimming!

On Friday before we left we went to a big indoor park that had a huge play park and a gym for the girls to play in. They must have had fun b/c they slept for most of the way home. We had lunch before we left for home, Cora had top put on a nice performance for everyone in Red Lobster... yes we were the family with the 2 year old under the table crying and throwing a fit...little stinker. She definitely knows how to put on a good show. She was asleep in the car before we got on the interstate.

Kendal starts preschool next week so this was our last little getaway for while since the baby will be here soon also!!

Rally and Riding Horses

2011-08-10T20:13:00.000-07:00

Last night I went to Holstein to golf in the Rally for the Cure Golf Tourney with Mom and my sisters. It was a lot of fun and great to see soo many people! We had great weather and a great time!!

Chad's mom, sisters and Kristi's friend

Tonight it was a beautiful summer night so we went out to our friend John's house to ride horses. Tonight Cora was all about the horses and got on all by herself for the first time!!! Then when it was time to go she didn't want to get off. The pictures are hard to really appreciate the true beauty of John's farm!!

Cora helping John feed the horses.

Farmer's Appreciation Weekend

2011-08-07T20:39:00.000-07:00

We started the week by cleaning our new golf cart! Our old one died, well the clutch went out and we did not want to put anymore money into it so we had to splurge for a new one. Well new to us but it is a used one. We are all very excited about our new baby!

On Wednesday night we road tripped to Sioux Falls to a Go Fish Concert. This was the bible school our church put on this summer and we got passes to go see them. So there was a lot a people from Lake Park that were able to go and enjoy the great concert! This is a pic with Kendals buddy Brooklyn that we went to the concert with. I think if you look close enough you can see her tonsils:)

Kendal with Baby Nemo's Bloomers on:)

Every year in Lake Park on the 1st weekend in August we have our town celebration, Farmer's Appreciation Day. The past few years we have had the Hintz's from Holstein come up for the day to be in the parade and then stay and give free rides to kids in the park. This year the entire family got in the cars for the parade, baby included:) A little tight but we all fit!

Dylan, Emma and Chloe came up for the parade. Chloe is getting soo big, I told her next year she gets my spot:)

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The girls cooling off with some snow cones

Mommy trying to knock Daddy down in the dunk tank. I never did get him down but Kendal's Buddy Lucas got him down 3 times!! There were plenty of other people that got him wet. He didn't mind too much b/c it was hot out!

Kendal with her Buddy Mason from Daycare

We got a baby bump shot before we went to the street dance. Cora had to pick out exactly where I needed to stand. Only a few months to go!!

Wedding Weekend

2011-07-31T20:13:00.000-07:00

We were in Holstein Saturday for Chad's cousin Kevin Cronin's wedding. We tried to get a few pics of my belly since I am close to 7 months pregnant! Cora was hot and wanted nothing to do with the pics:) The time has gone soo fast I can't believe that in a few months we will have another!!

Family photo in the sunshine!

Cora at the wedding reception with all of the beads from the tables eating a sucker, my little Cora in a nutshell:)

The girls with some of their cousins, Dylan and Chloe

We tied balloons to the girls pony tails to keep track of them. This is Cora keeping track of herself.

Kendal dancing to all of the single ladies putting her hands up! We had a great time this weekend, it went too fast.

The girls had to wear matching shirts to bed, this pick is for Uncle Nick:0

Boji Babes

2011-07-25T19:32:00.000-07:00

This past weekend was Pioneer Days in Milford. There was a kiddie parade on Friday night that the girls participated in. They were the Boji Babe and drove the Barbie Car.

Addison and Colton followed the girls in the parade.

The girls got 2nd place and got a ribbon that Kendal was pretty proud of!

The next day was the big parade that we went and watched. The girls got two big bags full of candy!

Then on Sunday we headed to the Beach to hang out. The girls have turned into little fish and love to swim!

Prego Mamma pulling her girls around

Today I had the day off so the girls and I headed to the Spencer pool! To our surprise Addison and Colton were there with their Grandma so the girls had a blast!! It was the perfect day!! As you can see my girls like to be over the water shooters....it was pretty funny!

My swimming beauties! WE had a great day, a great weekend soaking up the sun and enjoying the summer! Not ready for it to end!!

Clausen Family Vacation

2011-07-17T12:25:00.000-07:00

The Clausen Family all came to visit this weekend. Uncle Nick and Amy were home from Vegas so we all met at our house since I was on call. We had great weather, little hot and wet but over all it was great. We were all supposed to golf Friday but we have had soo much rain that the golf tournament was canceled. So we had to make our fun at home:)

Cale Rocking the Barbie Car:)

Kendal at her Final Bible school performance. how lucky all her family got to see!

Cale and Maura dancing at her Bible School!

Cale Rocking out!

Maura rocking her PJ's

The girls all dressed up

The guys watching golf in the air conditioning

The ladies getting sun with some drinks!

We were able to go to our Friend John Dopp to ride his horses! Even Cora got on one this time!

Aunt Brenda got on one too!

Saturday we had great weather to enjoy a day at the Lake. We borrowed a boat and Jet Ski and hung out at a friends house on Silver Lake.

We had a great weekend! Went way to fast. Kendal was sad when everyone left. We had many laughs,lots of snacks and played a lot of cards! We definitely need to do it again!!

Camping

2011-07-17T12:06:00.000-07:00

We had our first camping experience last weekend! We borrowed Kim and Kirk's camper for the weekend. We had intentions of camping the entire weekend but it turned into only one night:) We had a good time but we were ready to come home. We camped just north of us in Loon Lake near Jackson MN.

Getting ready to catch some lightning bugs!

Playing with water dripping from the camper.

Sunset

Our friends came to camp with us too;) We went for a bike ride while we were camping.

The girls striking a pose!

The girls at the lake with a friend from Lake Park

Cora cooling off in the Lake

Trip on an Airplane!

2011-07-10T20:24:00.000-07:00

We got the opportunity to fly on Dr. Kolegraff's Jet today! They had to fly to Colorado Springs today to bring a Dr. that was visiting back home. Kendal was nervous when we first told her about the plane ride but then once she saw the plane she was excited!! It took us 1 hour and 20 minutes to get there and 1 hour and 10 minutes on the way back. We took a little potty break in Colorado Springs and got a quick look at the Mountains:) Pretty exciting for all of us, Mom and Dad have never been to Colorado and the girls got to go on an airplane ride!! We had a great time!!

Little Cat nap:)

The mountains from the airport.

Zoo and Baby Nemo #3

2011-07-07T21:38:00.000-07:00

We did a little minny vacation to the Sioux Falls zoo the other morning. It was a quick little get away that was a lot of fun. Then we had Chucke Cheese after:)

We did and Ultrasound last weekn on Baby Nemo #3! We did not find out the sex, we are keeping that a suprise:) The little baby looks alot like little Miss Cora with the full cheeks and big lips!

Baby is doing great! Measuring right on the dates and weighs 1lb 3 oz! only 3 more months and we get to meet our new little miracle!!

Happy 4th of July

2011-07-04T19:58:00.000-07:00

What a weekend we have had! These first few pics are from earlier in the week. The girls love goin to our neighbor Irene. One day they woke up and put on their rain gear to say good morning:)

Kendal talking to Grandma on the phone

Our weekend started out by going to the 12 dancing princesses at Treasure Village with Addison and Colton.

Then we hit the beach on Saturday. We rode our bikes on the new bike trail in Okoboji to the beach.

Then we came home to enjoy a little slip and slide in the back yard! Kendal liked to run through the sprinkle while Cora liked to control the water:) Typical for Cora..the one in control!

Cora getting her sister!!

Cora holding on to her first sprinkler ever!! She is focused

The girls posed for me after church, since they were looking so cute! Kendal striking it in true Kendal style!!

My little baby growing up!!!

Then we got to go to a party at a friends house. Kendal was festive sporting some hair accessories!

All of the kids waiting for sparklers!!

Kendal very nervous with her sparkler

A firework in the sky that looked like a spider! We hope everyone had a great 4th of July!! We are were blessed with great weather, great food, family and friends!! We could not ask for a better way to celebrate America!!

Fun Summer Day

2011-06-26T20:33:00.000-07:00

On Friday we had a fun summer day in Okoboji. The sun finally came out for one thing:) We met the Johnson's at the Children's theater to watch the play Rap-untzel, It was a play about Rapuntzel but they did some rapping and dancing sot it was fun for the kids. Then after the play we headed to the park for some lunch.

Kendal rode her bike all the way to the pool Friday afternoon for her swimming lessons! It is about 8 blocks away one way so we were very proud of her! She has been a little scared of the water and finally she is starting to put her face and head in the water so we had a lot to celebrate!

We have been watching some home videos of mom and dad from high school. This is a little video of the girls watching our senior dance night when Daddy danced with Mommy. Kendal is a little shocked at all of Dad's hair!!

Happy Father's Day

2011-06-19T21:38:00.000-07:00

Daddy with his girls on Father's Day

We did soo much this weekend it feels like it has been a weeks worth of activities! It started Sat. AM we headed to Holstein for Kinderfest. Uncle Jim and Aunt Jeannie were the grand marshals of the parade so we couldn't miss that! Then we celebrated in the park after the parade. This am we went to the Luther Church in Milford where Kendal went to bible school all week. She performed her songs she learned all week:) Then we went to Spencer to get a family picture with Grandpa Nemo and his tractor.

Kendal singing at church

Grandpa Nemo on his Tractor

Grandpa and all of his Grandkids.

Cora with Emma's hat on, what a goof!

This afternoon after nap, well what you call a nap:) we headed to the the Beach! What a great day for the beach. The water is still a little chilli but that did not stop the girls.

Daddy with his girls striking a pose!

Jim and Jeannie the Grand Marshal at Kinderfest

Cora in the park at Kinderfest with her balloon hat! fits her perfect

Kendal in her glory! riding a pony at Kinderfest

Kendal standing by her tree (White Birch) that Papa Joe and Grandma Sharon planted when she is born. It is growing up so tall just like Kendal! We had a great weekend with all of our family and friends! Most of all spending it with our great Daddy!!

Fun with Friends

2011-06-14T18:39:00.000-07:00

This week the Whitmers are up in Okoboji on vacation! So we had a little BBQ at the Johnsons on Saturday. The weather was great and the girls were Fairy Princesses enjoying the sunshine!

While the Big Girls were outside dancing and singing Luke and Cora were puting on lipstick in the house..or maybe just eating most of it:)

Then we got to go on a Boat Ride with the Johnsons! Our growing girls growing up to be just like their mommys! Kendal took the pic of the the moms, not bad... I think I see a future!!

Luke making Sand angels in the sand

The girls being goof balls striking a pose for the camera! So happy we got to spend time with everyone!! we need to do it more, those girls have soo much fun together.

Happy Birthday Mother Sharon

2011-06-09T20:58:00.000-07:00

We celebrated Mother Sharon's Birthday! We met her for supper in Storm Lake at the Boathouse on Tuesday night. She had all of her little turtle doves with her!

The girls got a new play house from The Ortners! Cale and Maura out grew it!! They are loving it

Exciting Weekend

2011-06-05T19:48:00.000-07:00

We had a crazy weekend! We started it off with Emma's Dance recital. We went to her rehearsal at the Sami center. She was in 5 dances!! She did great!

Then on Saturday we headed to Holstein for Chad's cousin Pam's wedding.

The girls with cousin Chole

This pretty much sums up the night. Cora sticking her face in cupcakes and Kendal being a goof ball:) The girls had a great time at the wedding reception eating candy, cake, drinking root beer and dancing the night away!

Pam dancing with her Daddy!

Cora taking a break

Then we celebrated Mason's 16th birthday. Kendal trying to flash everyone:)

Then we ended the day at the Holstein Pool with Lillian and Meghann. The girls met Oliver for the first time. I think Cora and Oliver kind of liked each other:) They were super cute!

Happy Birthday Daddy

2011-06-01T21:04:00.000-07:00

Today we celebrated Daddy's 33rd Birthday! What a great day! Perfect weather, no work for mom or dady and 2 healthy happy little girls!! The girls and I spent the morning playing and taking fun pics for Daddy while he golfed. Then mom and dad went out for lunch and golfed in the afternoon. Then we got the girls from Daycare and went for a bike ride to the golf course of supper then road to the baseball game. A perfect Day for our very special Daddy!!!

Kendal loves making Ruger smile!

The girls love golfing... or goofing around at the golf course!

We had soo much fun today!! We love you soo much Daddy!!! Your the best!

Preschool Program

2011-05-29T16:37:00.000-07:00

Kendal had her preschool program at Carousel on Monday. She was a little sad when we told her she was done with school and that she would start a new school next year. She cried and said she wanted Darcy and Mary ( her teachers now) So we have to go visit this summer and next year when Cora goes:)

The itsy bitsy spiders

Kendal and her buddy Madeline! We car pooled with Madeline this year so the girls became really close and really good friends. This was their pic on the last day of school:( But they will be in the same class next year and plan on going to swimming lessons and bible school together this summer.

Weekend In Des Moines

2011-05-22T20:04:00.000-07:00

We went to Des Moines this past weekend to visit Brenda, Chuck, Maura and Cale but before I get into our weekend adventure I need to update you on the latest and greatest of the girls. So Lately..the girls have been into wearing each others clothes. This is just one photo of them swaping PJ'. So it makes for interesting morning on wardrobe selection. Kendal has so many clothes and it has been a battle to get her dressed in teh AM. She stands in her closet and debates on what to wear and always ends up wanting a Hanna Montana t-shirt I bough on clearance after christms:)

Cora is still a little crazy but getting a little better. She has been wearing big girl panties with no accidents for almost 2 weeks now!! Perfect..give us a little break from diapers until October:)

Kendal the future Sonographer in her mom's scrub top.

Cora is ready for summer, she could live in the water!

Yes we let her out of the house like this..we choose our battles and her wordrobe is not one of them!

Cora really did wear a dress by choice!!

Cale got out his Micky Mouse costume for the girls!

We went to Des Moines this weekend to watch Maura dance and Cale play baseball and go to the zoo. We had great weather and a great time! Maura and Cale did awesome.

We had great weather for the zoo. Kendal was soo excited for the giraffes and Cora wanted to see an elephant. We had one really happy girl so we had to tell Cora they were sleeping..

Kendal our animal lover on Cotton the Camel

Cora trying to walk down the slide.

One Happy Mommy

2011-05-08T14:57:00.000-07:00

We could not have asked for better weather this weekend. We took the girls out golfing yesterday and it was beautiful out. They drove the Barbie Car while we golfed. We got 5 holes in, the only reason we had to stop was b/c we were hungry for lunch!

Catching bugs with our new bug nets from Grandma Sharon.

Getting ready for Kendal's Big Dance Recital! Grandma Sharon came up early to get her all bedazzled. This time Cora wanted to participate and get some rollers in her hair.

Kendal the diva and Cora the little goof ball! Perfect!

Kendal so excited to dance!

The girls doing their tumbling act!

Twinkle Twinkle our Little Star!!

This video was from rehearsal, so she is not as bedazzled as the night of but I was able to get close to video tape one of her tap performances:)

Kendal waiting to get her metal

Kendal and Emma with her flowers! Both Grandparents and Aunt Kimmy came to watch Kendal Dance.

Kendal with all of her flowers!

We can't forget about our other little future Dancer.

Happy Mother's Day to me! I could not ask for better gifts then my little girls! Yes those are goggles Kendal has on:) Everyday you make me smile and realize the importance of patience:) I am soo thankful for my healthy, busy little ladies!

Kendal with mommy's flowers! Daddy suprised us with Breakfast and flowers this morning!

Easter celebrations!!

2011-04-25T20:17:00.000-07:00

Where do I begin...well the weekend started out by dying Easter eggs. After a few colored fingers the girls and I colored a dozen eggs. I think they ate 4 of them while in the process! They are egg fanatics!

Then on Friday we celebrated Uncle Nick's 40th Birthday, Easter with the Clausen's and Karlen's confirmation at the country club in Holstein.

Coloring Easter eggs with our cousins.

The girls in their Easter dresses

Grandma Linda and Great Grandma Cronin with their little young ladies!

oh so cute and innocent...

We went to Chad's sister Kristi's house to celebrate Easter Sunday. They live in southern Iowa near Pisgah. The weather was little chilly during our hunt but the girls still had a great time.

All of the cousins on Chad's side of the family

Kendal is still talking about getting to ride horses with her cousins Mason and Malachi. I don't think she stopped smiling! The girl just is in love with horses. In fact she told Kristi and boys that she would be back to spend the night and a day to ride the horses.

We also celebrated Aunt Kristi being 3 years Cancer Free! We can't say enough prayers of thanks for this great celebration!!!!

Niemeier Family photo

Yes that is correct.. if you read the shirt close enough you will see that we are expecting Baby Nemo #3! We told the girls for the first time on Friday before the weekend. The response from Kendal was a little surprising. She cried and said she did not want a baby...as we are video taping we ask why and she says I don't want a baby brother because he will grow up and be mean to me...so I say well what about a sister...she says I already have a sister....so we shut the video tape off and continue to tell her it will be ok..She continues to tell us to give the baby to someone else so...after wiping off our tears and putting on her new shirt she started to become ok with it. Then after telling all of our family the news she has become excited. In fact today she was telling everyone in the grocery store and rubbing my tummy. So I think she is ok with it now:) She says she wants another sister but I am sure that will change. I am almost 14 weeks pregnant and due October 28th but it will be a scheduled C-section prob the week before!! So we will have a little spook on our hands!

We ended the weekend by going out for a few holes of golf! Kendal got to drive the Barbie car behind us so she thought she was pretty cool!

Karlen's Confirmation

2011-04-17T17:17:00.000-07:00

Karlen, Bobbi's little girl, got confirmed today. We were able to be there for this exciting time in her life! She is growing up into a fine young lady! She is already in 8th grade! The girls adore her!

Proud Grandpa n Grandama

Karlen and her Mommy!

Grandma and her babies!

Karlen with her present from us!

Buddy having his first adjustment from Uncle Chad

Kendal in her Momma's Shoes

The girls at the anual Holstein Good Samaritan Easter Egg hunt!

Firday night we started our weekend out by celebrating Cora pooping on the potty! So we went to a family movie nite at the Okoboji school with our Buddy Addison! we got to wear our PJ's and bring our blankees and pillows to watch Yogi Bear! We had a great time!

Dancing Diva

2011-04-10T20:19:00.000-07:00

Today Grandma Sharon and Grandpa Joe came to visit so Grandma could help get Kendal ready for her Dance Pictures. I think Kendal enjoyed it! She totally loved every minute of the the glitter in the hair, make up and dressing up! When her Daddy saw her he said oh you look so grown up and Kendal says don't cry!

Kendal's Dance Class 2011

Rylee and Kendal. They have been together since they were babies!

Happy Birthday Chloe!

2011-04-03T20:11:00.000-07:00

Finally the sun cam out this weekend so I had to bring my little flowers outside! We went to Spencer today to celebrate Chloe's 1st Birthday and Emma's 11th B-day. The girls once again got colds this past week so it was nice to get out of the house today. Cora has been in big girl panties for one week now! she is doing pretty good, she still is scared to poop on the potty but hopefully that will come.

Kendal playing with Emma's giant doll house, she was in heaven!

Cora playing with Chloe's paci.

Chloe and Emma with there cakes

The girls with their hats from Grandma Linda.

This is Mommy's new toy!! I finally picked out my clubs that Chad gave me for Christmas. Now I am ready to get out and golf! A little nervous b/c I better not have any excuses with new clubs.

Family Fun

2011-03-30T15:07:00.000-07:00

Last week we got to baby sit our cousin Chloe for a day! She will be one next week. Kendal worked really hard on trying to get her to walk:) She was a dream to baby sit, she is so calm and sits still!!

The girls were trying to make Chloe giggle for me with their goofy glasses!

This is Cora's new favorite game. This is our Library bag that Daddy will swing and carry her around the house in. As you see below this is what happens when daddy is done playing with the bag.

This is Kendal angry because she wants a fruit snack, so little sister thought she better be sad too.
This past weekend we went to Des Moines to visit Chuck, Brenda, Cale and Maura. We went to watch Karlen play at state AAU volleyball.

Cora and Cale being silly!

This is Karlen killing the ball! We were soo proud of her this weekend her ant the Raptors did awesome. The got in the top 10 out of 60 teams! Hopefully the girls picked up on her sweet skills!!

Wisconsin Dells!

2011-03-14T17:31:00.000-07:00

We went to the Dells this past weekend with Chad's Secretaty Joy and her family and Jon the Lawyer who rents space from Chad at the office. We had a great time, I m not sure if the grown ups or the kids had more fun:)

Thumbs up Dude!!

They are laying in Snow after sitting in the hot tub!

Who needs a pool when you have a huge bath tub!

We had a great little get away weekend. The girls did great! They had a little bit of a cold when we left but I think the Chlorine dried them out:)

Life

2011-03-09T09:38:00.000-08:00

We had to say Good-bye to Grandpa Cronin on Monday. He passed away March 3 at the St. Lukes Hospital in Sioux City. His smile could light up a room and his laugh could bring joy to your heart! He was an amazing man that everyone loved. He was man of great faith and always had a positive out look on life. This is something I want my girls to emulate and follow his wisdom near and dear to their hears. His life was taken away fast but was a true blessing that he did not have to suffer. He had 7 children, 21 grandkids and 16 Great Grankids!

We will miss you Grandpa!

May the Road rise to meet you,

May the wind be always at your back.

May the sun shine warm upon your face,

The rains fall soft upon your field.

And until we meet again,

May God hold you in the palm of his hand.

Saturday Chad wrestled in an old timers tourney in Lake Park. We were proud of him, he got 2nd! The final match was against a 21 year old. He has been a little sore the past few days:)

Our nephews Mason and Malachi came up for the weekend to wrestle and watch their Uncle's mad skills!

Aunt Kristi and Cora

Cora in Grandma Sharon's support stockings! preventing varicose veins!

The girls enjoying their bubble bath! I spoke to soon about the flu bug, we some how got another one. More coughs, plugged noses and sick babies. Spring can not get here soon enough!!!
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Good Times

2011-02-28T16:08:00.000-08:00

We are officially done with the flu bug, after upper respitory crud, puking, diarrhea and hives ( Kendal had allergic reaction to antibiotic) we are doing good:) The girls have their moments and play soo well with one another then just like that there are tears and fighting. More times then not it is Cora picking on Kendal or as Cora say " Nennie"

Cora's new hang out spot! She likes to bring her drink and blankee in there:)

Kendal being a goof ball with her underwear on her head!

The Daddy's with their little girls.

Over the weekend we went to Sioux City to celebrate Chad's Aunt n Uncle Bill and Juli's 30 anniversary. We also went to visit Great Grandpa Cronin in the hospital. He has pneumonia but is doing a lot better.We stayed in a hotel so the girls got to do a little swimming with their new goggles!

The girls got to line dance with our waitress at the Texas Roadhouse.

Every night at dusk the past week there have been this many deer and more across the road from our house. Chad is in hog heaven:)

Happy Valentine's Day

2011-02-14T20:41:00.000-08:00

Got to spend Valentine's night with the ones I love soo much. Daddy and my girls, eating crab legs and steak, nummy!! We have been battling the flu bug in our house so we are super excited we are feeling better!

Playing dress up to get a picture for Daddy's Valentine Card.

Riding a Valentine Choo Choo Train

The Niemeier Girls have the Bieber Fever!! They were glued to the TV for the Grammy's to watch Justin:) Kendal said she wants to marry him.. really 4 years old and boy crazy starts. We are in for it!