We have been having a very busy summer . Tallie, Josie, Josh and Brody enjoyed the tractors and the baby ducks at the Herman Fair.

Early August Tallie had her first camping trip. We ended up having to go to a differant camp ground then planned, picked up a sleeping bag since Jeff forgot Tallies and set up the tent in the rain at night but all and all it was a great time. We went hiking at Banning, biking on the Munger trail and made a new friend Chippie.

What an adventure!!!

Thanks Saude for the sleeping bag save.

Tallies new friends

This morning Tallie introduced me to her friends. Their names are Ablach, Elalah, Algack. They are sisters and enjoy riding in the baby stroller.

Tallie at the Beach on Fathers Day weekend

Tallie loves going to the beach! We had a fun weekend in Hoffman at Elk Lake, and Tallie even said she wanted to ski with Mommy!

Fathers Day Picnic at school

Tallies school hosted a fathers day picnic. A bunch of dads showed up and we all went to the park for some fun in the sun!
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Biker Tallie!

Tallie went on her first bike ride out of the yard! A little shaky at first, one fall and one skinned elbow. She shook it off and we went one more lap around the block. A little work on the steering and she will mean biking machine!

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Tallie floating in the bath

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Tallie and Josie at the MN Zoo

Tallie and Josie sure love the zoo! They got to pet baby chicks, feed the goats, and ride a pig!

Garage Sailing!

Our neighborhood had a big garage sale event today. Over 175 sales! We spent about 4 hours this morning walking, dancing, and strolling around town. Here are some pictures. Tallie took all the pictures except for the ones she is in. I think she is an aspiring photographer!.

Tallie picked out her favorite shirt to show off at Card Club. 5/30/09

Daddy and Tallie hanging out in the corner cabinet. Tallie loves to have tea parties and read books in this new spot in the kitchen.

Maddie and Tallie are pretty serious baseball fans.

Stolen Post

I saw this on Josie's blog and thought I would steal it. Sorry Kelly. It is just too cute!

http://josievan.blogspot.com/2009/01/obama-inauguration-party.html

A day at the Mall!!

We had a great day at the Mall. Not only did we hang with Josie, Kelly and Flaig, we to ran into Sam, Liz and Jon. Man - did we have a great day!!!

Tallie plays a mean piano!!

Tallie being cute.

In Tallie's short 2 years with us, we have thought that she couldn't get any cuter probably a dozen times. Now we have accepted that she keeps getting cuter, which makes us excited to see what she will say and do next!

Little Teapot

Yes, the lyrics are ....tip me over and drink my milk.

Tallie's Birthday.

Tallie turned 2 recently and she had a few friends over. They had lots of messy fun!

Tallie and Mommy making Snow Angels

First big snow of the year and Tallies first snow angel!

Christmas Program

Tallie, Brody and Josie at their christmas program. They did a great job. Check out the video on Josie's blog.

Remembering Fall

Cool Tricks, Cool Tricks!



Jeff and Josie on Halloween - Oops, I mean Flaig dressed up as Jeff Lenz. Good Work Flaig!!

Tallie and Maddie striking a pose in the front yard. What a great visit!

Shopping

Tallie and Daddy went shopping yesterday. Tallie was such a big help carrying the grapes and the broccoli. Most of the boxes on the bottom shelves were either on the floor or dented after we walked by, but we were sure having fun! I heard alot of ladies giggling and saying "how cute!".

Bath Time

Mommy sure is funny when she sneaks around the corner and suprises Tallie!

Fun time with spaghetti

Tallie sure thinks eating spaghetti is fun! I wonder if I can get her to clean up??

What a fun summer!

Sorry the updates have been.....slow. Tallie has had a super fun summer! Cousin Josie turned 1 and had a pool party, many weekends at the lake swimming and swinging, and good old rock and roll!











Video: Cool Tricks, doing the splits!




























Video: Josie's birthday pool party

Video: Watching the olympics, practicing her track star take-off