tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48403123904298270242024-02-20T13:24:53.163-05:00Brewer Ranchbrewershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07733081327223898859noreply@blogger.comBlogger156125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4840312390429827024.post-26992730616214213272012-11-01T20:20:00.001-04:002012-11-01T20:20:32.263-04:00Howdy Halloween!Here are the cowfolk who decided to brave the cold and rain and collect candy! Lilly is striking her "cowgirl" pose and Zach is wearing boots 3 sizes too big. He insisted on wearing these for the entire time we trick or treated- slipping and falling the entire time! He needed a horse (which turned out to be me towards the end)! Lilly was the one that ended the trick or treating, surprisingly,brewershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07733081327223898859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4840312390429827024.post-42902734871438569352012-10-18T20:16:00.000-04:002012-10-18T20:19:30.289-04:00Acts of KindnessFor my sister, Sara's, birthday, she wanted to do 38 random acts of kindess! What an awesome idea!! Here is a link to the video of our acts of kindness!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=dfBlNGWjjKY
brewershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07733081327223898859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4840312390429827024.post-42289406591182515532012-10-13T20:27:00.001-04:002012-10-13T20:27:31.496-04:00Lilly is 6!Little Lilly turned 6 in August! She is so old!! She actually looks much older now since she just yesterday lost her third tooth (the first one on the top).
Zach, the next American Girl Doll:
Lilly had a gymnastics party at a really fun gym- I didn't post any pictures of her friends since this is a public blog, but here's her cake!
brewershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07733081327223898859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4840312390429827024.post-53533141225802898332012-10-13T20:23:00.001-04:002012-10-13T20:23:35.350-04:00First Day of SchoolLilly started Kindergarten this year! She started mid August, but I am just now getting the pictures up. Lilly LOVES her teacher, her class, and her friends. She practically jumps out of the car and runs to line up every morning when I drop her off. Zach is at a loss without her! He is not liking his "school" as much and there are tears every morning he goes, but the teachers say he is brewershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07733081327223898859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4840312390429827024.post-26609589342009909402012-06-26T22:35:00.002-04:002012-06-26T22:35:43.986-04:00NYC!!Pete and I celebrated our 10 year anniversary this month. We went to New York for a long weekend. It was such a wonderful trip! We had great weather and walked A TON. Here are some pictures from our weekend.
Hanging out with our friend Kevin:
The Statue of Liberty and a view of the city as seen from the Staten Island Ferry:
Walking across the Brooklyn Bridge:
brewershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07733081327223898859noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4840312390429827024.post-90609778764861829352012-06-20T22:40:00.004-04:002012-06-20T22:40:58.231-04:00Lilly's bike!
Lilly recently learned how to ride her bike without training wheels. She is super fast now and constantly wants to go on bike rides. Yay for Lilly and yay for Pete who worked with her for weeks on this!
brewershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07733081327223898859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4840312390429827024.post-17806901155593122972012-06-20T22:31:00.001-04:002012-06-20T22:31:36.166-04:00
Funny video of Zach:
brewershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07733081327223898859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4840312390429827024.post-57622925749198563682012-06-13T14:00:00.000-04:002012-06-13T14:00:25.541-04:00Summer so far...
Lilly's preschool Graduation
Mrs. Kuechler
Mrs. Clapp
At the beach!
Chillin with dad
Lilly and Jane
Danny, Lilly, Jane, Peter, Zach (crying for some reason), and Laura
Sprinkler Fun
More sprinkler fun
This summer has been great so far. Above you'll see several pictures (I was trying to post them below this commentary, but I can't brewershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07733081327223898859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4840312390429827024.post-86635471519468558232012-04-15T09:09:00.006-04:002012-04-15T09:27:47.879-04:00EasterFor Easter this year, we traveled to see my parents in Evansville, IN. It was a 6 hour drive and both kids did fabulous in the car. We stopped in Bloomington (slight detour) to show L and Z the wonderful IU campus! Easter was very fun and the kids had a great time hanging out with all the Jacksons in Evansville.Gran and Papa Michael:Easter egg hunt:Playing cards:Coloring eggs:All dressed brewershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07733081327223898859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4840312390429827024.post-64033531355035202662012-04-15T08:57:00.005-04:002012-04-15T09:09:45.132-04:00SpringHere are a couple new pictures:Finger painting:Zach's first hair cut! (compare it to the finger painting pictures- his hair was super long)Finger painting again:The St. Patrick's Day parade with Grandma:New hair cuts for both kids!brewershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07733081327223898859noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4840312390429827024.post-31092654337445298762012-02-29T14:11:00.003-05:002012-02-29T14:16:58.731-05:00Allergies!We took Lilly to the allergist yesterday since we think she may have a walnut allergy. Turns out she is allergic to all tree nuts (except peanuts). It was a prick test on her back and the nurse wiped the stuff off about 7 minutes into the testing- she was supposed to wait 15-30 minutes, but I guess her reaction was really positive, so they stopped it early). I'm bummed about the results since brewershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07733081327223898859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4840312390429827024.post-58916067300757121552012-02-29T13:49:00.011-05:002012-02-29T14:10:36.829-05:00Florida!We went to Florida last week! We were hoping to be able to get away from the cold for a bit- but today in south bend it's 64 and sunny! No winter here right now! Here are a few pictures from our trip. We spent most of the time at the beach. We went to Animal Kingdom for one day (thanks, Mark, for getting us in!!). Both kids ended up getting sick (Lilly with some weird fever thing that turnedbrewershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07733081327223898859noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4840312390429827024.post-34288500742749623902012-01-15T13:14:00.003-05:002012-01-15T13:23:18.947-05:00UpdatesHere are some pictures from the last month or so:Lilly and her snowman "fuzzy" (who melted about 2 days after being built):Zach's first experience in the snow- he did great, but did not like his hands being so cold! I need to find some way to keep them more protected (or glue mittens on his hands so that he can't pull them off):Zach, with one of his favorite activities (instruments with the brewershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07733081327223898859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4840312390429827024.post-53406915670105973672011-12-11T21:32:00.003-05:002011-12-11T21:38:10.436-05:00Happy Birthday to Zach!Zach turned 1 on Thanksgiving this year. We celebrated in San Francisco, but I really wanted to make him his own cake also, so we had another celebration this past weekend. He's an amazing 1 year old. He's so interested in everything- he loves to try to put things together and tries to figure out how everything works. He is such a happy, smiling kid! Zach and his "bu" (bus) cakeAfter eating brewershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07733081327223898859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4840312390429827024.post-35033630041107753182011-12-11T21:14:00.006-05:002011-12-11T21:32:11.532-05:00warning- overload of picturesSeeing as I haven't updated this blog since the beginning of October, I am including a lot of pictures! We went to San Francisco for Thanksgiving this year and had an absolute blast. Here are some pictures (and others):Visiting Grandpa Bill in Petaluma, CAZ having fun at Muir Beach in CA (very fun spontaneous excursion on our way back from Petaluma)Lilly found some starfish:Z and Grandpa Bill:brewershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07733081327223898859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4840312390429827024.post-39293885492509548102011-10-02T20:46:00.003-04:002011-10-02T21:00:02.751-04:00FallHere are some recent pictures. We've been pretty busy so far this fall- I started back at work 2 days a week, Pete has been travelling more often for work, Lilly is in preschool 3 days a week and Zach is with his Grandma (Pete's mom) while I'm at work. Lilly is starting to read and Zach is constantly on the move and into everything.Apple Orchard- I had no idea Zach was really eating the apple brewershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07733081327223898859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4840312390429827024.post-57453740921970469462011-10-02T20:28:00.002-04:002011-10-02T20:32:18.794-04:00Zach walking (almost)!This is a little blurry (mainly b/c our original video is in HD and is like 102 MB and I couldn't get it to upload, so I had to resize this one), but here's Zach and his first steps! Crazy 10 month old we have- he's into everything now. He climbs into our kitchen cabinets, puts everything in his mouth (his crib bars look like a beaver has been visiting him), and is a super happy kiddo!brewershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07733081327223898859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4840312390429827024.post-25176253117857664392011-08-07T20:33:00.004-04:002011-08-07T20:40:04.632-04:00Birthday Party #2We celebrated Lilly's birthday at Pete's parents' house tonight along with Eric's birthday (which is the 14th). I think Lilly is birthdayed out since she fell asleep promptly 2 minutes after getting into her bed tonight! Lilly attempting to cut the cake:Lilly and Kit (the big present!):Uncle Eric and Lilly:brewershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07733081327223898859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4840312390429827024.post-989153456101498082011-08-06T20:12:00.002-04:002011-08-06T20:17:19.865-04:00Birthday Party #1Lilly had her "friend" party today. It was supposed to be a water party, but, it started raining right after the party started, so we moved it indoors and tried to improvise. I had about 8 games planned, but the girls only got to two of them since they took almost an hour to do their craft (suncatchers). They did get to do the water balloons at the end since it stopped raining (why we did thisbrewershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07733081327223898859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4840312390429827024.post-22094586983399387942011-07-23T21:13:00.003-04:002011-07-23T21:19:22.742-04:00Summer photosHere are some more fun summer photos:This is how we get him to go to sleep at night (just kidding!):the lazy susan can be a fun toy also:Zach's new moves- he's almost crawling! He actually goes from sitting to his stomach and then pushes himself back up to a sitting position. He also tries to pull up on everything (the fireplace, the floor lamp, the side of the bathtub), so this weekend I made brewershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07733081327223898859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4840312390429827024.post-57561926773537941042011-07-23T21:08:00.002-04:002011-07-23T21:13:30.736-04:00Visit with the MN Jacksons!Last weekend we ventured up to MN to visit Timothy and Tanya (my brother and his wife) and their kids. We had a great time even though it was very rainy and then super hot! Catching toads!brewershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07733081327223898859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4840312390429827024.post-82778306668005115922011-06-26T20:29:00.002-04:002011-06-26T20:35:00.547-04:00crawling...almost!!Here's a video of our little mover:This is totally new for me. Lilly rolled like a total of 3 times and she didn't crawl until almost 11 months. Zach rolls everywhere and tries to get everything (the curtains, the heating grate, the dvd player, the fireplace, etc). I think we might have to babyproof the house with him (unlike Lilly who was strangely not interested in our ipod, dvd player, brewershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07733081327223898859noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4840312390429827024.post-18098713363598494442011-06-22T20:26:00.002-04:002011-06-22T20:43:20.356-04:00SummerPete's sister and her 4 kids were in town for the past 6 weeks (they were in the process of moving). Lilly, of course, had a blast with her cousins (especially her cousin, Jane, who is a few months younger than her). Here are some pictures of our past few weeks:Grandpa and Laura during Danny's birthday soccer game:water balloon toss (or attack if you look at Lilly)Peter trying to catch the brewershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07733081327223898859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4840312390429827024.post-62801608310238972412011-06-08T22:04:00.002-04:002011-06-08T22:07:04.885-04:001/2 marathonGo Pete!!! Here he is running the 1/2 marathon last Saturday in almost 90 degree weather! Lilly wanted to know if he won...he was 656th, so pretty close. The second picture is when he's running into the stadium (the ending of the race).brewershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07733081327223898859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4840312390429827024.post-7086083133368737772011-05-30T20:37:00.002-04:002011-05-30T20:41:50.640-04:00ToledoThis weekend we went to Toledo, OH for a wedding. The kids were great throughout the wedding and reception and I even lost Zach at one point (he kept being passed around and he was kept at one table for about 20 minutes). We went to the zoo today (not the best day since it is a holiday and it was 90 degrees). The Toledo Zoo is really neat and has a bunch more animals than our little zoo here, brewershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07733081327223898859noreply@blogger.com0