the girls...

the girls: i had to get some pics of the girls before church on saturday. They looked so cute in their matching outfits (ask Bobby what he thinks of them...), so I just had to get some new pictures! Which one is your favorite? #1- love the arms around each other!
#2- love how sophia is looking at the camera so well...

#3- love both of their smiles!

summer sun and fun...

summer sun and fun: we hit the mn zoo on sunday with grandma pam and grandpa mike. It was a fun day! I was exhausted from all the walking because we spent almost 4 hours just at the zoo alone! Later we had a delicious meal at "Don Pablos" and then ice cream to top off the day. Needless to say, I needed to take a nap on the way home... bobby with his girls...(insert turtle head comment here)
sophia's favorite part of the zoo (pushing the sound buttons)

a wolf came to check out the visitors...how cool!

bobby and me

livi - for all you tv "soup" lovers...chicks man!

belles in the dells...

belles in the dells: the withers family hit i-94 on thursday and didn't look back until monday! We had a blast swimming, seeing the sights, and relaxing. Bobby even mentioned that the "old Nesha was back". He was right- I needed a vacation, especially after my last school year!livia loving her bunk bed in our condo
a shot of part of our condo- loved having a kitchen, 2 bedrooms, and 2 bathrooms!

inside at the waterdome where you can get a tan indoors

Livia loved this ride the most- "Haley's Comet". I wish she had some fear of the water!

here liv is posing in front of our resort sign. We stayed at "Glacier Canyon Lodge", a division of the Wilderness Resort.

belles in the dells...

livia "kissing" the rooster at the deer park
bobby and livi in front of the "freakishly" large moose :)

livia feeding the deer

inside the 3D mini-golf/aquarium at the wilderness (can you see the nurse shark behind her?)

lovely sandstone all around the dells- this picture was taken during the duck boat tour

belles in the dells...

livia riding in the famous duck boat with daddy on father's day
sophia holding her favorite hotel lotions

livi standing next to duke and doc

me and sophia inside the covered wagon

livia rode in the front with the driver and was able to steer the horses

groovy kind of love...

groovy kind of love: Bobby and I have been married for 7 years TODAY! Thank you, Bobby, for being my best friend- the person who laughs with me, teaches me SO much about life, makes me love you, the girls, and myself more each day. Happy Anniversary, sweetie! Here's to 70 more...

graduation day...

graduation day: we drove to st. augusta on sunday to attend kirsti's graduation party at kiffmeyer park. Kirsti is my brother, Troy's biological sister. I feel as though she is my sister, too, in a way. I am so proud to say that she is going to attend the College of St. Benedict in the fall. She intends to go either into nursing or pre-med. I know she will succeed in either field. What an intelligent, gifted, beautiful young lady. Hard to believe that she was only Sophia's age when we first met her.... kirsti and the family
liv on the teeter-totter

sophia on the other end

the beginning of the water balloon fight at the end of the party

just before the water balloon broke....we had one sad little girl :(

wet weekend...

wet weekend: we had a nice weekend...luckily all our activities were indoors so we were able to stay out of the rain and cold weather. Saturday night we met up with our friends, Paul and Laurie, at Fogo de Chao. It was quite the meat experience! We had a nice time being able to talk, drink, and eat without the girls. It's nice to do that once in awhile to remember what it is like to eat, while your meal is still hot.
Later we had drinks at the Rock Bottom Brewery- here are the 2 men finally getting some "manly" time without the wives or kids interrupting...well, mostly kids ;)

We arrived at the Mall of America on Sunday. We went to "Nickelodeon Universe" for some rides and also...

to the "Underwater Adventures". Livi had a great time, but Sophia was a little hesistant. It was a nice weekend mixed with family and "adult" time :) Thanks, Paul and Laurie!

just 4 you...

just 4 you: livia turned four on sunday. We started with a special waffle breakfast in the morning (a little too early, but she was excited - can you blame her?) and one birthday gift to hold her over until after nap. our little girl is four!
first birthday present (it was a camera)

it has become a tradition to stand next to her name on the driveway on her birthday

livia holding her dq birthday cake (it was a princess birthday party)-thanks, dad for helping!

yum!