2012 Easter at the Beach

                   Easter at the Beach!

It has been awhile since I visited this online journal.....I have been scrapbooking our daily lives.....journalling on paper.....and then almost 1 year later.....I remember this place.  As the boys finish 2nd grade, their first 3000 race....I'm shocked to have them closer to 3rd grade...closer to being 9 yrs old...and getting further and further from mommy being "cool" and wanting to "cuddling"....I've got a few years left on Cole, I hope.  There is so much to say about each very different twin Cole or Austin but let the photos do the talkin'.  I promise to be better... Summer holds the boys' first theatrical debut in Robin Hood at Majestic Theatre, Track & Field, Football, Swimming, House Boat for a week, and more Sylvan.

MY BOYS.. Rodeo time!

"Real Cowboys"
Lance, Austin & Cole
St. Paul Rodeo
July 4, 2011

Trip to WA. for photograpy, wedding, cousins

My boys are growing so fast...as they grow my heart grows!

......apple cider......

While doing the photography for my cousin's wedding...in Washington...I

spent time with my sister and my nieces! The twins and I managed to destroy my

sister's house in only a few short days!

My sister and pretty Hadleigh!

Crazy Cousins!!

Kirk Family circa 2004

Family in the orchard...

Fall Cocktail our with my parents....

Family at the Cabin Reunion...

The while Martin Klan......on a walk

Our boys with a scary Ronald!!

D & D wedding

Wedding day for friends

Cole with a hotdog on a stick...running through the garden..

Friends at a wedding...Lacey, Me, Cole and Carrie (Austin took the photo!)

The County Fair this week....there's no stopping the twins

Lovin' Life...Cole!

Embracing the fair spirit!

Cole (Austin hiding), at G'ma Martin's.....looking for something to eat :)

Fun in the Sun on the farm!!

At the end of the day, we had gone to Dairy Queen, played Badminton, Bocce Ball (which I invented the directions), played in the pool, painted, had a water fight, made homemade play dough, set the table for dinner, and went to swim lessons.....and planned tomorrow....Austin said it was the perfect day!!!

Painting...

Literally, finger painting. What will Daddy think?

Fingering painting on the patio...enjoying the sun!

The Fourth of July Weekend at the Cabin

The whole klan...moments I will never forget! What a blast!

The view.....

Picking daisies for Great Uncle Jim's memorial...

The Cousins...together at the Martin Cabin! Loving to be together!

Cowboy Up...

Happy Fourth of July!

Mommy and her Cowboys...It was Cole and Austin's first rodeo this year!! A Kirk Family tradition since before Lance was born....the boys were so excited about their
cowboy wear....Cowboy Up!

"We have Wranglers.....just like Daddy's....LOOK!"

Daddy and his lil' buckeroos! I am so proud of my boys!

Old Friends making new connections

Graduation!!

Cole and Austin in cap and gowns...

Daddy and Cole and Austin...before graduation!

Mrs. Francis saying "goodbye" after a great year!