We celebrated July 4th with Karen’s parents and Robert and Kwo Ue. When Joe and Bobby are together, it’s a given that “boom booms” are involved. The pictures can be seen in the 2007 Friends album. Also in the album are pictures of Karen’s friend Azure and her new baby Erica – what a little sweetie!

In the Family album, new pictures have been added to the July-Aug album. Included are pictures of the boys cooling off on a hot day and a trip to the zoo, joined by Robert and Kwo Ue, where we saw the bird show, the newly renovated Minnesota Trail, and other fun exhibits. The album also has its usual assortment of cute kid pics.

Tags: family outing, friends, holiday, zoo

As predicted, the Vandermarks and Belouseks went a little crazy with the cameras at Christmas.  It didn’t help that we had three cameras going at various points.  We actually had about 600 photos between the three!  I did manage to whittle it down to a much more reasonable number – still a lot, but when you consider what I started with, I think I did pretty good. Check them out in the Christmas 2006 album.

Zach and Alex had a lot of fun with all the new things to see and play with.  And we all had fun celebrating that first Christmas with them.  However, I have to say that for the first time ever, I was happy to take the tree down this year.  The boys were just fascinated with it, always wanting to put the branches, ornaments, and lights right into their mouths.

Other new photos have been posted in the newly-created Jan-Feb 2007 album and a couple cute ones from the last days of 2006 (my favorite is the one of Alex sleeping on Eeyore).

Tags: Belouseks, Christmas, holiday

The poor little guys are dealing with a nasty bug as well as the next round of teeth, so they haven’t wanted to eat much and fight going to sleep (although they do sleep good once they finally give in). Mom and Dad are a bit on the frazzled side, but things are getting better. The fevers are gone, they’re starting to eat a little better, and the Orajel is helping with the teething. Alex had a new tooth break the surface yesterday, and hopefully Zach will soon follow suit.

Lots of cute new pics have been added to the Nov-Dec 2006 album. We’ve got the boys’ first taste of ham and “real” food (veggie puffs), pics from Thanksgiving and holiday decorating, our family pics for this year’s Christmas card, the boys’ first visit with Santa during a trip to the mall with Debbie, a father-son trip to the Vikes game, and some just plain cute photos. Enjoy!

Tags: family outing, holiday, milestones, teething