Baby Volkmann!

Trevor and I are expecting. Yep, you read it, we are!! I'm due May 26th. So that makes me

12 2/7 weeks gestation today. I had a physician appointment last Friday. During that appointment we were able to get the ultrasound picture. It was a transvaginal ultrasound, so we couldn't hear the heartbeat, but we sure could see the heart beating away!! That was the best part of our whole day!

That evening we were able to tell our parents. We went to Red Wing to track them down. Both sets of parents have more of a social life than we do!! They are always doing something! But we found them. They all, were of course excited and happy for us. We then started telling the rest of our immediate family. Remember, we live in a small town so I'm sure many people know by now!

I thought I would send along an update our life's journey as I'm sure this will change our lives forever. Trevor and I are thrilled and pray that everything will go well.

Vacation on Bone Lake in Wisconsin!

This boat didn't go very fast! It seriously took us 15 minutes to get to our favorite spot to fish!

My mom and dad hanging out by the camp fire.

Loons! Ask Trevor's sister, Tammy where these loons came from!!!

My dad and Trevor spent a lot of time getting hooks out of the fish mouths.

Nice sunny, mom!!

Little Natalie making her first trip to a cabin!

Tammy, Emma, and Jerod!

Emma with her babies!

Emma and Justin with Grandma Marie.

Gotcha BOB!

Justin getting ready to go fishing.

Emma's funny faces!

Belle and Tristan

Belle and Tristan watching a movie at Grandma and Grandpa's!

Meet Jacob Jeffery

Our friends Jeff and Tiffany were blessed with a healthy baby boy!!

Meet Jaxson David

Big brother Tanner is pretty excited about his new little brother Jaxson! Our friends, Jason and Luci were blessed with an addition to their family.

Random Pictures from our Anniversary Weekend

The Tree Bloomed!

Our tree bloomed last week! Most of the white flowers have blown off so I'll have to wait until next year to see it again!

Isabella Mary Frances

Savannah Lynn

Our Anniversary Weekend!

Trevor took this of us last night-I told him to put a shirt on, but I guess he didn't want to!!

Trevor and I celebrated our first year wedding anniversary yesterday, May 26th! It seems like yesterday we celebrated with our family and friends on our wedding day!!! It has gone so fast! Last week on Wednesday, my mom and dad took us out to eat at Liberty's for pasta bar night for our anniversary. It was awesome as usual!! This past weekend we had a good time celebrating with some of our family and friends. Saturday night we went to Monte's Steakhouse in Faribault with Chad, Andrea, Seth, and Lisa. That place was awesome!! On Sunday, we went fishing with Chris and Christi. We also took our nephew Justin with us as well. He caught 13 fish in an hour before he had to go! The four of us stayed, fished and chatted. Christi is 37 weeks pregnant and I wanted a belly shot, but she wouldn't let me! I think she looks good, but she doesn't allow "belly shots when pregnant." We then went to Dressen's for supper. The campground appeared to be very busy for the Memorial Day weekend. Monday, we went to see some more of our nieces and nephews, ate lunch with them, played kickball, and then headed home At home, we played some more kickball with Trevor's niece and nephew. We grilled, chatted, and played cards. Trevor's dad finally beat us! So that is our summary of our first year anniversary celebration.

Find the Wonderful in Today!

The title of this entry is a phrase my cousin Abbie refers to periodically. So I did so yesterday. I absolutely love this tree in our front yard. Every year it blooms into a beautiful white flower, but it does so over the course of a week or so. I love the light pink and dark pink flowers that are on it right now. I had to take a picture of it to share my wonderful in today!

Natalie's Baptism

Here are some more pictures from Natalie's Baptism day. Her parents, Jerod and Tammy, Natalie, myself, Ellie, and Joe. Justin and Emma are standing in the front. Ellie, Joe, and I were her sponsors.

My friend Courtney painted her a chair so I could give it to her for a gift. It turned out awesome. Everyone thought it was really cool. They thought Trevor and I painted it!! I don't think so. I'm pretty sure I almost failed art in school. Mrs. Saass thought I was terrible at everything I tried to do artistically.

This is Natalie after eating, taking a nap, and changing out of her gown. She looks content to me!!

Justin

Justin and his uncle Trevor posed for a picture after half-time was done.
Justin and his buddies were able to show off their basketball skills during half-time.

Justin had a birthday on April 6th! We celebrated at Godfather's Pizza in Rochester with his second cousin.

Kids!!!!

This was attempt to take a picture of seven children!! As you can tell, they were hard to capture all at the right time. I tryed!! Hopefully, I can buy a new camera sooner than later, that it much faster.

Cookies

This post is for Luci and Dana. I'd have to say these cookies look pretty darn good, don't they girls? I took the pictures especially for them as evidence. When Luci and Dana lived with me in Rochester, they kicked me out of the kitchen when they baked. I literally was not allowed. My baking skills were not up to par at that time. Now, from time to time, I try to bake. These chocolate chip cookies actually turned out! And they even met my dad's approval. Sometimes he won't eat what I bake. And that means the end results are bad, because he's a garbage can and loves to eat!! So here's to baking more often!!!