Denmark Family

Birthday Princess

2008-11-24T18:50:00.001-05:00

Birthday Morning

Princess at the Grand Floridian

A little bit scared

Halloween Fun

2008-11-21T14:23:00.000-05:00

Pumpkin Patch Kids

2008-10-21T08:13:00.000-05:00

Close up Fun

2008-10-20T15:12:00.000-05:00

Soccer in the fall

2008-10-20T13:55:00.002-05:00

Noah has had SO much fun playing soccer this year. He never wants to leave the field, loves to kick and handle the ball. This is perfect for his energy level. We've taken TONS of pictures at the game. Here's a few of the best shots.

Summer Lovin

2008-08-05T22:19:00.003-05:00

New parks to be found
Ever the watcher that one

Patriotic goings on

Splishy Splashy Fun

What better way to cool off than in a cooler?The kids got a new pool with a slide (not pictured) Lots of fun for both What a poser this one.

April Month in review

2008-04-25T20:06:00.006-05:00

We cleaned the yard. Fall lasts all winter here!

We chilled at the Polynesian hotel for an outing.We laughed lots. Look at those sparkling eyes.

We hung out with the mouse.

Had a date with a horse named Ed.

Ate some pie and filled up those cheeks.

We were brave knights.

And looked darn cute too!

Easter Previews

2008-03-22T11:07:00.000-05:00

Today the kids went for their annual Easter Egg Hunt at a local church. I was unable to join them as I had to work, but here are a few of the pics Wally brought back for me. I think they had a good time as always! Still not ready for the up and close with the easter bunny however. Heck, some of them scare me!

Blonde Ambition

2008-03-16T19:04:00.000-05:00

Seriously, these 2 are not my kids.

Noah rides again

2008-03-06T13:37:00.000-05:00

Noah finally took a cue from the kids in the neighborhood and really started to ride his bike. Now we ride every day and he can't get enough. This weekend we're going to take him down to the bike trails and really let loose. Oh, and Gloria still rides in the trailer behind me, what a difference it makes having those 44 pounds of Noah out on his own.

The Many faces of Noah

2008-03-06T13:34:00.000-05:00

The light was just perfect the other day to capture these random shots of Noah.

Beauty Queen

2008-03-06T13:33:00.000-05:00

This may be a bit cruel to post, but Gloria got into my lotion this morning while I was still asleep. She thought she was having fun until I caught her. At least she smelled pretty!

Recent pics

2008-02-20T22:12:00.002-05:00

Last month and a half say...

2008-01-16T20:02:00.000-05:00

More of our Christmas morning can be found here at my picasa site.

More...

2008-01-16T20:00:00.000-05:00

Long overdue Christmas Pics

2008-01-16T19:58:00.000-05:00

Yes, they are finally downloaded off of my camera and ready to be published!! That's what travelling during the holidays will do to ya!

Christmas at Angies

2007-12-18T22:22:00.000-05:00

Christmas has begun

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Happy Birthday to you

2007-12-03T17:41:00.000-05:00

Birthday dinner at the Magic Kingdom. After which we sat and watched our favorite parade, SpectroMagic.

Ride em Cow-kids!!

2007-12-03T17:39:00.000-05:00

I want to be a Cowgirl

2007-12-03T17:37:00.000-05:00

Much overdue pics of Gloria's 2nd birthday. For Halloween, the kids were cow-pokes. For her birthday, we took her out to Disney's Ft Wilderness Campground and had pony rides.

Captain Noah of the Jungle Cruise

2007-10-27T09:56:00.000-05:00

Jumping for Joy

2007-10-24T14:03:00.000-05:00

Spooky Ooky Halloween!

2007-10-03T06:52:00.000-05:00

Well, while we haven't quite decided what we're going to be wearing around her for Halloween (although I have a inkling to be a princess myself) I did see this post on another blog and I am dying to make these. http://wisdomofthemoon.blogspot.com/2007/09/its-most-wonderful-time-of-year.html

Work kept me up until 2am last night. Will check in and post more later.

Sunshine Days

2007-09-28T22:02:00.000-05:00

It's a small world.....

2007-09-27T13:09:00.001-05:00

I did that so you'd all be singing after that one!!

Animal Kingdom at WDW is one of my 4 favorite parks. (There is only 4 parks there, and they are all my favs for different reasons.) The great thing about AK is the short character lines. The section of the park where the characters have their meet and greet is relatively tucked away from the rest of the park, so not many people venture over there. We got some great pics of the kids with Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Goofy and Pluto all in less than an hour total. At Magic Kingdom, you'd be lucky to see Mickey in that time span. Just a little travel tip for anyone coming to visit... And you all should visit!

Gloria is having a discussion with Pocahontas about Elephants

I love these 2 pictures because Noah is really enjoying meeting the characters for the first time and just finds them hysterical.

My 2 sweethearts.

A Bicylce built for Noah

2007-09-26T22:48:00.000-05:00

Noah has mastered the art of pedaling his bicycle. He still likes to push himself with his feet on the ground, as he can go faster and torment his sister that way. But hey, progress is progress.

Falling into Autumn

2007-09-26T22:18:00.000-05:00

Well, it's been quite some time since I updated here. I know I know, it was getting sparse before that, but I am making a Fall resolution to update more often. My job is keeping me pretty busy these days as we are gearing up for the holidays.

On that note however, I will try to post at least once a week with news and updates. I do keep my pictures up to date over at my picasa web site. Email me if you need the link.

Noah and I did get annual passes to Disney recently, so we've been hitting the parks pretty hard. I definitely have some posts I will be adding shortly. We've been having a blast and taking advantage of the low crowds. I'm sure I enjoy it more than they do, but they are having fun too!!

Disney Days

2007-06-17T16:29:00.000-05:00

We went to Disney to get Gloria's haircut and have fun. These were taken May 9th.

Daddy's Girl

2007-04-28T08:25:00.000-05:00

Pie Glorius Pie

2007-04-28T07:54:00.000-05:00

Last weekend we went to Celebration for the National Pie Festival. Pie, thousands and thousands of slices of Pie. Heavenly Pie, Pie in the Sky as American as Apple Pie. Mmmmm, we had fun!

Firefighters Ball

2007-04-28T07:46:00.000-05:00

The boys were playing with Noah's Halloween costume and Gloria decided to join in the fun.

Egg-stra special

2007-04-11T21:26:00.000-05:00

Ah, the first time coloring eggs.
Noah's already to go. Check out the hands here

Check them out again here!! He's turning into the Incredible Hulk!!

Easter Preview

2007-04-09T11:58:00.000-05:00

I took a lot of pictures of the kids during the easter egg hunt. I haven't gone through them all yet, but here's a preview. Would you believe it was a cold and windy day.

Ear-tastic

2007-04-09T11:52:00.000-05:00

Crafty kids

2007-04-09T11:50:00.000-05:00

Last week we made some bunny ears in preparation for the Easter Bunny. Here are the kids coloring parts of their ears.

Beach Babies Part 2

2007-04-09T11:48:00.000-05:00

Beach Babies

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Curly Top

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Sandy Tots

2007-04-09T11:43:00.000-05:00

We went to Clearwater Beach for our "Spring Break" this year. Noah loved playing in the sand and Gloria was more of a daredevil and enjoyed walking in the water with me. We had such a nice time I can't wait to go back.

Workin the Runway

2007-04-09T11:40:00.000-05:00

I cleaned out their closets the other day and Gloria has so many cute dresses, she just had to model this one.

The Beauty of being small

2007-04-09T11:38:00.000-05:00

Baby Love

2007-04-09T11:37:00.000-05:00

Gloria loves to sit in our lap and she's just discovered that Noah's lap is almost big enough for her to sit in too.

Fashion Queen

2007-03-26T18:08:00.000-05:00

Here's what happens when Gloria gets into her clothes and decides what items she wants to wear. A pink and blue top, green floral shirts and fuzzy princess slippers.

Snack Date

2007-03-26T17:57:00.000-05:00

Noah and Gloria can get along really well when there's food involved! Here, they are sitting and sharing some goldfish.

Let's go to the Fair!

2007-03-26T17:50:00.000-05:00

Clermont's annual Pig on the Pond was the first weekend of March. We rode our bikes with the trailer and took the kids for rides, fair food and a beautiful walk in the park.

Drive-by

2007-03-26T17:38:00.000-05:00

Noah's Aunt Tricia bought him a car before he could walk. We finally got it out and charged it up 2 weeks ago. You should see Noah drive this thing. It's so cute and comical and he loves it. It's just adorable to watch him drive on the sidewalk.

Inside the tent

2007-03-25T17:52:00.000-05:00

Presents

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Noah's presents included Mack from Cars and a garage tent, which both the kids love

3

2007-03-25T17:34:00.000-05:00

Noah's birthday was last month and we celebrated by taking him to the zoo. We had a wonderful time and came home to cupcakes and presents after.

The Pineapple King

2007-02-01T21:47:00.000-05:00

Life would be dream, sweatheart

2007-01-25T20:17:00.000-05:00

Ohh, Ahh and You!

2007-01-07T21:32:00.000-05:00

Noah has stuffed baboon doll. Every so often he treats his monkey like a baby. We dress him up in pajamas to go night night, and the other day we took Gloria in one stroller and Monkey in another stroller out for a walk.

Lovey dovey

2007-01-07T21:05:00.000-05:00

When Gloria's holding a doll, say to her, "aww, do you love your baby?" and she will collapse on top of it with hugs.

Christmas Part 3

2007-01-07T20:29:00.000-05:00

Finally, everything has been opened and Christmas is done before the new year.
Yes! It's what I've always wanted!!

It's been a week since we opened this train, and already the batteries are dying.

Pig tails

2007-01-07T20:20:00.000-05:00

Glo's hair is just barely getting long enough to put in pig tails. She did so good on this day and kept them in her hair for almost half the day. Any time since and it take an hour just to get her to finally ignore them only to have them taken out again when I'm not looking. Oh, we enjoy being girls!

Lions and Tigers...

2007-01-07T20:10:00.000-05:00

And Noah! In his new Tiger towel. Roar!

Christmas, pt 2

2007-01-07T19:59:00.000-05:00

The kids were so overwhelmed at Christmas time that we didn't open all their presents. (Note to self: don't buy so much!) So we had a second run of Christmas a week later and opened up their remaining presents as well as gifts we bought with their gift cards. Since we had so many toys, I expanded their book collection.

2006-12-27T00:49:00.000-05:00

kids in the kitchen

Rather than impose upon you all the pictures I took today of the kids playing with their new kitchen, click this link to bring you to a new (and easier for me) photo album.

Daddy's little sweetheart

2006-12-26T23:46:00.000-05:00

Eve

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Somebody got into the apple stash and decided to leave little teeth marks in several pieces of fruit!!

Toys Toys Toys

2006-12-26T23:03:00.000-05:00

Tears of Joy

2006-12-26T22:01:00.000-05:00

Wally did it this year, he made me cry. he bought my dream camera. A digital slr camera that is exactly like the film camera I've had for 12 years. This camera takes digital pictures just like a film camera with no delay. I've gone a little crazy over the last 2 days and have taken over 100 pictures. And that was after we opened our presents. Those earlier pics are with my old camera. Christmas dinner and beyond are with the new. Simply amazing. I was blown away to say the least. What a wonderful treat for me and our children.

The wonder and beauty of Christmas

2006-12-26T21:43:00.000-05:00

Christmas toys for good little girls and boys

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It's Christmas, All Over

2006-12-26T21:12:00.000-05:00

Yes Noah, there is a Santa Claus

And he ate all your cookies

He's already gone up the chimney

But we're happy as can be!

May your days be Merry and Bright

2006-12-15T12:31:00.000-05:00

Santa day at the library

2006-12-10T16:42:00.000-05:00

Last week we met our friends Kathy and Ryan at the library for a story hour and visit with Santa.

The Family Photo

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Presents!!

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Let Her eat Cake

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Balloons and Cake

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Party People

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Aunts

Viktor
The Playground
Andy the entertainer with Viktor, Noah and Nyla

Gloria's Birthday Party

2006-12-10T16:11:00.000-05:00

Finally adding some pictures from Gigi's Birthday party on the 11th. We had a nice turnout. Wally's Aunts Lisa, Linda & Rita were there. Angie and Andy. My Mom's group friends Christie, Dean and Viktor, Leslee, David and Erik. As well as my friends Julie and Sean.

Sunshine Girl

Wait, what is that?

2006-11-30T22:51:00.000-05:00

Noah and Gloria playing together?? Caught in the act getting along!

1

2006-11-09T15:45:00.000-05:00

Gloria turned 1 today. She's walking. Last week she just decided she was done with crawling all together. My baby. sniff sniff. She's now officially a toddler. It makes me so sad and relieved all at the same time. Any Mom can explain the feeling!

Oh and here's some pictures.

Play-dough Handprints

2006-10-22T19:34:00.000-05:00

The other day I made hand impressions of the kids from a home-made play-dough recipe. You mix up the ingredients and roll it out like dough. Then you bake for 2-3 hours. It turned out pretty cool. Noah and I mixed up and I kept some aside for him to play with.

Curly top

2006-10-22T19:32:00.000-05:00

Gloria's hair is really starting to show some curls.

The "I did it" pose!! (Take a look at those cheeks!)

Cheese!!

2006-10-19T19:14:00.000-05:00

About a month ago, I scored this great deal on ebay. I got this bike trailer for the kids for only $61 from a guy in Oviedo. The kids seem to love it and I can get around and get some exercise at the same time. What a deal!

Water time fun

2006-10-19T19:09:00.000-05:00

Here we are at Celebration, Florida playing in the fountain.

First Steps

2006-10-14T20:17:00.000-05:00

Gloria took her first steps on her own last week Thursday. (October 5th) Since then she's been cruising the furniture even faster and getting brave every once in a while to take a few more steps on her own. She also does really well holding on to just one of our hands.
Other new developments with her include clapping hands (at everything but especially her brother) and waving bye-bye. I think that she also said bye the other day at the library. Also, for the last month and a half she's been (finally) sleeping all night long. Ah, what a joy. She also takes naps much better now as well.
Her first birthday is just around the corner. I have really enjoyed being home with both kids over the last year. I have savored so many more memories than I ever thought possible. It's been a real treat and extremely worthwhile.

Sweet Home away from Home Alabama

2006-09-23T13:30:00.000-05:00

Labor Day weekend we went to visit Wally's siter Trish in Alabama. Her kids Amber and Jack adore the kids. We ate lunch at this beautiful place in the mountains.

Our favorite neighbors

2006-09-23T13:07:00.000-05:00

We adore our next door neighbors and they feel the same about us, or the kids at least. Wayne works at the library and lets Noah help check books out when we visit. His daughter Lisa and granddaughter Nyla also live with him. Noah and Nyla love to play together. She's two years older than him and they've babysat for us and vice versa.

Ober Gatlinburg

2006-09-23T11:51:00.000-05:00

We took a tram up the mountain to Ober Gatlinburg. Just a little bit scary to be hanging from a wire atop the mountain.

In one of those "I can't believe I did this" moments, we took the kids up a ski lift so we could ride a tobaggon type slide down the mountain. It was fun, and we have obedient kids, so it was safe, but WHAT WERE WE THINKING!?!

Great Smoky Mountain National Park

2006-09-23T11:32:00.000-05:00

The Pancake Pantry

2006-09-23T11:28:00.000-05:00

This place ain't got nothin on IHOP. It was crowded, but for good reason. The pancakes were divine and selection was phenomenal. I highly recommend if you're ever in the Gatlinburg area. Check it out here.

Purple Mountains Majesty

2006-09-23T11:16:00.000-05:00

For a few days on our way home from Michigan, we stopped in Gatlinburg Tennessee. Even though we stayed in a crappy hotel, we had a very nice time and wish to go back someday. The next few posts are pictures from our trip.

Noah in front of the Hollywood car museum. How'd that car get so small?

There's a Rat in the Restaurant

2006-09-23T11:06:00.000-05:00

Seriously, whose idea of fun is this?? Grandma took us to Chuck E Cheese. I think Noah had fun, but you wouldn't know it from this pictures.

Social Climber

2006-09-23T10:53:00.000-05:00

Gloria, at 8 months old, had no problems crawling up Grandma and Grandpa's stairs.

Clang Clang Clang...

2006-09-23T10:49:00.000-05:00

Goes the Trolley.

Imagination Station

2006-09-23T10:02:00.000-05:00

Here in our favorite city to live, Grand Haven. The kids and I went to the park to play.

The US Air Force Wants You!

2006-09-23T09:59:00.000-05:00

Noah and I got to spend some Mom and Son time at the Muskegon Air Fare in July.

More Playtime

2006-09-22T23:12:00.000-05:00

Here we are at Rick and Rikki's.

Shelbie, Kaylan and Gloria, Pretty in Pink

Play time

2006-09-22T22:58:00.000-05:00

Playing at Amanda's. We had such a nice time when all of us were there.
Gloria

Noah and Jack

Steve and Christian

Kings of the Mountain

2006-09-22T22:56:00.000-05:00

Bathing Beauties

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Hanging out at Amanda's pool.

The Blond Boys

2006-09-22T22:50:00.000-05:00

Noah, Finn and Noah. Finn and Noah are the sons of my dear friends Becky and Leanne. We were able to spend some time with some of my best friends while we were home.
Don and Finn

Baby in a Box

2006-09-22T22:45:00.000-05:00

s'more and more

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Mmmm S'more's.

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