Melhus

Melhus

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Big Sis/Lil Sis Photo Shoot

We decided it was time for some updated pictures of BOTH girls. This long holiday weekend was a perfect opportunity to get this accomplished. It was a nice sunny day, but it was only 70's. Awesome weather!

Mid Fall


Little model










Of course Avree didn't want to take any pictures, unless Em was in it with her.. You would think she NEVER saw a camera in her 3.5 yrs of life. So we have a bunch of Emmersen. She had fun "hamming it up". :-)

Sunday, September 4, 2011

11 years!

11 years ago, yesterday, Matt and I started dating! We officially met at the Iowa State Fair (Aug of 2000) and the rest was history :)
It is crazy to think we have "been together" that long. We sure have had our ups and downs, but here we are 11 years later... We have been married for 5 years, we have a house, Matt has a stable job, I get to stay at home, we have 2 BEAUTIFUL-HEATHLY girls, and 2 dogs. Wow, never could have imagined! We are so blessed!!

Old picture of us: (I think this was in 2006)

Wedding weekend in Estes Park (May 12-14 2006)



Wedding Reception in Pella (June 2006):

Honeymoon in St. Lucia (Aug 2006):




Living in Ames 2006(while Matt finishes college)

KC 2007:

1 yr anniversary:

From "the two of us" to "the 4 of us":

5 yr anniversary:

The most recent pictures of us 2 (Aug 2011)

I love you Matthew David!

Thursday, September 1, 2011

Emmersen's bday Invite

It is finally Emmersen's birthday month! :`(
I had so much fun picking out her bday invites and deciding which pictures to use, though. I was so happy with the invites!
For the 1st birthday/s, we spend the money on the invites and not really have any decorations. We feel with it being a "big celebration" turning one, we would rather have a cute, pictured invitation to send out.

Here is the front of the invite:
Here is the back:

I just ordered her "smash cake" today, so I am hoping it turns out!! We have a feeling she will "dig right in!" :-) Avree sure loved her 1st bday smash cake, well mostly the frosting.. (just like her momma) :)

I am glad I get the whole (for the most part) month of September to let the whole, " I have a ONE year old" sink in. ;)