Just because

There is no real reason for this post except it's a sweet picture of Lauren.

And she thought her daddy may need a picture of her to tide him over while he is away in sunny San Fransisco - missing us all I am sure :)

Happy Thursday!

A New Years Celebration

I forgot to post this picture! and now - 3 weeks later it is already out dated! Charlotte Kay Lange has joined this world last week. We can't wait to meet little Miss Charley :)

Love you grandma

My Grandma

Beautiful.

Strong.

Caring.

We love you and miss you grandma.

Happy Birthday Lauren!

1 year ago today we were blessed with a perfect 6 lb 12 oz, 21" little girl - Lauren Kathryn. She has filled our home and lives with even more joy and happiness.

We love you Lauren!

1 month

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11 months

1 year old!

Happy Birthday Lauren!

It's a Party!

Our little princess celebrated her first birthday Saturday (she's starting to figure out this present thing) I think she's had enough practice over the past month!

she was very excited for this one

and couldn't wait to meet her new doll!

Grandma & Grandpa W came to celebrate

Grandma and Grandpa T came to celebrate

and Marty and Kayla came to celebrate with us too!

the fam

the kids (who are very tired so had to nap before cake)

and after nap came the cake

big brother of course has to help out

and she likes it! (of course it's angel food cake - my favorite!)

and before turning in for the night a book with 'papa al'

Happy Birthday Lauren!

A Wulfekuhle Christmas

Christmas with the Wulfekuhle's

First there was Maddie.. in her pretty pearl necklace

Then it was Jack & Maddie

In 2009 along came Reese (and Maddie didn't make the picture)

and then there were 3 with the addition of little Miss Lauren

Next year there will be another little Wulfekuhle who we can not wait to meet this summer!

Detox must begin...

The past 3 weeks has been all about celebrating with family and friends - That is exactly why this is my favorite time of the year!

The big 3-0 - check

Christmas in Wisconsin - check

New Years in Iowa - check

Lauren's first birthday celebration - check

and now detox must begin! Detox from the spending, junk food, no schedule routine, overly spoiled children... oh how that is all so fun but now we must get back and start on all those new year resolutions :) and keeping our blog up to date is one of them - so this will be the first in a series of posts!

I'll start with our Christmas in Wisconsin. Jack got his first snowmobile ride. ..

Lauren and I played in the snow.

Grandma got lots of snuggle time with Lauren!

Grandpa gave out wheel barrow rides

The kids are all ready for Christmas Eve mass. Getting a nice picture of both of them was not real easy... Lauren looks less than thrilled to be sitting next to her big brother here.

and the best family photo we got...

Now it's grandma and grandpa's turn... (why do they sit so nice for them?)

then it was present time. LK got her first Stormy Krommer hat from Aunt T (too cute!)

and Jack helps Uncle Brian hand out presents and looks like they are singing some sort of song (chances are good it was the abc's!)

Christmas morning Santa brought MORE gifts... he was very good to us all this year ;)

We wrote a letter, left cookies and milk for Santa and his reindeer - we think Santa really liked them!

On Christmas day we packed up and headed over to Curt's cousin Todd and Lisa's in Menominee MI for the night. It was great to see them and their kids! I got to watch Curt play Kinect with the kids (which was quite entertaining), a delicious supper and Avatar.

The next morning we took off and headed down to Green Bay to meet Tom & Starr's beautiful baby girl, Karlynn. And we got to take in my first Packer game at Lambeau - AWESOME!

The next morning we trekked back through Wausau and stopped in to see Great Grandpa (I love this picture!) and road trip #1 was complete!

Thank you everyone for a wonderful Christmas!

Family Night

For some reason Curt wanted to take the family out for dinner last night :) yummy! The kids took down a pizza and got a special ice cream treat (the waiter must have thought they were cute kids or something?!) while mom and dad enjoyed a glass of wine. Be warned these aren't the best photos (a bit odd but still fun at least!)

When did this little girl grow up?

Jackson very surprised that I again am trying to take a picture of him... and he again refuses to smile.

and once again sporting his best smile

daddy's girl.. i think so!

Thanks for the special night out Curtis!