Luck O' the Irish & a birthday!

Once again I'm running about a month behind on blogging! Time to catch up (:
St. Patrick's Day has become a favorite holiday of mine. This year we celebrated the almost 80 degree day (hard to believe for Minnesota!) going around the lake to Wisconsin and stopping at a pub or two along the way.

April has been busy! My dear friend, Ashley, that now lives in California had a baby in March and was able to make it home for a week to see family and introduce her new little man (: I miss her sooo much and when we finally get to see her again it's always a blessing to spend time together.

Ashley on the left, We missed you so much!

Brody David <3

Some of the girls!

Also, Joe's sister Katie turned 29! We celebrated by holding a  euchure tournament at our house with friends and family. We also celebrated Joe's brother, Mike's, birthday as well because his was at the end of March!

Mason meeting Beemer!

Hangin out with uncle Joey

Happy birthday Katie (:

Here's a couple randoms for now (:

Spring has Sprung!

I apparently have some catching up to do! The new year has been fairly uneventful. A very mild winter mixed with an early spring has made for some serious spring fever! Here's my first part of the year in pictures!!

Mason got baptized...

We made a trip to Wisconsin Dells with friends (: ....

Joe turned 24...

Had a girls night out & attended my favorite local country band, Lost Highway....

& Beemer got declawed ): ):  ....

here are some more candids!

Mason

Brittany, Kaylyne, Kendra, & Me

Maddie's first superbowl party!

Mason Thomas <3

We get mistaken a lot for sisters

Joe & his godson, Mason

playtime

soakin up the springtime sun

Happy Spring!!

It's the most wonderful time of the year!

Christmas has always been my favorite holiday of the year. The holidays are always such a rush filled with amazing food, tons of laughter, and great company! The only thing missing this year sadly was the snow!! We were blessed to get to spend time with all sides of our families this year and didn't have to split any celebrations in half due to overlapping Christmases.
Christmas Eve was spent with Joe's family this year. We were so excited to have Mason with us for the holidays seeing as he's the first little one to join the family (: it's such a joy to have him around!

Grandma Mahoney & Mason



Katie & I



"the kids"

Mahoney Family

Lasagna & chicken kiev were on the dinner menu before church. Then wings and appetizers for the gift opening. So much laughter to go around and I even got some pretty cool stuff!! ;) including Taylor Swift perfume and some gifts that were even matching!!



Christmas Day was spent in Chaska with my mom's side of the family. Shame on me for not remembering to take my camera out because I don't have any pictures! This holiday season was especially hard without Grandma & Grandpa Loushin, as well as Grandpa Greseth, but I know in my heart that they got to spend their second Christmas with Jesus this year.
The day after Christmas Day, we celebrated with the Greseth clan! Our traditional Norwegian dinner hit the spot and it was great to spend time with family!!

Callan, our precious little present!

Blayne!

Henry

The "family tree"!

With all the holidays around, there were many dear friends we also got to see this season. My good friend Ashley moved to California a couple years ago and was home visiting for the holidays! She is expecting in March so she won't make it back to Minnesota for almost a year now ): we took advantage of her time as much as possible!

The ladies

Miss you so much already! ):



It was then time to ring in the new year! 2012 is bringing lots of excitement for me! A new hair do ;), a great job at H&R Block, & many great memories to be made! We spent our New Years Eve in Rochester with some good friends of ours and celebrated the right way (:

Ashley, Alicia, & I

Shyra, Me, & Alexa--Thanks for coming with girls!

The crew....great pic! haha

Happy New Year!!

May 2012 bless you all with health, happiness, & joy! (: (: