Ahem, excuse me?

I am excited to interrupt the regular scheduled programming of cruise pictures, because...

My brother, Matt, and his fiancée, Malia, had a beautiful baby boy!


The new family, Matt, Malia, and Noah

Noah Matthew was born at 1:33 pm on Friday, May 15. Paul and I joined my dad, Nick, and Alonzo in Eau Claire to visit.


Noah at the hospital

I'm NOT sorry for the interruption, and I will now return you to your regular scheduled blog.

News?

I am ridiculous. I may be the worst blogger ever. My excuse is that I've been busy. (Isn't that everyone's excuse?) Not only did I not post my "news" at the end of March, but it's been almost a whole month again since my last post!

Well, I'll start with the news, even though it's old by now. Paul and I went on a Southern Caribbean Cruise over my spring break, from March 28 - April 4 aboard Royal Caribbean's Serenade of the Seas. We went to St. Thomas, St. Maarten, Antigua, St. Lucia and Barbados. It was beautiful weather! It was so nice to leave from Minnesota when it was cold and have a warm vacation.

So, my thought was that my trip would change my blog because I would be gone for a week and not posting, but that does not seem to be as much of a change as I predicted! I'll be posting short stories with my favorite photo from each island for the next few weeks. Happy Spring!

Hudson Hot Air Affair PLUS!

Why hello again! Instead of making a few different posts with a bunch of pictures from a few different things, I'm going to make one post with one picture from each thing. You get the job of heading over to my K. Krasin Photo site to actually see more photos!

First up...
The Hudson Hot Air Affair! (this one gets two)


Field of Fire
It was too windy on Saturday night to do the "Moonglow," so they left the balloons behind and had a "Field of Fire"



Take off
The next morning, we headed out to the mass ascension. It was tons of fun to watch the balloons get set up & take flight!


My brother and his fiancee, Malia, are expecting a baby boy in May. Last weekend, my mom and I headed to Mondovi for her baby shower. Everything was beautiful (including Malia, even though I doubt she'd agree!) and it was a lot of fun.


Malia and the cake
Not the best picture, but one of Malia with her cake.


The next day, I was really itching to take some pictures, so Paul and I headed out to Como Zoo & Conservatory for about 45 minutes.


Purple flowers
This was one of my favorite conservatory photos. Some of the others are better, but I love the purple & the pattern of this one. It makes a great desktop background!


Tomorrow... I'll let you in on the "big" news!

Only one day late!

Sorry, no new photos yesterday, but a day late isn't so bad, right? RIGHT?!

Anyway, here are some pictures from when we babysat our nephew, Kalyn, in February.


Paul and Kalyn
Talkin' with Uncle Paul


Remotes
He really loved the remotes!


Clapping
He was learning to clap in February... now (I hear) he's starting to walk!

See lots more in the "Kalyn" gallery!