family.

I came across this image today and totally agree with what it says. Andy and I may not travel much, drive expensive vehicles or buy everything we want...and that's okay with us. We have amazing kids.

happy girl

Little Sylvie is starting to smile!
Daddy has gotten a few little crooked smiles by tickling her.
Today, I got 3 mouth wide open, nose wrinkled up smiles.
She's growing up so quickly!.
Haven't gotten a picture of a smile yet...hopefully soon.

Little Look-a-Likes

Hudson :: March 2007


Delaney :: December 2008


Sylvie :: September 2011

once again.

Ok. I am once again caught up with blog posts. I get so irritated with myself for neglecting this, but I continue to slack. I started this blog to document our lives so one day we can look back and remember these crazy, busy times in our life. I know I don't have time to scrapbook now, so this is serving that purpose. Hopefully one day I will have albums full of memories to flip through and laugh, but right now we are busy making memories, changing diapers and doing laundry! :) So, I once again will say that I hope to keep up to date with posting. We'll see...I may be too busy changing diapers.

June 2011

I flew out to visit my mom. We saw so many fun things, ate a lot of yummy food and walked about a million miles! Great time!!


flowers for mommy :)


our 10th wedding anniversary!

July 2011

Cars 2


Scandinavian Park


4th of July


no cavities at our dentist appt!


T-ball season was cut in half this summer because of the flood. Hudson had a great season!












backyard fun

August 2011 :: 1-16

Hudson was old enough to go to Vacation Bible School this year. During their performance, Hudson and another little boy laughed, wrestled and did everything but sing. Stinkers!!








Because of the flood in Minot, we haven't had much of a summer. One Saturday, we drove to Bismarck to go to the zoo. The zebras and gibbon apes from our zoo were there...the kids thought that was neat. We had a fun day!














The observation station for the prairie dogs was cool!!




This picture of Delaney cracks me up!!










Still hard to believe Hudson is going to preschool and will start Kindergarten next fall!

Sylvie Joy Lach :: 8.17.11

We became a family of 5 on Wednesday, August 17th.

This little lady surprised us by being born 12 days before her due date. I took care of 5 kids that day. I called parents to pick them up when I realized it was probably baby day. They were picked up at 3:30pm. I had to pack my bag while having strong contractions. We dropped Hudson & Delaney off at Grandma and Grandpa Lach's house and arrived at the hospital at 4:30. A 5:04pm, we heard Dr. Bozeman say, "It's a girl!". We cut it a bit close this time, but it was nice to not spend the whole day in the delivery room. The nurses kept referring to me as the "drive-by delivery" and I don't think my doctor was 100% joking when he said I should consider living in a tent in the hospital parking lot if we have more children.