Just because....

Had to post this....Love this! He is his Daddy's boy for sure! That's all!

Mason's Blessing day

 We blessed Mason on July 1st. It is an amazing feeling to have both families together for such a great occasion. He was blessed by his daddy, and had both grandpa's and uncles be apart of his circle. We invited family over to our home for a luncheon and had a great time. I can't say it enough...I am so thankful to have such a sweet little boy in our family! Definetely a keeper! :)

No school for the summer

Brooklyn is done with Kindergarten. (sigh)....I think she has been ready to move on to 1st grade for a few months now. I cannot believe how big she is getting, and it has been fun to see her learn and grow this last year. I was able to go in and help her class once a week, and loved it! She made some new friends, and can't wait for her to be able to continue doing that! Great job Brookie!!!

Addison loved preschool and can't wait to go again next year. She will get to go 2 times a week, and I am so proud of her too! She has learned alot, and is a lil smarty pants!!! Way to go sis!
LOVE you girlies!!!!!

Introducing...Mr. Mason

We just love our 'lil man, Mason Andrew Gerritsen born May 16th. He was 7 pounds 2 ounces and 18 1/2 inches long. He has been such a sweet boy and are so excited to finally have him here! The girls just love him, and are the greatest helpers. We had quite the hospital experience this time around, I ended up with 2 surgeries the same day due to complications with my bladder. I'll spare the details this time around, but I am certainly blessed and thankful for great doctors and nurses and the power of the priesthood! I am so grateful for Andy, he was by my side the whole time- he is an amazing husband and dad, and for our family who helped out so much too!

Here's to hopefully keeping up on the blog now that things are starting to settle in more. I will be back part-time (HURRAY!!!) and getting used to having our new little dude. For now, here's some pictures.

Shelby's photo project

My cute niece Shelby is taking a photo class for school and was working on a project. She asked if she could take a few pictures of me being preggo with my girls. Here are a few she took!

Easter 2012



Brooklyn finding eggs




Addison finding eggs




Found one!




Oooh me too!




All the kids




coloring eggs




Look what we got!




Happy Easter!!!!



PJ party

The girls got matching jammies from auntie Lolo, and actually I needed a reason to get the camera out. It had collected a bit of dust. Aren't they the cutest! I think so!

Fun with Daddy!

In January we had a run in with unemployment.  (hence the absense from blogging), I started working full time which has been tough, but we've managed through and long story short Andy was able to find a job with Fed Ex and also accepted another job offer with GE. It will be great to have Andy working again, he definetely worked hard, and I know through  faith and prayer and lots of patience that these jobs were the ones we were waiting for. So while Daddy has been home the girls have found many opportunities to keep him busy.



the girls LOVE  Daddy's huts, apparently he must too!




one of our few snow storms........happened to be in March.





Daddy and the girls snowman



Brooklyn's birthday/New year's Eve

I cannot believe my baby girl is 6. That number has always kind of been a funny joke in our family. My dad used to ask my nieces how old they were. They would always say "six", my Dad would reply "sick". They would say "no, six".....and he would joke about it a few more times. So growing up we kind of did that with all the nieces/nephews. Now my girl is 6. She is loving kindergarten and has made alot of friends in her class. She is also learning alot, and does really well in class. For her birthday this year, we decided to have her family birthday party the day before for those with New Year's plans. She got spoiled as ever, and we had food and cake and icecream. She LOVES clothes, which is was she got alot of so that was fun for her. She also got a new coat and a 2 wheel bike. She had to test out her bike, her and Addison went out to ride bikes. I love this NO snow idea....I think this is her first birthday with no snow. After Christmas break she was excited to have her spotlight at school and tell her class she was going to have a big brother and was able to show pictures of things she loves, also Miss Farmer read Brooklyn's favorite book. I love my big girl, she is such a big helper around the house and with her sister. We love you Brooklyn!!! We hope you had a great 6th birthday!!! :)

For New Year's eve we usually just celebrate at home. This year we had my sister Cindy and brother and their families over. It was the first time that they both have been with us for New year's, and so we were really excited to have them! We ate, ate, ate and played Wii. We also started and finished a puzzle, which we all love doing. I think by the end of the night the kids were alot more alive than us adults, but we all made it to the new year. Here's to a great 2012!



New Year's Eve