Happy Second Birthday Greyson

Two years old, WOW! For the past two years Stephen and I have been on a crazy new adventure, which has been amazing. Each day is a new, fabulous venture with Greyson and as he gets older and older his incredibly, fun personality shows through more and more.
He loves being daring and adventurous (wonder where he gets that). No tornado slide is too big, puddle too deep, worm too slimmy, or road too long. He loves his two dogs very much and the three of them provide us with plenty of laughter. He has done more traveling in his second year of life than Stephen and I had done by the time we were 18. He just roles with the punches and as long as we're by his side the world seems to be his oyster.
We had a fun birthday party with the family that provide wonderful laughter and fellowship. We feel so blessed to have such a supportive family that loves our son so much. Greyson really likes Elmo these days so we of course had to get Elmo cookies. It was hard for him to actually eat Elmo though.
Thank you to everyone for the great gifts and fun afternoon!

Happy Birthday Stephen

Well there is a new addition to the Wellensiek family, Doc. He is a very cute and smart little yellow lab. He and Greyson have a lot of fun playing, well really Doc just tackles Greyson, but no complaining from the little guy. There have also been a lot of cranes out our back door and around in the fields nearby our house.
Stephen celebrated his 29th birthday and we of course celebrated with the traditional, all homemade german chocolate cake. Greyson could hardly wait for Stephen to get home that night!

Greyson's Birthday Cake

Greyson wasn't really sure what to think of his birthday cake, but Stephen sure loved it. Oh, and Stephen doesn't normally leave Greyson on the counter :)

Happy 28th Birthday Stephen!

During our great Thanksgiving weekend Stephen celebrated his 28th birthday. We wondered for a while if his annual cake was going to get made, but we enjoyed it around 10:30 pm the night of his birthday. It's amazing how different (but wonderful) our life is with Greyson.
Here are a couple more pictures too from our time with Lance and Charolette.

June 6th 2009

June 6th 2009 I awoke to an absolutely beautiful day!  I was reminded that my birthday is actually in the summer.  The past few have been pretty chilly and damp!  For those of you who know me every year for my birthday all I wanted to do was go camping.  So the family loaded up everything and headed to Ft Kearney for the weekend.  It was always wonderful and I was so blessed to have that same opportunity on Saturday.  We loaded up the family and all the summer staff and headed over to Long Island.  It is amazing going to a different island away from life and being able to explore.  We headed over to a lake where Stephen started fishing.  He caught a beautiful trout that we cooked up right there.  It was wonderful being the great friends and while I missed my family dearly I felt a little closer to home.  

Stephen and I pitched our tent near a cliff overlooking the ocean.  Gus, Roscoe and Stephen and I all piled in for a restful sleep and enjoyed waking up to the sea lions playing in the water and the birds flying all around.  

Thanks to everyone who called to wish me a happy birthday.  I can't believe I'm already 27, but I guess I'm happy that I feel really young!  Here's for another great year! 

Happy Birthday Stephen!

Stephen never seems to want much for his birthday, except German Chocolate cake.  So this was my second attempt, and at least it tastes really good.  Unfortunately Stephen woke up at about 3AM on his birthday sick.  He felt terrible for most of the day, but the Husker win did make him pretty happy.  The picture of Stephen isn't a good one, but it really captures just how he felt.