Summer is Here!

We finally made it to the warm, wonderful months of summer - we can officially note this with the following occurrences:
1. We had our first summer vacation. It was a weekend getaway with the Rolfes family to Mammoth Caves, KY. We had a terrific time and are very grateful to Mimi for organizing and "sponsoring" the event and the Tony's mom and dad for letting us use their RV for the road trip.


2. Grace has been swimming both in Grandma's big pool and in the baby pool in our backyard (our friends Erin and Owen came over for a fun day of splashin' around while Linc got to snooze on the patio table).



3. We have enjoyed our first weekend at the River and Lincoln went for his first-ever boat ride; among many other enjoyable activities. Be warned - the following pictures contain some nudity and lots of pasty white skin.



ALSO - Welcome back to Uncle Kyle who returned from Iceland just a few days ago (I know, right? Who goes to Iceland?). Anyway, he had a great time and collected lots of nifty rocks :) and we're very glad to have him home.
And, we want to say a big CONGRATULATIONS to our friends Ryan & Angela who recently welcomed their first baby. Brecken Charles Born arrived in the world last Friday afternoon and we are very happy to share that the whole family is doing great.
Not much else is really happening - we're just hanging out, having fun and looking forward to a summer full of soft serve ice cream and boat rides.
And lastly, here are a few more pics of Linc the Stink for your viewing enjoyment:

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We were blessed with a beautiful day for Edwards-palooza on Sunday and enjoyed an afternoon of relaxing fun with our family and friends. Lincoln is officially a holy dude now and Grace is officially a two-year-old with too many toys :). . . oh yeah and Tony and all the moms had a nice time too.
Thanks to everyone for making it such a great day. I was so busy running around, I didn't think to take as many pictures and I would have liked, but here are some snapshots from the day:







Some other beautiful moments in recent Edwards' history:

How Sweet It Is

Happy Birthday to Grace

Yesterday was Grace's second birthday, but since we're having the big party on Sunday (and Daddy's out of town), we kept the celebration low key. We went to mass and a Birthday breakfast with Nana and Uncle Kyle and then saw a handful of our Rolfes cousins in a musical performance at St. Antoninus. Later that evening, Grandma came over and picked Grace up for a Birthday Sleepover. Grace got a couple of fun gifts and more importantly, enjoyed hearing 'The Birthday Song' sung to her several times!

I'll update the blog with picutres and details of Edwards-palooza sometime next week!! Hope to see you all there . . . stop by whenever - we'll be there all day and night.

A Few Moments

It's been awhile since I had any time to write about our new life with two babies, so let me fill you in:

IT'S CHAOS.

Seriously, I've become one of those moms who can't get out of the house on time no matter how much advanced planning there is. We are going through so many diapers that we are looking into buying some Pampers stock to recoop our costs. And I think I've truly forgotten what silence sounds like.

I know all you veteran moms are thinking, "Ha, she's only just begun" - so I'm doing my best to enjoy what I know is time that will go amazingly quickly. And we are having a lot of fun . . .

Easter was great. Grace and Link looked adorable in their Easter-fancies and at the end of the day we came home with about 22 lbs of candy. (Grace has eaten at least her weight in jelly beans over the last few weeks)

Now that the weather is finally turning, we're anticipating a great summer. Here is a brief preview -

May: Rolfes family weekend trip to Mammoth Caves, KY

May-Sept: every possible weekend spent at the River house

June: Jason & Katie's wedding

with plenty of trips to the zoo, Grandma's pool and who-knows what else in between!

So that's all I got for now . . . and of course some more great pictures (since I know that's what you really want)

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Lincoln loves holidays!

Lincoln figuring out Facial Expressions:

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I hate to brag, but COULD THEY BE ANY CUTER?!?

A few Easter activities:

Posing for an Egg-cellent picture & Having fun at an Egg hunt