Welcome Baby Ethan!

As many of you already now, we have a new nephew, Ethan Zachary Kallenberg! Ethan was born August 14, 2008, at 2:32pm weighing in at 8lbs. 9oz. and 21 inches long! Rachel did an amazing job...she was strong, focused and determined. I was able to be in the delivery room for his birth and it was awesome. He is so cute!

We spent a few weeks enjoying the hot, humid South Carolina weather visiting and getting to know our new godson. We were also able to spend some time touring around the state...sight seeing and visiting friends and family in Charleston, Myrtle Beach, and Wilmington, NC. More pics of our vacation to follow soon.

Before bed, after his bath and tummy time. He's already loving the camera!





I was reading but I think he was sleeping!!!!

Baby's first John Deere tractor ride with Daddy!

Summer Fun

We spent the weekend of July 4th at my parents' cottage in Coldwater. The weather was beautiful and we were outside enjoying it all weekend. The girls took a day trip to Shippshawana, IN to check out all the little Amish shops and bake goods and then stopped at a local winery, Satek Winery, on the way home for some tasting and purchasing! We were able to see the grapes on the vines right in the front yard! All of my wonderful aunts bought me a bottle of wine for my birthday...alcohol is always a great gift :)

We also spent lots of time on the boat boat...this was the first run with the new tube for it on the lake. Nate and I both had fun tubing, as well as my cousin Brad (who was getting more and more adventurous on it). It was so relaxing to just chill out and enjoy the sun. It was a great weekend and birthday!

Here's view of the back of the cottage from the boat as we were heading out to the lake

Road trip to Illinois

We headed to Peru, Illinois for our friends' Kevin and Alison's wedding on June 21, 2008. There was a huge group of us friends from all over (Grand Rapids, Bay City, Novi, Chicago, etc) who all made the trip for the big day. We all had a ton of fun and their wedding was beautiful!