Fun at the Rice County Fair

Carson on his first fair ride.

Carson rides the toys at the fair.

Carson rides on Grandpa's shoulders.

Looking down the aisle of goats.

Carson as a cow at the fair.

Latest summer fun

Carson reading Ryan a book.

Kim and Ryan after giving the little man a bath.

Chad tickling Carson on the swings.

Carson imitating his monkey pajamas with his banana and water.

Ryan sitting around outside enjoying the weather.

Carson filling his pool for his water slide.

Where it begins...

So there really is no big life event to begin this blog with. With that in mind, we are going to just start with where life is at right now...and where is that you may ask? Here is a quick catch-up to where that is:

Chad and Kim have been together since 1996...that is 12 years. We were married in 2003 so are going on 5 years of marriage in August. In 2005, we had our first son, Carson. He is currently 2 and going on 3 in October. Ryan joined his brother earlier this year in March 2008.

Chad works as a Quality Assurance Analyst, is a part-time firefighter for the city of Faribault and is also on the Park and Rec board for city of Faribault (see our Faribault Links section for more information on these, such as seeing the exciting fire trucks Chad gets to play with). Kim works as a Dental Assistant and keeps busy with the 2 boys.

Words of Introduction

The internet has provided a new wave of communications for networking, socializing, and keeping friends and family updated and the latest happenings of each other. There are so many options out there and available, it is difficult to keep them all straight...MySpace...Facebook...LinkedIn...and others. This http://www.blogger.com/ is where we decided to enter into the world of cyberspace and a BLOG. We plan to post pictures here and keep it updated with our latest family happenings. So we want it to be our one stop shop for letting everyone know what we are up to. Stay tuned!

By the way...this is my first BLOG ever...how fun and exciting. :)

-Chad