Where did June 2009 go?

Blood and all!

Anamarija enjoying her snow cone.

Shirtless Matevz!

Ziga and Polona

Polona and her Cabbage Patch doll that goes everywhere with us!

This month flew by and July is not looking to slow down any!! We spent time camping in the backyard, even though it was 100+ degrees. Well, I should clarify and say that Gregor was a good sport and he camped with the boys in the backyard. The girls and I slept in the comfort of the AC! This past weekend, we attended the Habjan family reunion at Teta and Jimmy's house. The kids had such a good time playing with their cousins that they rarely get a chance to see. And today was marked by Janko finally loosing his top tooth. He has been wiggling it for months. He has now lost a total of three. Matevz seems convinced that some of his teeth are also loose and will be falling out any day. I am sure it will happen faster than I think, but for now, all of his baby teeth are safe!

Memorial Weekend 2009

Jurij and Janko playing with the boys' cool new helicopters that he and Melissa brought them straight from Hong Kong-Thanks you guys!

Janko with his catch!

Helping with the flowers for the cemetery

Bare bellied Anamarija

The kids and I spent the weekend in Chicopee. Gregor stayed in Emporia to work on the basement without distractions. Polona's fever and Matevz not feeling up to par put a bit of a damper on our activities. But Janko got to do a lot with Stric Jurij and Teta Melissa and Matevz tried hard to keep up too.

Dancin' Machine!!

Anamarija showed her true colors at Jim and Karen Simone's wedding! The entire evening she was in the middle of the dance floor showing off her moves. Her favorite songs were "Y-M-C-A" and "The Hokey Pokey"!! She had a blast and we had the best time watching her!

The center of attention!

The best family pic we could get-Anamarija was not happy about having to sit still for 2 minutes!

"It's fun to stay at the YMCA!"

Carnival Fun

Last weekend, we were in Pittsburg for a wedding and on Sunday we went with Teta and Jimmy and Paris to the school carnival.  The kids had a great time playing game after game.  Matevz's favorite was the cake walk, of course.  Polona loved going down the giant blow-up slide with Paris and Janko was most into the sport games.  The boys ended up with their entire faces painted and Polona ended up with a panther paw and a flower on her cheeks.  As soon as I get pics from the wedding downloaded, I will post them also.

Pictures from the past 5 weeks!

I haven't done such a good job of keeping the blog updated over the past month and a half. So I thought I would just post a collection of various pictures that took place since the last time I posted. Here they are.........

The boys on Easter

Matevz after his kindergarten round-up.

We were so glad to have our dear friends, Silvija and Gorazd, visit us from Slovenia. This is Polona pretending to sleep.

Storytime with Gorazd and Silvija

Crazy Kalan Cousins-our clan with Kaja, Ziga and Matic

Party Time with Ziga!!!

Adventures in Slovenia Starring Janko

Janko lost his first tooth today (March 17, 2009)!!! It could have been out several days ago, but true to form, he was a bit cautious about the whole ordeal. In the end, Gregor tied a piece of thread to it and I barely pulled on it and out it came. Through the tears, he was smiling ear to ear and can't wait to put it under his pillow to see what he will get.

Working on getting the tooth out.

Me and my boys on Lubnik.

Finally out!!!

Janko drawing at Babi in Naklo's house.

Adventures in Slovenia Starring Matevz

Here are some pics from our first few days in Slovenia. The kids are having a great time although they have been fighting the jet lag and colds. Janko is back to his old self after a day and a half with a fever. Anamarija is now down with a fever and the other two have colds too, but they have managed to keep going. Matevz has been enjoying picking the new spring flowers that are just blooming in the valley. He asks Gregor to take him at least twice a day. This morning, we went on a drive up to the mountains to see the snow. It was unbelievable how high it was piled on the roofs and the side of the road. On the way back, Matevz and Polona had a very heated debate regarding whether Kranjska Gora was a big or a little town. Matevz insisted it was big and Polona was sure it was small. In the end, Gregor convinced them that it was a big village (velik vas), but a small town (mesto). Details, details.....more to come!

Matevz at Babi in Naklo's with Gregor's aunt.

Picking flowers

Just one more flower, oči!

Lots of snow!

Moj Matevž