Family Picture

This picture was taken about a month ago. Our friends from school/church asked Gregor to take their family picture that they needed for a school project. After they finished, they took our picture and it turned out really good. It's a rare occasion to get the whole group of us in a shot, so I thought I would post it!

Labor Day Weekend - Pittsburg

I love this picture of the six of us without the six kids!!

Janko riding on the camel.

Matevz's shirt says it all!

Janko checking out the tortois

We had a great Labor Day weekend in Pittsburg. Zala and Ziga joined us for some fun times in Chicopee. Gregor completed his century, 102 mile ride on his bike on Saturday. We met him at the finish line. The boys went to the petting zoo with Stric Jurij and Teta Melissa and, as usual, they had a blast! The summer of 2008 is officially over!

And they're off......

Monday, August 11, 2008

School started today!! After weeks of Janko counting down, it was finally time! The backpacks were packed and then repacked. Janko's lunch was planned down to the last grape! He was ready for kindergarten!!! Matevz was equally excited to start five mornings a week of preschool, but true to form, he didn't show it nearly as much as his brother!

The whole gang......

Janko checking out his desk

Janko telling Anamarija "adijo"!

Matevz already loving the legos at preschool

Polona enjoying the Playmobil people! Immediately upon returning home from dropping the boys off, she dumped them all out and declared "Janko's going to be mad!" She loved every minute of it!! So much for my worries of her actually missing her brothers!

Sunday, Aug. 3, 2008

The day that Anamarija turned 10 mo. old was spent in Overland Park with cousins Ziga and Zala. Stara Mama and Star Ata and Teta Melissa also make the trek up to spend the afternoon together. We grilled hamburgers and the kids played in the water and had a blast! Here are some pics from the day:

Oci and Anamarija

Janko checking out the new googles Stric Jani gave him

Polona playing in the pool

Oci and Polona

Matevz and Ziga playing

July 2008

At the suggestion of my fantastic sis-in-law, I decided to start a blog. I'm not sure how much it will get updated, since life with 4 little ones gets hectic. But I do promise to try!! Also, since I have a tough time getting pics out and any sort of log of our lives for the kids to look at when they get older, I figure this might just be the answer!

July 2008 flew by. The boys will start school in just over a week and I can't believe that so quickly I will just have the girls at home most of the time. Throughout the month, Janko has begun to count the days until school starts. The boys also had swim lessons this month. Matevz's first exposure to a structured teaching environment proved to be a success as he loved swim class. The month was also marked with Polona gettng her ears pierced. Anamarija continued with her "mama girl" ways. She learned to stand up in her crib and say her name "ata, ata" became "ana, ana" when she is unhappy. The month was also marked with a garage sale in Emporia and a trip to Stara Mama's and Star Ata's. Below are pics from a wedding reception we attended on July 11.