Verenski Reunion in Chicago

At the end of July we went to Chicago for a Verenski Family reunion. It was so much fun and so nice to see all of the Verenski side of the family. James's brother Andy came too so everyone was there. We hung out at Uncle Ed's house a lot. The Boys love him and love his house. Rocky and Uncle Ed Built a lego tower.

Duke rolling everywhere. He is such a cute little boy.

 My 2nd niece Makanzie! I love her and couldn't get enough of her. Isn't she a doll?

 All of the Verenski's ... I will start from the top left James, Duke, Me, Vikki, Makenzie, Andy, Frank, Rebecca, Seth, Rocky, Landon, Grandma Emi, Oliver, Butch and Drew.

 Grandma Emi with all her grandkids. This was the best one I got. Not very good. I hope someone else got one that was better.

 All of the Adults.

 Duke and Oliver playing and talking to each other.

 The three little baby's in there carseats. Gotta love the baby's!

 Duke Trying to get little girls binky! HAHAHA

 Little Girly in her Chicago Bears onsie and Duke in his Chicago Bears onsie. We LOVE the BEARS!

I am so glad that we got to go up there and be apart of the fun weekend. I hope we can go every year!

The Duke... The Rock... The Butch...

Wanted to do a quick post about my kiddos this summer... School starts on Wends. in two days and life as we know it is going to change!!! Butch in Kindergarten..bittersweet..at first I was all excited now I am really scared. James thinks I am a big baby but everything scares me. Rocky is also going to be in preschool. He gets to ride the bus to. He doesn't get to start until Monday. But he is so excited! Butch also starts soccer today! so another post in coming on that too. The Duke is just growing up.I am going to tell a little about each boy....

THE DUKE will be 7 months on the 20th!!! Growing so fast!!! He is now army crawling and loving getting into the dog water and dog food!! (just got my other two to stop getting into it ) He loves to eat! and LOVES watching his brothers!!! He wishes he could do what they are doing! He is such a great baby!!! I lucked out with him! He is a BIG MOMMA'S BOY and I love it!!! He says momma but no dada yet. LOVE my Duke Cutler!!!

 Rocky is turning 3 on Sunday!!! He is such a big boy can't believe it!!! He loves his big brother Butch wants to do EVERYTHING he does. His new thing right now is Special Agent Oso from the disney channel. We got some toys on clearence for really cheap and he will watch the everyday with his toys! So funny. He also LOVES Handy MAnny.He can't say it so he calls it TEAMWORK. He loves Pizza and still loves Spongebob. He also LOVES baby's!!! He has to do everything I do with Duke. Nurse it, feed a bottle, feed it babyfood, rock her to sleep. He is going to be a good daddy!! We are so blessed to have this boy in our home!

 Rocky with special agent oso!

 Rocky feeding "Blue baby" LOVE IT!

Now on to Butch... I can't believe he is 5 years old!!! Such a big boy! He got a bike for his birthday so he is constantley outside on his bike. We go on walks alot so he can ride his bike. He loves transformers, cars, and the CHicago Bears! We met his k- teacher yesterday and he said school is going to be awesome! He can't wait. He is such a good helper. He is also starting soccer today like I said before so he is going to be one busy boy!!! I LOVE MY MICHEAL BUTCH!!!

James's 30th Birthday!!!

On July 18th James turned 30 years old!!! Time flies!! I can't believe my husband is 30. Wierd to think that I will soon be following. He had a fun day filled with Chicago Bears stuff. (his favorite) I got him this cake. It was yummy! and I think everyone else got him chicago bears something. Happy Birthday James we love you!!!

Butch's 5th Birthday!!!

On July 11th Butch turned 5 years old!! Man has time flown by! He is getting so big and becoming such a great boy! (well sometimes) He is a good helper with his brothers and loves to play with both of them! His favorite color is RED ... He loves Transformers! He could play that all day everyday! He loves going outside and just running around. He is all boy but has a cuddly side to him too.(which mommy loves!) We love our Butchy and can't believe he gets to go to Kindergarten this year! He can't wait to ride the bus with his cousins! So here is what we did for his birthday. When he went to bed the night before James and I decorated the family room.

He was sleeping and didn't wake up.

His Optimus Prime Pinata!

Duke Cutler the morning of his birthday holding one of the RED balloons! Love this kid!

All three of the boys with a balloon!

Duke trying to eat the balloon.

Butch opening a present from Aunt meagan and Uncle buck.

Opening his present from Grandma Emi.

James and Duke in the water slide

The boys playing in the water

Butch and ROcky with there Root beer . notice it is all down there stomachs. HAHAHA

It looks like butch is posing for this picture but he's not he is getting ready to get the pinata!

Drew hitting the pinata.

Rocky on the slide. He didn't want anything to do with the pinata until it was his turn and we told him candy was in it.

getting the candy

opening more presents

Butch's Transformers cake... and cupcakes

He got a bike for his birthday. We have been going on walks every night so he can ride his bike he is getting so good at it.

Posing on his bike

He got a bug catcher from Uncle frank and he loves it. We are out every night catching bugs...

Showing off some bugs that he caught

Butch had a great birthday! He had so much funa nd so did we. We love you butch and are so glad you are apart of our family!