Tummy Tally

Uh... can it get much bigger? Only two and a half months left. Time has gone by so fast! Soon we will be holding our first born in our arms.

Family Fellowship

This last week I was able to borrow my brother's car and go down to Granada from Waconia to surprise my parents. It was so fun! Charise kept a good secret. That night Charise and I drove to Owattona to visit Christa and to see her new apartment (wich is very cute by the way) and then we headed back for the cities the next day. Seth was very generous to let me be gone for a night (even though he likes to hold it over my head - silly man!). Charise was able to come and stay for what we thought would be the rest of the week, but we ended up having to be home Thursday night so we met my parents in New Ulm and had a wonderful time fellowshipping together. What a blessing family is!

Fairmont Fair booth

This is at the Martin County Fair. Uncle Jason and Aunt Darlene put a lot of work into this booth for the church. It looked great! Justus is in the monkey suit. Not too far from average for him, but I guess we are trying to prove otherwise - hee!

Busy Brothers

We will miss you Johnny! Truly, it was fun.

Recent Ramblings

Well, I am at the Waconia library right now. Since it is only a few blocks from our house here, it isn't too far of a walk. That is nice. I'm not sure how often I'll get down here, but it is nice to know that I have some kind of access during the week because there just isn't any time on the weekends. Today I took Seth and Johnathan (his last week ;( sadness!) their lunchbox and was able to enjoy spending some time with them over dinner and then watching for a little bit while they augered (sp?) and screwed in rail. I got some good pictures, but I only have seven minutes left to be online and then I have to share. Eventually I'll post another tummy tally because I'm definitely bigger than my last post. Only two and a half months to go!

More Moving.

The town house in Ham Lake -complements of George... somebody that works for Bahram.

The kitchen in the town house. Wow! Counters and cupboard doors!!! Nice!

The master bedroom. Josh and Randi stayed in here along with Lenora. The master bathroom right off of the master bedroom.

One of the few basement rooms where Seth and I stayed.

The main room upstairs right off of the kitchen. Lots of space! All of our stuff after moving it into the garage of the other house where we will be staying in Waconia. We are now going to be in Waconia for a while. Josh and Randi and the kids moved in last week and we hope to move in this coming week. It is a nice place even though it is signigicantly smaller than the town house. Hopefully I can post more pictures of the house in Waconia in the near future. Johnathan will be staying with us for the summer to help the guys out so that should be fun. It has an upstairs, a main floor, and a basement. Just enough space to fit everyone. Praise the Lord that this place is only ten minutes from the job site as opposed to an hour or two! The plan is then to stay in the cities during the week and then come home on the weekends.

Creating Corsages

A slow beginning and lots of laughs, but we finally got all of the corsages done!

Baby Boy!

For those of you who haven't heard, we found out last Friday that our little one is indeed Kevin Charles Streblow! The picture is his profile if you can make it out at all. My camera wouldn't take a good picture of the ultrasound pictures.

Tummy Tally

I am around the halfway point now. Baby is moving and letting me know that he/she is there and very much alive!

Creamy Clam Dip

Mmm, chips and clam dip is a family tradition for us. It is sooo yummy! I had this picture on my camera and thought I should post it, but maybe that wasn't such a good idea. It makes me want some. This is definitely a comfort food!... Actually, it's an anytime food.

Little Lenora

This is our little niece, Lenora Streblow. Yesterday she was so smiley for us. What a cutie!

Dozen Ducklings

Here are the newest arrivals at the Streblow's. Twelve baby ducks. They are so fun to watch. Abbigail, Amelia, and Waldo are the three big white ducks, and now there are twelve new little baby ducks. Aww!

Recent Roundup

One of the many water works on Bahram's property

Seth and Josh having fun on the job!

Posts following the curve of the land

Terry Jenson working hard

The back of Bahram's new house

The front of Bahram's new house

Once again I failed to take pictures of another big event. This weekend Seth and I were in the cities where he has been working for quite a while now to attend the Bahram Akradi roundup. Bahram is the man that Seth has been working for. He is the owner of Lifetime Fitness and is quite an important guy. Bahram has been very impressed and pleased with the work the guys have been doing, and it sounds like Bahram has big plans for them. He has pretty much assured the guys that they definitely will not be finished for a while. Seth has been very excited about this opportunity and it has been a big plus for the business. Having a well-known millionaire like Bahram recognize your talents and abilities looks great on the resume. Anyway, we stayed in a hotel for one night (where, like the forgetful person I am, I left our swimming suits hanging on the bathroom door - grr!) and then went to the roundup the next day. He had it hosted in his very extravagent barn, and had everything from pony rides to an ice cream truck. Basically, anything you wanted was there. It was nice to meet all of the people Seth has been working along side of (the gardener, the horsetrainer, the tile layer, the Mexicans, the housekeeper, the secretary, etc. - not to mention Bahram and his brother Bijon [sp?]) as well as to see the beautiful grounds he has been fencing. It really is an impressive fence! It was fun to hear and see people commenting on such a nice fence that isn't like anything they've seen before. Little did they know that Seth, who was standing no more than a few feet away, was the one that built it. Another plus!!! From the way things have been turning out it sounds like we will be staying in a four bedroom town house with Josh and Randi for a little while by the generosity of... I think he's the floor guy - George. He offered it to Seth when he found out that they have been driving back and forth every day. All he asks for payment is that we keep it clean for him. What an answer to prayer. We will still pay him for it, but it is so nice to know that there are no terms or conditions on how long we have to stay in order to rent or any other silly details. Basicallly, it is ours for the using when we need it. PTL! Bahram also offered for us to stay in his half million dollar guest house. A nice thought, but maybe we'll wait on that. Everyone there has been so helpful to us! Truly the Lord has been so good to us. This experience has taught me a lot about prayer and dependence on my Father. There are still many details about this opportunity that we must greatly depend on His leading and direction for.

"Praise God from whom all blessings flow. Praise Him all creatures here below. Praise Him above ye heavenly hosts. Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost." Amen.

Tummy Tally

getting bigger

Baby Bargains II

Randi and I went garage saling on Saturday and I found this swing for a dollar! I was doubtful that it would actually work, so I asked the lady there if it works. She didn't know so her husband went inside and got batteries to try it out. It works!!!

Interesting Inquiries

I have just been "tagged" by Jennifer Horak. Supposedly I am to post eight facts about myself and then tag eight other friends. Well, I probably won't tag anyone else, but I will try and post some facts about me. If you would like to join in on the fun, feel free! 1. As I have been setting up my home I'm finding that I really love the old Victorian style of decorating. Anything flowery or elegant. 2. One of my favorite things to do is to take a long walk on a dimly lit road at night when it's foggy outside. (Not a recommended activity all alone, but with a friend it is so fun!) 3. My favorite meal is chicken alfredo. Yummy! 4. It takes a lot to scare me or make me jump. Seth is getting good at it, but most people have a very hard time startling me. 5. I have been to Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Nebraska, Utah, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Missouri, Texas, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Massachusetts, West Virginia, Canada, Rhode Island, Connecticut, not to mention Minnesota, and I think that might be all of them - maybe Vermont too, I don't remember. 6. I love garage sales and thrift stores, but really don't care for grocery shopping. 7. When I was little I always thought that it would be so cool to be an artist, or else to own my own little craft store or coffee shop or something quaint like that. 8. Seth and I have been married for four and a half months, and I am four months pregnant! I hope that you enjoyed reading those eight little facts about me. It actually takes some deep thought to find things out about yourself worth telling. Kinda strange. Oh well, it was a fun little exercise.