Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Wow I can't believe our little girl is already a month old!! Here are a few pictures of Mckenna at 1 month and of Ella just being Ella!

May 2009

Saturday, May 9, 2009

Mckenna Grace

Mckenna's birth & first week


Sorry this only took 3 weeks!! Introducing Mckenna Grace Kobli. Hope you all enjoy the pictures. We'll have many more to come!!

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Easter 2009

Easter 2009


We hope everyone had a wonderful Easter! Thank you to all who came down to Fishers to celebrate with us. We had such a wonderful time with all of you. We can't wait to share our next post with you, which will be news of our precious little baby. Until then!!

Sunday, January 11, 2009

Christmas 2008

Christmas 2008 was a very exciting Christmas. We started off the Christmas festivities the weekend before Christmas. Kevin and I hosted The Fandrei Christmas down here in Fishers. We had a great time baking cookies, watching the kids open (or not open gifts), and just being together. We were so excited to have Evan here celebrating his first Christmas! Santa even made a special trip to our house to see all the good boys and girls!
We spent Christmas Eve and Day by ourselves down here in Fishers. It was tough being away from family, especially missing the big Greenya Christmas Eve party, but we did have a very memorable time together. Ella was so excited to get ready for Santa. She made sure that he had good cookies that she decorated herself, and she made sure that the reindeer had food too. She was so excited Christmas morning. She woke Kevin and I up, and she almost climbed out of her crib because I guess we weren't fast enough. She loved opening all her presents, but mostly she loved riding around on her new Diego "motorcycle".
We then made the trip up North the weekend after to celebrate some more. We spent Saturday evening at the Vanderpools celebrating with the Johnson side of the family. Boy, there were a lot of kids there! Ella loved playing with all of them. Sunday, we celebrated Christmas with Grandma and Grandpa Kobli and Aunt Natalie. I think Ella was more excited about chasing the cat around than opening presents. We had a nice relaxing day just hanging out, except it was slightly spoiled by an awful Bears game that needless to say ended in a loss and a finish to their season.
We had such a great time visiting with everyone! We always wish that we would have more time with everyone. Ella received so many nice gifts and enjoys playing with all of them. Thank you all!


Christmas 2008

Sunday, November 9, 2008

Halloween 2008

We had a spooktacular Halloween this year! The weather was absolutely gorgeous! Ella was dressed as a bumblebee this year. The cutest bee that I've ever seen! We had a couple of people over to hang out by the fire and hand out candy. The men were left with the task of taking the kids trick or treating, as the women stayed back and handed out candy. Ella actually did really well this year. She went to quite a bit of houses instead of like last year where she just sat on the porch and ate the candy out of the bowl. We hope everyone had a wonderful Halloween!

Halloween 2008

Ella's Birthday Extravaganza!

Ella's Birthday Extravaganza!

We started Ella's birthday weekend celebration with a Finding Nemo themed party on Saturday, October 11. Friends and family came to help us celebrate our little Ella turning 2! It was an unseasonably warm day with temps in the low 80s. The kids got to go "fishing" for prizes. I think everyone caught some big ones! We sang to the birthday girl, who decided that was a perfect time to sample the cake. She couldn't keep her hands off the icing!! We then opened some presents and then it was off to bed for the birthday girl. The party didn't stop there though. The adults stayed around for a fire and some beverages.
The next day we got together to cheer on Da Bears, and thanks to Uncle Zac we were able to watch it with the satelite.
October 13th 2008- Ella is 2! Daddy, Mommy, and Ella went to the zoo to celebrate her birthday with the animals. We had a nice day walking around and enjoying the weather, but the animals weren't too exciting. They were all sleeping. They must have been too tired from the previous partying done over the weekend. Just like some of the people at Ella's party (Uncle Zac)! The highlight of the trip was our behind the scenes tour of the dolphins. We got to go up close to the dolphins and see where they train and play. That evening we had Ella's friends over for ice cream and some play time with some of her new toys. What a fun weekend!!

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Gone Fishing

On July 13, Ella went fishing for the first time. Ella, Daddy, Mommy, Grandpa Fandrei, Grandma Fandrei, and Bennet packed up their poles and bait for a fishing adventure at Meadows pond. Aunt Amy, Uncle Todd, and Evan later joined us. Daddy and Grandpa were getting frustrated because the fish kept stealing their bait. Ella was frustrated. She just wanted to hold the fish. Daddy finally got one! He gave it to Ella, and she just grabbed it without hesitation and put it in the bucket. She loved watching them swim, but she wanted to keep picking them up and hold them.

Gone Fishing