Pink Explosion



Daisha is one fortunate little girl. Our families have had an explosion of pink.  Daisha will have 5 little girl cousins that are all within 7 months of her age.  On the Lindberg side we have 2 little ones here and 1 more coming this month. 

 

On the Vercler side, both of my sisters have had little girls in the past 4 months.  The ones who are here are all pictured below.  It's going to be a lot of pink craziness!

 

Daisha -- My little one



 

Ivy - Amanda & Duane

 

 

Juliet - Diana and Nicholas

 

 

Anastaisa - Caleb and Rose

 

Sophie - Matthew & Renae

 

Daisha Kay Lindberg

I thought I wouldn't be writing this post until mid-February but that is not how things worked out. Daisha decided to make her entrance early and arrived on 1/18 (she now shares a birthday with my Dad who turned 60 this year).

I was only 36 weeks, so I have a little premie who weighed just 5lbs 11oz at birth. Quite the contrast from my over 8 lb children who were both a week late. We have no idea why I went into pre-term labor.

She had trouble breathing at first so she spent 4 days in the NICU but she rebounded very quickly and is doing great at home.

We are thankful for God's strength and faithfulness.

Below are some of her newborn pictures taken by my very talented sister Diana.

2's company and 3's a party....Babies on the way

It's now public knowledge ... my sisters and I are expecting together

Diana - December
Me - February
Amanda - April


These cousins will be in the same grade in school!!!  Whoa.  We are very excited but I'll admit the idea still overwhelms me at times :). 

Zoie and Simon have something to share...

If you haven't heard already...

Zoie (and her parents) are very excited. Simon doesn't really have a clue :).

Key Lime Cove

I know it's been a long time since I have posted anything here. Just chalk it up to being very very busy with two kids. That's what I'm telling myself anyway. Now since I pray I get to keep these beautiful children for a while, I don't think it's going to improve anytime soon.

Here though is a sneak peak into our vacation to Key Lime Cove/Six Flags earlier this June. We just took a short trip with Brian and Amber and family in the middle of the week for a family fun getaway. It was a great time. We all had lots of fun. These pictures are just of Key Lime Cove.

Simon loves the water until he gets too cold. Then he wants to quit  and go for a nap. Zoie likes it but nothing too adventurous.  Only the easiest of slides...but at least she had fun.

I love water parks and this was nice because it was all indoors. So even though it rained one day...didn't matter.  Going in the middle of week is also good because it's pretty empty. We didn't have to wait in line hardly at all. 

Lindberg Chopped Fantasy Game

One of my favorite shows is Chopped on the Food Network. On our trip to Georgia we did a Lindberg-version of this beloved show.  We divided into two teams - guys against girls.

Here were the basket items

Chicken breasts
Asparagus

Sweet Peppers

Cream Cheese

Artichoke hearts

Strawberries

Avocados

We each had to prepare a main dish and a side using the basket items in some way. We also had access to anything in the pantry, fridge or freezer of the Lindberg house.

Then one team had appetizer and one team had dessert.

The girls made

Grilled marinated chicken breast topped with roasted red pepper and caramelized onions with a strawberry balsamic vinegar roasted red pepper reduction

A warm grilled chopped salad with grilled asparagus, sweet peppers, grilled romaine (mixed then cold romaine) and grilled onions dressed with olive oil (no picture of this)

A spinach artichoke heart cream cheese spread on toasted bread topped with fresh tomatoes and avocados

The guys made

Grilled chicken topped with an avocado roasted red pepper cream cheese spread

Sweet peppers stuffed with cream cheese goat cheese and jalapeno

Sauteed asparagus with bacon and grilled bacon wrapped asparagus

Strawberry cream cheese and chocolate cake trifle (no picture either)

We were judged on taste, presentation, and creativity (in that order)

All of it was delicious...so we decided we all won.  It was fun to eat to different items and to be inventive with our mystery ingredients. It is a bit of a fantasy of mine to do chopped. I have a feeling we will be doing this sometime with friends in our house. Trouble is, I love the surprise of the mystery ingrediants, so it's hard to host it. But we'll figure something out.

Here are some pictures below



Wedding Bells

For those who may not have heard, my youngest sister is getting married this May!  Duane is a great guy...only downfall is that he lives in Kansas. My sister thinks then she needs to move to Kansas once they are married. While I can't argue with her logic, we will miss her very much.

Here are pictures of the cute couple

While Amanda is a giddy bride-to-be...this photo proves some things just don't change :)