Fall Pics from Us

It's been a while since I posted pictures, so here are some of our latest from life at our house this fall!

Darling Bekah Boo

Hee hee! I love this shot!

Cuties

Leah, riding the 10-cent horse "Sandy" at Ben Franklin, just like I used to as a girl!

Having LOTS of fun at the Science Center..

Leah LOVED holding all the animals she could.. she was not afraid ONE bit of this boa.. VERY brave! She probably would have held the spiders if she could! Such a Helweg! :)

Life Goes On..

Well, what a fall it has been so far!

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I say that grudgingly, as this is one of my favorite seasons, but it seems to have missed the nice warmer fall weather usually had around here and skipped right to the "before snow"cold, windy, rainy weather. Yuck!

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We have been sooo busy with garden stuff finally! I have been harvesting corn, tomatoes, peppers & apples, making everything from salsa, to applesauce to canning corn, tomatoes & sauce. It has been fun! :) (Except for the mess of dirty dishes afterwards, lol)

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Leah started AWANA Cubbies this past month, and is SO adorable in her little vest. :) She loves it, but is still a little shy socially, but I think this will be really good for her to help come out of her shell. :) Plus, Josh & Bekah get some quality time as well, so that is great! And in case you wonder, I do enjoy my alone time as well!! hee hee ...(More like shopping time:)

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Right on the heels of that, Leah is doing so well in her little "preschool" I have been having for her an hour every day. We read a Bible Story, color a picture, learn some geography, read about an animal, and learn our Cubbie verses. It is very fun.. and she is soooooo smart! She knows all of her planets/Solar System already and the continents/oceans! VERY smart! :) Its pretty fun to see her learning grow..

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Bekah is 19 months old and weighs in at 25lbs.. she is still not talking much (that is understandable anyway) but she does say things like "Baby", "Mama", "Uh-Oh", "Please" etc.. but I'm not too worried about her lack of talking, as she was a premie and second-born at that! She does understand much more than she can say though.. and is very smart!

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Well, it seems the entire world is having babies just now!!!! My best friend is due with her first in less than 2 months, :) :) and now we had great news that James & Savannah are due next May with their first baby! SO exciting! I can't wait to hold all these little babies!!!

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Hope your fall is going well.. ours sure is flying by! :)

Labor Day Weekend - Part 1

During Labor Day weekend, all of my mom's side of the family got together to say goodbye to my Grandma Shirley.. who was recently diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in addition to her Parkinson's. We celebrated her & Grandpa's 60th wedding anniversary and spent her last few days all together as a family. It was a sad time, yet special to all be together. Here are some of the first pics from our weekend.

Bekah & I

My cousin's wife Sidra and their new baby, Hamilton (isn't he cute?)

My grandpa & his kids :)

Pictures of days gone by..

celebrating Grandpa & Grandma's 60th wedding anniversary

4 generations of Halver boys! :)

Ham & Great-Grandpa

All 3 kids and Grandma

Great-Grandma & her first great-grandson!

All of us out to breakfast at Hell's Kitchen in Mpls

Wonderful food!!

Double Stroller for Sale

I have an older model Graco DuoGlider Double Stroller, that we just aren't using as much, now that Leah is older. It is fairly used, but still in good shape, including all the pieces.. (canopies as well) It is a blue check design and fairly clean.

I am asking $30. If you are interested please comment! :)

(It is this style of stroller, just a blue design and without the clear plexi-shields)

Birthday Party!

We celebrated our Godchildren's birthdays in August at a local park. They turned 5 and 1.. so hard to believe! :) It was a fun day!

Uncle Josh & Bekka helping Leon open his gifts

Sweet Rebekka Roze

Josh & Leon

Me & the sweeties

Daddy with his 2 birthday kids

Yummy Cupcakes!

Pics from our Summer- July

I am officially so behind in blogging my pictures! I have soooo many I am just choosing some of my favorites from this summer.. these are our July pics!

Dad & Bekah check out his tunes

So cute!

Our goddaughter Bekka and Leah run through the sprinkler on a hot July day!

Bekah, our goofball!

Our friend Matt brings Grandma & Grandpa a new barn kitty, Dexter.

Our beautiful girls

Silly Bekah.. Leah used to do the same thing when she was this age!!

Beach Babes & New Living Room

Having fun at Long Lake Beach.. :)

Bekah.. finally enjoying the water after hours to get used to it! :)

Our new Living Room set.. very cute!

Finished look!

Our House.. I am just so proud of it and keeping it looking nice! :)

Basement - Final Steps

Sheetrock dust everywhere!

Putting insulation on the cement walls & framing the walls

Sheetrocking & painting the walls blue

Doing the suspended ceiling to cover the yucky wires & wood

And finally.......

Pretty much complete!

Just need to make a door for the electrical area (covered by a blanket) and finish under the stairs area for the girls

Josh's woodworked hallway

The stairway still to finish/paint as well

It is soooooooo nice to have it finished and have our 60" big screen TV accessible!! It is like having a theatre in our house! :) Very fun!

Basement Project - Step 1

Josh has been finishing our main basement room for a few weeks now, and although it is now finished, here are some of the pictures I have uploaded of the progress! This is from week 1.. enjoy!

Sorry this is sideways.. this is the stairway to basement

Main Room

Room from Back Corner

New House Pics!

Finally! I have time to post some new house pictures.. here are some from 3 rooms of our new house.. more pics will come! I just LOVE having it all set up,. and it is soooo fun to see!!!

Our "Green" Room - 1st Guest Room/Office

Double Bed with quilt

Bookshelf from our "Blue" room - 2nd Guest Room/Sewing Room

Beautiful window

Double Bed with quilt

Our Dining Room .. painted alternating walls of Cream and Blue

Our Kitchen... newly painted Red!

Our life these past months..

Wow! It has been a long time since I updated! Due to my computer issue, it is hard to put pictures up on the computer I regret.. so an update will have to do! :)

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June went by like a flash due to our 2 family weddings. Hannah & Adam were married June 12th, followed by James & Savannah on June 27th. (both Josh's siblings) It was a blast to have things to celebrate and we are so happy for both of them as they begin their new lives together!

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For James's wedding, we had the entire Helweg family (plus 3 GA relatives) staying in our house, which was a BLAST! It was amazing to have the space to host everyone! It was so fun.. hard to see everyone go.

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Speaking of our house :)... we completed the painting, furniture organizing and cleaning on our entire house, with the exception of the basement family room and our Master Bedroom. We are just starting on our basement room this week, we will be sheetrocking, putting in a ceiling and painting down there.. it will be sooooooo nice! I am super excited! ;) The house has "our own touches" now, and is perfect! I just have to decide where I want the pictures hung on the main level.. ;) haha

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We got our garden in late this year, due to weddings, but it quickly caught up! I am so glad it is doing well.. I had doubts about our new plot, but it is proving to be VERY nice! :) I cant wait to start picking fresh veggies!

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Also new, is that I cut my hair last week! I cut off 8 inches and have a nice, short bob.. it is soooooooo cute! Plus very easy to take care of, and I LOVE it! :) Nothing like a new haircut to kick off the summer.

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We enjoyed our 4th of July weekend, and Rebekah's first fireworks. We all had a blast getting to see them last night in town.. it was great! ;) The Parade was fun today as well.. Leah LOVED the firetrucks and the candy of course. :)

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Well, what a summer we have had so far! I miss updating my blog, and will try to get pictures up soon, but am so far behind now it is sad! :) Hope all of you are well and we see you soon!

Adam & Hannah's Wedding

I have so many great pictures from Adam & Hannah's wedding.. it was a blast! But due to my computer issue, those of you who don't have facebook can see them by clicking here:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=101220&id=644981352&l=402bc892ed

It was such a fun weekend in Warroad, and am so happy for Hannah & Adam in their new life!