Little Miss Ellie Kay is 1 month old!

One more of Ellie :)

Here is one more photo of Ellie from her photo shoot.

Little Miss Ellie is Here!

Meet Little Miss Ellie Kay Wendling, Born at 12:09am On August 30th, 2012.  She weighed 6 lbs 14 oz and was 19 1/2 inches long.  Are little peanut is a happy and healthy baby!  We are all in love with her!  The boys have been so helpful and are so excited for everyone to meet her!  Here is a picture from Ellie's first photo shoot, she is already full of smiles at 5 days old!

Up North 2012

The boys had a blast up north! It was a funfilled day!   With lots of fishing, tubing, swimming and running around!  We spent the day with Aunt Sue and cousins Megan and Mike.  They spent many hours fishing in the paddle boat and would come back to swim.  Then it was off to tubing which Westen loved and couldn't go fast enough!  Ryder wasn't to sure and little Gus even tried it.  It was awesome having so much help from Megan and Mike with the kiddos, they loved it!  We can't  wait to go back again! 

off to go fishing

so proud! Westen and mike fishing

Westen giving his fish a kiss!

off to go fishing

Augustus with incredible hulk goggles

Westen jumping in the lake

paddle boat tubing! Ryder loving it!

Westen and Mike tubing

Ryder and Megan hanging out in the boat

Westen and Mike they couldn't go fast enough!

Westen and Mike tubing

Augustus and Mike Tubing

Megan And Ryder tubing

4th of July Celebration 2012

We had a lot of fun celebrating the 4th of July :)  We had a fun packed day!  We went to the Faribault water park and the boys had a blast swimming and going on the waterslides.  After the waterpark we headed back home to decorate their bike for the 4th of July Parade.  They had a ton of fun decorating and taping and more decorating! It was a steamy bike through the parade!  The boys loved every minute of it and at the end they played some carnival games :)

They were so excited to do sparkler and fireworks when we got home.  Then we were off to Grandma and Grandpa Knappers to enjoy the fireworks in the mosquito free house!  They are horrible right now and it doesn't help that its like 98 degrees out and super humid!!  We were in the heat all day so we were all ready for a break in the air conditioning!  The boys loved the fireworks and shouted out every color that went in the air.  They wanted to see more when it was done!

We hope that everyone had a very Happy 4th of July and we hope to see you soon!

Love, Laurissa, Derrick, Westen, Ryder, Augustus and baby!

It's A GIRL!!!

Hello Everyone!

We are excited to share that we are having a baby girl!! Bring on the pink in our house!  We are so excited, God thought we needed one more little blessing in our house :)  I think I am still in shock!  I am so used to hearing it's a boy!  We can't wait to meet her, she is going to be one tough little girl with three older brothers :)

Happy Easter!

We have had a great day weekend! We ate way to much food, but it was so delicious :)  The boys have had a fun-filled weekend, with baking cookies, cakes, pies, egg hunts, Easter bunny and spending time with family!

The boys were so excited for the Easter bunny and they loved all their candy!  They even got new toothbrushes! The weather has been awesome and we have been spending most of the days outside riding bikes, playing in the sandbox and running around playing light-sabers.  Oh the fun of three wild boys :)

We didn't get to see all of our family for Easter and we hope everyone had a very Happy Easter!

Take care,
The Wendlings

Happy 6th Birthday Westen Phillip! Video- birth -6 years :)

Happy 6th  Birthday Westen Phillip- video birth to 6 years :)

Punta Cana, Dominican Republic

 Here are some picture from our trip to Punta Cana, sorry I am a little slow on the blog posts.  We went to the Dominican Republic In December for a friends Wedding, it was amazing there!  Derrick and I had a blast!  We were there for 5 days and 4 nights and We took advantage of every minute we were there, it was all inclusive so we ate a ton and did a ton of adventures together!