Playing Puppy

Gracie and Jared... playing puppy on a leash.

I just love it when they get along and are having fun together. 

Such a delight to watch.

My Princess Gracie. Gosh she is cute.

Thought I would throw in this random picture of Gracie and Zacy with their hats. Gosh they love these hats. Grandma Myra did pretty good with Christmas presents last year!

Dolly stroller

I love it also when my Zachy gets a long with his little brother too. 

This was quite the ride and Jared just loved it. They did this all on their own. I had no part in it!!

Brushing Teeth

I just love my kiddos.

I love it when they all get along and do such cute things, such as get in sleeper PJ's and stand by the sink and brush their teeth. They can be so adorable.

They just love these PJ's. Jared loooves to brush his teeth. He thinks he is King of the toothbrush and loves it even more when he gets to do with his sister and brother.

The kids thought it was cool that they could see me in the mirror, so I thought I would get myself in the picture too!

Dancing Jared

This Jared is just too cute. He has really gotten in to dancing. He dances to the music on his toys and dances to the music on the TV.  He knows where the music comes from and then points the remote at the TV... he is a smart little guy and oh so adorable.

Try Hockey For Free

The Redwood Area Hockey Association hosted a "Try Hockey For Free" day, so we thought we would try it out for Gracie and Zach. 

I did not realize the kids would be in full uniform, but they put everything on - pads, helmets, gloves, you name it!  They could barely move. 

Amazingly Gracie did pretty good and I think she enjoyed herself.  

Zachy struggled a little, but he gave it a good effort. I was real proud of him.

I think she looks so tough.

My little hockey team.

Silly Zach trying to cover his face.

A Mom with her four girls.

We had the second Annual Sohre Girls Night Out.  Just my Mom and my Sisters.

Last year (1st annual girls night out) I missed out as they scheduled it just a few days after I had given birth to my Jared... therefore I wasn't quite ready for a girls night out... anyways this year, no newborn baby, so I was ready to participate.

We had a lovely evening. Just the grown-up girls, no hubbies, no kiddos, no dogs... just girls... all in our 30's (except the Mom, of course... but one could say she looks like she is in her 30's... wink, wink!)

The evening started with a little wine at Shelly's house, and shortly after the adventure started as some wine went in the bellies, other wine went in the face (wink, wink... Miss Christy!)

We felt it appropriate to do some photos. Jesse (Shelly's husband) was the photographer. He did a pretty good job.  We all got to pick a different pose. This above photo was Christy's pick for a pose. I guess we were suppose to stick out our chest and our butts?  Not to sure about the potential for our modeling careers... but we had fun.

Mom's pick for a pose was the photo above with us on the floor with our chins in our hands. Aren't we cute?

Then I thought we should do some individual shots with the leading lady of the group. 

So here is Me, Miss Terri Jo, #3 daughter and my Momma.

She is the one that carried all of us in her womb and then raised us and then sent us off thinking she was finally free of worrying and taking care of us, but oh no, we still make her worry about us and she still keeps taking care of us (and our husbands and our kids and our dogs...).  She is a wonderful, wonderful lady. I got lucky, having this lady as my Mom!!!

#4 daughter: Miss Shelly Ann and our Momma.

#2 daughter: Miss Christine Margaret and our Momma.

and the firstborn: Miss Wendy Marie with our Momma.

The night continued with a very nice Dinner at a restaurant in Mankato, I think it was called Kabobs.

Then we headed to a play at MSU. It was called Cactus Flower. It was really good. It made us all laugh.

Then the best part of the night was going to Baker's Square after the play and having pie... and decaf coffee. I thought that was sooo funny.  Here we are all middle-aged adults (did I really call us middle-aged??? Oh, no... I think I might still be considered a young adult... but some of us are almost 40!!!)  anyways here we are, all sitting around this table yapping away eating pie and sipping coffee.  It was a treasure of a moment. Having us 5 together, alone, in adult conversation, is a rare moment. It was a good moment. 

I am patiently awaiting for the next outing. 

Love you Mom.  

Love you Sisters.

I thank God He blessed me with all of you everyday!

Karaoke by G & Z

Here is the next contestants on American Idol!!!

Singing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, by Gracelyn and Zachariah

A Princess, Spiderman, and A Frog

Here is my crew for Halloween this year.

Aren't they a cute group?

This year instead of trick-or-treating we went to a Halloween Party hosted by one of the local churches in Redwood Falls. 

First it was face painting.

Then it was games, games, and more games...

The hit of the night was the karaoke machine.

I'll post the video a in another post. They wanted to keep going back and ended up singing 3 songs!

They just loved it and they were oh so cute!

Then we did some decorating of cookies... and of course eating them too!

The night was a blast. I think we will do the party again next year.

Big Sister - Little Brother

This is from this summer. But I just couldn't resist sharing these adorable kids!

Such a good big sister this Gracie is. Such a cute little brother this Jared is.

It's a Dog Pile!

This is the kind of stuff we do after supper.

It's a dog pile... a big Marely, Daddy, Gracie, Zach, and Jared Dog Pile!!!

All I can say is - I am glad I was the picture taker, and poor Marely!

Nightie-Night

When we tuck our little Zachy to bed every night he is cozy in his bed, under his covers.

Later when Marty and I go to bed we often find him in a different spot. Often it is on the floor. He moves his pillow to the floor and curls up. Sometimes he moves his pillow to the end of his bed and curls up there. He is such a silly little guy. One time we found him under the bed!  I had to snap a picture once so I don't forget about this and try to preserve the memories.

Since I snapped one of Zach I thought it was only fair I took one of the other kiddos sleepy too.

They are just so peaceful and adorable. 

Love my kiddos!

Mankato 1/2 Marathon 2012

Sunday October 21, 2012, 8:00am and we are ready for our run.
We had 5 runners this year representing the Sohre family:
Wendy, Shelly, Me, Marty, and Ted (not in the photo... he is to fast and was long gone by the time the rest of us made it to the finish line!)


Then we had the cheerleaders or aka Spectators:
Hodgie family: Maesee, Spenser, Margoe, and Jason
Mom
Cornish Family: Jesse, Jesse, and Joe
Daly Family: Carter, Maddy, Paige, Kate, and Chris
A few are in the photo below. What a GREAT job they did!!!!!

Here it the finish area in Downtown Mankato by the Civic Center. Lots and Lots of people out on such a gorgeous day!

Me and my Sweetheart... the things we have to do to get a little alone time... run 13.1 miles.

 Me and my sisters: Shelly and Wendy. This is their second 1/2 marathon.

 Along the trail.

Shelly Ann - run time: 2 hrs 6 minutes 11 seconds (personal best)

 Digger, AKA Wendy - run time: 2hrs 6 minutes 11 seconds (personal best)

3 sisters again. We sure look happy here.

Marty and Me.

Marty run time: 1 hr 46 minutes 48 seconds (personal best)

 And yep, that's me - run time: 1 hr 59 minutes 48 seconds

 (I was shooting to be under 2 hrs... just barely made it! Personal best)

And Ted did his personal best too, just didn't get a photo of him this year, so I added one from last year.

run time: 1hr 42 minutes 8 seconds

 Must have been a good day for Running... everyone did the best they ever had done!

Lot of FUN!