Winter Fun

Rich and a friend went spearing on a local lake yesterday and he speared this large northern. It was so much fun that he plans to go out again today! He babysat this morning while Olivia and I went sledding. What a perfect day for outdoor fun - not too cold or blustery.

You may have figured out from reading this blog so far that my sister, Beth, got this blog going for me as a Christmas present. Aren't sisters great? She knows me well enough that I would need a "kick" to get this started. Otherwise, the kids may have graduated from high school before I got around to it!

A Blessed Christmas was had by all!

Bare with me as this is my first attempt at blogging!

We had a great Christmas with family! Saturday, after a wedding in Park Rapids, we went to Jean's parents and celebrated Christmas with Beth and her family. On Sunday we headed to St. Cloud where we celebrated with Rich's side of the family. Christmas Eve and Christmas Day were spent with Jean's parents in Evansville. This was a very special Christmas as it was Joseph's very first one. Also, Olivia is at a fun age and was it so fun to see the joy on her face as she opened up her gifts.

We all got great gifts for Christmas but I was reminded the other day by something I heard on the radio that the great gifts we get at Christmas will all break, we'll outgrow, or we just won't need them anymore. But, the greatest gift of all, God's son, Jesus, will always be with us. We'll never outgrow Him! We are so thankful for that.

December 10th was all smiles for Joey and Olivia!

Sleepy Baby

Joseph is a good sleeper! Nothing is better than a sleeping baby!

December Snow!

We have a foot or more of snow on the ground already this December. Olivia has had fun playing in it and "helping" Rich plow.

Joseph is 5 weeks old!

Joseph turned five weeks old on Thursday and can light up a room with his toothless smile!

Welcome to the Loehlein Family Blog!

Hello Everyone:
This blog was created by Jean's sister, Beth, as a christmas gift to Jean. It is my hope that Jean and Rich will enjoy adding to the blog and sharing it with family and friends. I am posting as many pictures that I have right now of Olivia and baby Joseph. Joseph RichardLoehlein was welcomed into our family on October 25th, 2007. Everyone was very excited to see and hear if Jean had a boy or girl as they didn't find out the sex of their baby. Once baby boy was born, Jean and Rich kept everyone in suspense as they contemplated names for the new baby. I think Joseph fits him well, don't you!