Let the fun begin. While waiting for our bellies to get hungry and for the steaks to grill, we headed down to the pond to do some fishing.
Carrie reluctantly worming her line
Steph and Vince
That gal striking a belly pose is such a dork!
The crew down at the pond
One of the catfish that was caught
Natalie not so sure what to think of the catfish
When we heard the dinner bell ring, we all headed back up to the house for a delicious bday meal for Natalie (which she actually slept through) of steak, baked potato, sweet corn, green bean casserole, jello salad, and fruit salad. Vince went on and on about how he had never eaten a steak of that size...funny...that's what we're used to! Crazy guy filled his belly with not only his steak but his wife and my mom's leftover steak.
Following dinner and Natalie finally waking up to eat, we did an unofficial photo shoot. Vince is a professional photographer and was nice enough to keep his camera shooting the entire day. He took a ton of Natalie (click here to see them on his blog) as well as some of the entire family.
Tony, me, Natalie, Carrie, Mom, Gma Colleen, Dad, Sarah, Brian, Biff (Kevin)
The girls, minus Carrie...I think she was checking her fishing line at the time
The grandkids and Gma Colleen Hohlen...hahah
Checking out some of Vince's photos
We then let Natalie open her birthday gifts. (Keep in mind that it is currently October 10th and Natalie won't be one until November 16th, but we won't see my family again until after this second baby's arrival in January, so we decided to go ahead and celebrate Nat's 1st bday with the Hohlen clan a bit early...hence her "first" 1st bday!)
Her new shoes...she LOVES them
She also LOVES the tags on new clothes
Some of the onlookers
Great, now I have a vacuum buddy!
Man, there is so much tissue paper to get out of here!
My first dumptruck! and Legos!
Very interested already!
A quick family shot!
The 'soon-to-be' birthday girl...hard to believe she'll be 11 months by the end of this week!
Then it was cake time!
Aunt Carrie baked Natalie a bday cake!
She was in the zone
What a mess. I'll post a video of this new experience for Natalie in another post.
Uncle Brian gave Natalie a wild hairdo after her bath after cake.
And it wouldn't be a true fall day at the Hohlen house if we didn't head out for some clay pigeon shooting. :)
The bystanders
Sarah's turn
Vince's first time...he did awesome!
Tony's up
Kevin the "launcher" and Dad
Steph's first time...third shot was a charm for her!
Carrie and Natalie winding down for the evening
Glad you are all having so much fun! I love the picture of the three of you--sheer joy on all three of your faces! Enjoy the rest of your time!
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