new pictures

Just sharing some new pictures of our summer so far.

I'll start with camping fathers day weekend. We had a great weekend camping...very relaxing! Although there was rain in the forecast it held out for us up until 20 minutes before we were ready to go and only had 1 tent to take down. Evan and Kevin got soaked then!
Alexis having a snack and playing on the tarp..helped keep her clean and her toys/food clean.
My 2 favorite girls! Maddie came and spent the day/night with us on Saturday.
Alexis loves dogs..especially ones that stay by her and don't run away! This is Buddy..my brothers dog. He is very sweet and good with Alexis
While most of us played volley ball, my mom and Alexis played in the sand. Here they both are waving hi to me!
The rest of the night was one giant party! We had a bunch of friends over..made smores and drank! Very fun night and I am looking forward to camping again yet this summer.


The next weekend Kevin had off on Friday so we went to La Crosse and stayed at Brian and Josie's house. The kids got along very well and played nice. Its great knowing the kids will get to grow up together!

On Saturday for lunch we went to Happy Joes. The kids got to see Uncle Chad make our pizzas!

Josie & Emily :)
Uncle Brian taking Alexis for a walk.

Before lunch on Sunday we went and played on the Oyen's trampoline. Boy, did the kids have fun!! Josie is helping Alexis "jump" here


The Bartelt cousins! how cute are they?! This picture will be treasured for years!!!
Ages of the kids in this picture are..Alexis 14 months, Emily 3 1/2, Joe 22 months.

We had a very nice time staying at Brian and Josie's! Thanks again guys for having us that weekend!


A few days after that weekend during the week pretty much every one had off of work on that Tuesday so we all went to Bay Beach. I rode the new roller-coaster Zippin Pippin 3 times in about 30 mins! Very fun!
Just a few of us that went. Didn't take too many pictures during this visit to Bay Beach. Kevin, Maddie and I went on a few rides while my mom got Alexis to take a nap and held her. After Bay Beach we all went for pizza...and then Maddie slept over at our house.


July 4th my little family, my parents, Evan, Brandon and the girls all went to Point Beach state park. The water was lake Michigan and the water was beyond freezing!
Alexis felt the sand for the first time..it was pretty hot so it shocked her a bit. After this picture she loved it and there was no stopping her from playing and loving the water!! She's my little fish!
Perfect picture of Alexis waving hi!

Alexis and Daddy in the water
The guys berried Abby and Odayls in the sand

Nap time for Alexis
Happy 4th of July!!!

After supper Kevin, Alexis and I played with fireworks. Alexis liked them! We did a few sparklers and snakes.

We had a very nice 4th of July. Other then me getting sun burnt soooo bad on my back that I could barely wear a shirt with out screaming for days! It was awful!! Kevin got a bad sun burn on his head too and on one spot of his shoulder where we missed putting on sun screen.



The back of Alexis' hair is starting to get long enough for hair pretty's!


Alexis playing at the drive in. We went to see Cars 2 and Pirates of the Caribbean 4. I wasn't a fan of Cars 2 but we really liked the new Pirates movie.
A couple weeks ago Alexis started walking all by HERSELF! she now is on the go and no stopping her!! My mom and I went shopping Fri the 15th and she was just all over the store and loving being so independent!! We are sooo proud of her!! Such a big girl!!!!!



She loves to share things...with every one! Here she is sharing her balls from her ball popper..which is on its last leg because she loves playing with it so much!

Thursday the 14th Kayla and I took our girls to the NEW Zoo. This is Alexis and Brielle (Kaylas daughter) Brielle is 3 months older then Alexis.


Saturday July 16th Kevin and I went to Rock USA in Oshkosh. It is the first year that they put this show on. We had free tickets so we went to see Korn and Kiss. Korn was very good! I haven't seen them in about 10 years and its been awhile for Kevin too but they rocked! Kiss was good too...I'm not the biggest Kiss fan..its not that I don't like them but they just aren't my generation. For how old they are they were very good! My mom watched Alexis that night. Alexis thought because grandma was there that it was more play time then bed time how ever!! Little stinker!

That's about it for the new pictures for now. Hope you all enjoyed them!
As you can see my little girl is getting big! Walking, goofy, very smart too! She is our world that is for sure!!

This has taken me about 2 hours to write and Kevin now is home from his first day back at NBC 26. He is saying it went very well! He even directed half of the 6 o'clock show and all of the 10 o'clock show!! He made some graphics too. He just jumped right back in!

Well time to get going. Hope every one is doing well!

The other big news is.....

KEVIN GOT A NEW JOB!!!!

A few weeks ago NBC 26 (the tv station Kevin used to work at here in Green Bay) called Kevin out of the blue and told them they were hiring full-time directors. Now I have to tell you that Kevin did not apply for this job or anything...they called him!! They however did know Kevin was back in Green Bay and when Kevin was laid off talked to NBC about any jobs but Kevin was offered Ameriprise first. I know most of you that have talked to Kevin about NBC 26 and why he left 3 years ago and what was happening in the company. Well things there have been changing..for the better as we understand. They took away the sports department and just had all the news on sports come from Milwaukee..well they are slowly working their way back to getting sports. And just other news things that are turning around there. So anyways...Kevin had an interview a couple weeks ago...there was either a position that was full time working weekends or a monday-friday shift. The guy that interviewed Kevin had told him that he was over qualified for the weekend job and perfect for the mon-fri job. So a week later..Kevin got a call and was offered the mon-fri job!! He accepted and he starts TOMORROW!!

Kevin has realized with having the VIP lube job and working at Ameriprise that he missed working in news. Working at the TV station in Milwaukee was very boring for him but he loved working at the one in La Crosse and here at Green Bay. He is still going to school (which starts Aug. 18th) and hoping that once he is done his business management degree will help him go higher at NBC 26.

It just makes me so happy and proud that NBC called him out of the blue..they wanted him very badly for this job and worked with him so he would accept it!! They love his work and just loved having him as an employee back then. Im just so excited and happy for Kevin! Some of his friends still work there too and they are all very excited to be working with Kevin again! So that makes me even more happy that he is back with his buddies!

His new hours are monday thru friday 1:45pm-10:45pm in case any one ever needs to get a hold of him try before 1:30pm.

Kevin quit Ameriprise last Monday.So we had a nice week to spend together! We went swimming, got ice cream, when it was 100 degrees outside we sat in the A/C and played, Kevin and I went on a date night for our anniversary (we went to get drinks and see The Hangover Part 2) we went to the drive inn movie theater last night and saw Mr Poppers Penguins and Transformers 3. It was very nice week and now he is very excited to start his new job at NBC 26!

I know Kevin doesn't read this very much or at all really but Kevin I am so proud and excited and happy for you! We love you very much! This wife gets her bragging rights back that her husband is a director at a TV station! :)

New addition to the Bartelt family

We have expanded our family! No...not another baby! Another kitty! We adopted a 8 month old black kitten we named Raven. We got her this past Sunday July 17 from the Door County Humane Society. Shes going to be a long haired cat we are guessing.

So far its going as well as we expected and it can go with introducing Dakota to a new cat. Dakota has been alone since we got her when she was 3 months old (shes now 5) Raven tends to do the hissing at Dakota but that's because Dakota pretty much corners her and Raven has no way of getting around her. Dakota for the first couple days hid in our bedroom and barely came out. We think that was due to her vaccines we had to get updated and they were kicking in. Dakotas been coming out of our room a lot more now. But they still are getting used to each other.

Now...Alexis and Raven are best buddies! Raven lets Alexis pet her, stick toys in her face, Alexis shares her kid toys with Raven also. Every day during nap time Alexis sleeps on the couch and Raven is right next to her sleeping until Alexis wakes up. As I type this now they are sleeping next to each other. Its nice having an animal that will grow up with Alexis and tolerates her alittle more then Dakota does. Dakotas never mean towards Alexis just Dakota runs away when Alexis comes towards her.

Raven has been pretty good around here for being a kitten. She plays with hair ties mostly and then sleeps for 3 hours. So in all its going as well as it can with the two cats!

here are pictures of our new baby!


She doesn't have blue eyes..there green. She's going to be my Halloween kitty!



Dakota and Raven meeting for the first time



This picture has nothing to do with Raven but its just a cute picture of Alexis and me. We wore some what matching summer dresses last Sunday. This picture shows how she is becoming a goof when Daddy tells her to say cheese!


Alexis playing with Raven. This is a little cat toy with some feathers on the top. Alexis was pretty much just shoving the toy in her face but she didn't mind!

Just like Dakota, Raven loves to sit on Kevin's lap while he plays Playstation.

This is how they love to take naps together! Adorable!