The Ahlborn Family

Monday, August 16, 2021

September 2020

Over labor day weekend, I went to Fredericksburg with my girlfriends- Jennifer and Stacey. We had a great time visiting all the wineries and strolling the quaint town.

For my birthday, Bryan "carded my yard". It was so cute and fun. Kate really wants me to do this for her on her birthday. I had a great day, even though the rain ruined my plans. Instead, I went to a hot yoga class with a friend and ate delicious cake.

Both girls are enrolled in piano lessons with Mrs. Christie. They absolutely love her!

Thursday, August 20, 2020

Jane is 5!

My sweet baby turned five this summer. I can't believe how big she is getting!

This year she wanted a Barbie themed birthday. Unfortunate for me, Barbie decorations are hard to come by. So I had to improvise a little.

We actually had 2 separate birthday parties. One in Utah. And one in Texas.

The 1st birthday party was at my mom's pool on Traverse Mountain. We rented a room and my dad cooked hot dogs. It was really fun and easy. I am so grateful to have family to help out and attend!

Kate used her own money to buy Jane a birthday present. So proud of her thoughtfulness. And Jane adores this gift.

Happy Birthday Jane!

Her 2nd birthday party was with her best friend from school, Alise. Barbie was the theme and we rented a giant slip 'n slide.

Brittany made the best cake ever! I actually froze the left overs to eat later!

Louis and Jane. They play so well together.

Fun in the water for all!

We love Jane. She brings so much fun to our household. She loves to play with Barbies. She has two best friends- Alise and Louis. She adores everything Kate does. She loves to color in rainbows and sing Disney songs. She loves dressing up and wearing lip stick- especially if we are going somewhere fancy. She is sensitive and easily gets her feelings hurts. Jane is very good at getting what she wants by batting her eyes and puffing out her lips. She's also brave. She catches lizards and bugs for the neighbor boys and did not shed a tear when she got her ears pierced. I love having her around and squishing her cute little bum.

Happy Birthday Janie!

Northside Baptist Academy 2020-2021

We made the decision to send our girls to private school this year. I feel very fortunate to have the means to provide this for our children.

Jane will be starting Kindergarten with Miss Scurti. She's very excited!

Kate will be going into 2nd grade with Miss Brinson. She's so excited to be back in the classroom.

So far, they love school. Class sizes are small. Uniforms are cute. And they come home singing new Christian songs daily. They are going to have a fantastic year!

July 2020

Our July was really fun. We were able to visit lots of family over the 3 week trip.

We traveled up to Adam's house for the 4th of July.

We had such a fun time with his family on the lake. The girls are getting used to playing in the lake, rather than pool water this summer. It can be a little uneasy as a parent, as my girls are not strong swimmers yet.

We LOVED being pulled together as a family. Kate didn't mind going with her cousins. Jane preferred mom and dad by her side.

Adam always has the greatest parties. He went over the top with fireworks this year.

My girls loved being in his pool.

After visiting Adam, me and the girls drove to Utah for 2.5 weeks of vacation.

Our first stop was to visit Rachel and her family before they headed back to California the next morning. We hung out at Renae's house, swam, and played dress up with more cousins. It was so fun to see Rachel's new baby Victoria. My girls loved holding the baby.