Category — Krembs’ Friends

We had a great time meeting up with our dear friends Mary Kelly and Giovanni Bello in Bali. We stayed in a little villa in a town called Seminyak. Unfortunately the Krembs’ didn’t get much sun time since they burned themselves on the very first day! Dumb! We should definitely know better. We enjoyed the rice patties though, tons of Bali shopping, and chill time at our little villa pool. And, we even had a chance to catch up with friends made from our time in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia: the Zavitz!

Vincent really hit it off with Krista and Chris' son Keegan.

On Sunday Jane, Phil, Debbie, and Poppy joined us for the evening. It had been a while since we’d seen our Ven friends. Life gets so busy all of a sudden. It was great fun to catch up with them.

This is Leo's new puppy, Poppy.

Debbie's glowing!

And Phil's savin' some chocolate for later!

The kids were fully satiated with sugar!

Sunday, September 13th was a special day. Gigi turned six. Her first present was displayed in her room: an art easel with tons of great supplies. For breakfast, we went to a great local organic type breakfast spot called Mrs. Shannen’s for breakfast. We rode our bikes there which in of itself is such a luxury. After breakfast we went to the local mall where there’s a nice grocery store in the basement. After finding all the necessities for Gigi’s afternoon barbeque we headed home without the groceries–they get delivered! Oh, and at the mall Gigi got my despised-I-said-I-would-never-get-them-for-my-kids present: Crocs. They truly are so ugly. Gigi was allowed to get the daintier version–in flourescent pink of course!

Once we got home, we opened a few more presents–like a kite from Vincent and a pair of roller blades for both of them. (Each sibling usually gets one present on the other’s birthday–it seems only a little bit fair. Or rather easier for the folks. We spoil our kids too much!) The rest of the afternoon consisted of preparing for Gigi’s barbeque. The weather was gorgeous, the food yummy, and the company so excited to be sharing in this special day for our dear Gigi.

Enjoy the pictures.

Rani wanted in on some of the presie fun!

Rani is now 8 weeks, and she's definitely a bit more mischievous!

I didn't crop this picture, so you could all see the garbage bin. It's down....hmmm, wonder why!?

This is Pei (pronounced "pay") with Gigi. She knitted Gigi a little doggie for her birthday. Pei is great! We really like her.

For some reason, Gigi wanted a ladybug cake this year. She got it!

Gigi also wanted to give hula hoops to her guests.

Even Kevin can hula hoop now!

Here’s the kiddos at the annual Spirit Lake 4th of July Parade–one of the best parades out there!

My brother Nicholas was in town this last week. We had such fun with him including his fiance Amy. (More posts of her visit and their shower later…) Whenever Nicholas comes to town we are lucky because it also means we will get to spend time with our cousin Corey Freuen. Friendships are very special. The bond between these two is amazing–they’re always devouted cousins, some times even like brothers but always loyal best friends. One thing is for sure: they love each other whole heartedly–no shame at all. They are there for one another. And I think it’s pretty neat.