Flip Flops & Fruit Snacks....

Our new dryer has a light...

2012-02-09T11:09:00.001-06:00

This was very fascinating to the kids... its hiden even...

:-)

Vika DCL Mexican Riviera 46

2012-02-08T08:39:00.000-06:00

We spent last week on the Disney Wonder.. in Mexico...

Had an swesome time....

Super Bowl on SWA

2012-02-08T08:37:00.000-06:00

On our flight home from the DCL Mexican Riviera we played our own Superbowl since we were missing the real one.

Vika packing for Disney Cruise

2012-01-25T07:12:00.000-06:00

Great weekend... basement work continues

2012-01-25T07:03:00.005-06:00

With the floor being finished... started working on the downstair's fireplance enclosure / mantle..
3 coats of stain... got the desired color we wanted.. 2 coats of poly to go

Sat night went out with my beautiful bride... had a quick dinner at the local Mexican place in the valley.. By about half way through the glass... Dr. Amy could not feel her tongue.. :-)

Dos X... yum...

Thank God I am married to the best chiropractor in the world.

2012-01-16T08:21:00.002-06:00

Friday Dr. Amy flew to Chicago for meetings with some of the Dream Practice Dr's. Had a great time, but I think she swore off Cosmos :-p

Vika went with one of her God-mothers, Prinicpal Dolak, to see Beauty and the Beast 3D... They went to lunch at Paneras first. Vika had her favorite, mac & cheese and yougart in a tube. :-D Thanks God-mother!

Justin & I worked in the basement. We layed 600 sqft of commercial flooring.. ugh! It looks great.. the carpet is gone and now we have a floor that is warrantied for 30 years.. let the kids play!

Flooring... let the work begin

2012-01-11T08:13:00.002-06:00

32 boxes of flooring... the basement is getting a makeover... 14mm flooring.. oak... laminate...

Basketball begins, Dolak the dentist & a sleepover

2012-01-10T08:49:00.004-06:00

Justin's boys basketball practice began last night. A good group of 5th & 6th graders... Hoping for a great season.

Friday night Vika had her first sleepover.. Kelsey came over... it was actually a pretty quiet evening... The picture was taken early Sat morning as they were watching MM on Disney waitnging for cinamon rolls... :-)

Yesterday Vika came home missing tooth #2! Godmother Dolak plays dentistry on the side and removed #2 at school. BTW... dad got to play tooth fairy on this one... sssshhhh

Wentzville School Receives Special Gift From Pujols

2012-01-06T08:46:00.000-06:00

This is our church and school... We were so blessed..

Wentzville School Receives Special Gift From Pujols

Vika's first swim lesson

2012-01-06T08:43:00.000-06:00

Last night Vika had her first swim lesson.. Praise God,, she is part fish. It was amazing to watch... She cried when we left so we might have to swim sometime over the weekend.

Christmas 2011

2011-12-27T10:41:00.005-06:00

Wow... that was different..

Due to some rescheduling of vacations,,, we spent Christmas at home this year.. it was strange ... But, it all worked out well. Very low key... mom came up and spent the day with us..

Justin got his IPAD 2...
Vika got the lions from Disney's Lion King... They travel everywhere with her...

On Christmas Eve the girls went to the Fox to see Disney's Beauty and the Beast... She loved it..

Tooth fairy's first visit for Vika...

2011-12-19T12:50:00.000-06:00

What a great weekend..

Where to begin.. I completed the flying portion for my commercial pilots exam on Saturday morning.. So I am now a commercial pilot.. :-)

Went to see TSO - TransSiberian Orchestra Sat night with Justin.. Love those guys... reminds me of seeing a Motley Crue concert.. The girls went shopping..

Sunday we worked at Amy's office.. She is getting a new digital x-ray machine. Lots of prep work required..

Celebrated Justin's birthday.. He got the new Iphone 4S... loved it..

Our baby lost her first tooth... Had to explain the entire tooth fairy thing.. btw... the tooth fairy leaves $5 now days... I thought it was .25 cents... hmmm

Grandpa Fridley would have ok'd the $5 though..

Justin Christmas program

2011-12-15T14:17:00.000-06:00

62 and rain..

2011-12-14T10:49:00.001-06:00

Crazy warm here in STL for mid-December. Cheer was canceled because the new gym is not finished. We didn't get the memo... Oh well.. we had our big umbrella to make things better.

What a crazy full moon weekend..

2011-12-12T09:12:00.000-06:00

Well where to begin...

Was supposed to be in Beaver Creek CO.. skiing... Woke up Friday morning surprised the kids and headed off to the airport. Made super time, got on the little jet and was ready to push back... The door opened... that was all she wrote. The ramp agent came back on and made the announcement that ice fog had settle in on Denver.. We waited for an hour and then they canceled that flight. After another canceled flight and a couple trips to the ticket counter... we scrapped the hole weekend and headed home.

BTW... we did try to get to Orlando instead.. even with our ski bibs packed; but could not get there until late that evening..

So instead we planned a Sat of events for the kids... Vika went to Santa Claus camp at ILS .. Loved it..

We took Justin to the city musuem in downtown STL..

Crazy busy week ahead...

Pancakes for dinner???

2011-12-07T13:31:00.004-06:00

Super weekend..

Dr. Amy's birthday! Yeah...

Friday night the PTL had a Chris Cakes fund raiser with Santa Claus...

Weather turned cold here in the STL... brrrr

Vika switched her dance class to Monday nights and is doing outstanding... Love Mrs Julie!

Justin had his football banquet on Sunday at Luther High... He recieved an award for 6th grade player..

Wedding proposal Disney Style..

2011-11-29T12:09:00.002-06:00

A friend of our Doug mentioned this proposal...

Crazy Awesome...

Black Friday...

2011-11-28T08:26:00.001-06:00

Had a great Thanksgiving... rode 4wheelers at moms and then went with Amy shopping. BTW.. I have been banned from shopping with her on Black Friday... ugh..

Walmart was open but the sales started at 10pm... complete chaos..

We then went next door to Target... which did not open til midnight... the line was nutz..

Got tons done around mom's and our house.. Kids have sniffles... staying home from school this AM...

Vika and her bf

2011-11-23T07:42:00.001-06:00

Vika and Kelsey on Monday at the Thanksgiving Day party...

Rainy the last couple days in STL.. Kids are off school today. Justin is baby sitting Vika today.. Hope to make it to lunch.. :-)

Nothing too special planned for the holiday.. GG early on Thursday... mom's the rest of the day.

This is from Vika's Thanksgiving party in preschool the other day..

Windy weekend!!!

2011-11-21T06:48:00.002-06:00

Where to begin...

It was windy all weekend!! Wow.. Had a little frost but nothing terribly cold yet, thank God.

Justin has been asked to take his black belt test this Spring... seems like it crazy to think about this Spring, but basically he has to train from now til then on the test. :-)

Vika had a good week. Friday she was a a little sluggish, so Amy kept her with her all day to make sure she wasn't coming down with anything. Luckily no illnesses arose.. Thank God for good health.

Saturday morning, I had my Commercial checkride.. Got the ground or oral portion completed with flying colors. Had to postpone the flying portion for another day. Way to windy, the wind shear was crazy; which would have made ground referenece manuvers unpleasent.

Saturday night, Amy and I, went out withour friends... Great time as usual.

Short week ahead with the holiday. Kids only have two days of school. Amy is open 3 days, and I might work 2 1/2 .. we will see.

Looking back 2 year ago... we had just saw our baby girl for the first time... I can't imagine life without my family of four.

http://fridleysjourney.blogspot.com/2009/11/second-update.html

I am so Thankful...

Busy weekend....

2011-11-07T07:40:00.005-06:00

Out with the old,, in with the new... Traded off my Excursion.. Amy got a new car.. ML350...

I get her old Hummer.... hmmm. is there something wrong with this picture? :-)

Friday.. Vika had to get a cavity filled.. Amy said that ,, Vika, momma, the hygentist and the denstist all needed a nap after that... poor baby.. For the record I did not go. Amy did not want me caving in to my princesses crying... :-)

Sat night had date night with my beautiful wife... Went to the bar at the casino.. Band was ok,, but the company was awesome...

Preschool is rough stuff...

2011-11-03T07:39:00.003-05:00

Vika is grwoing like a weed... that with the good weather and the high stress life of preschool, she comes home exhausted. :-) Last night headed to the grocery store for a midweek run and she was out cold...

I get the strangest looks from people.. Like what did you do to tha child? LOL

Football season is over and basketball doesn't start til Feb for Justin... Yeah... We just do our old staple of Tae Kwon Doe for now...

Both Hwy D & DD have had a 2' shoulder installed and are getting a new overlay... the roads are excellent out by us...

Happy Halloween...

2011-10-31T08:24:00.007-05:00

Had a super weekend... Cards won the series, went to a Halloween party with Doug & Kerri... worked in the basement... church, did Gma Fridley's leaves... busy busy busy :-)

Amy took the kids to the pumpkin patch on Fri...

Vika decorated her pumpkin

The cousins!... Brook, Drew & Caroline

Ballet class Halloween party...

World Champion STL Cardinals..

Night flight...

2011-10-19T08:59:00.003-05:00

Busy weekend...

Had my last offical requirement for my Commercial pilots liscense.. 2 hour night flight.. headed out to Booneville MO... This was at 5000 MSL over Fulton MO...

Cards are in the World Series...

Both kids just got over a bug,,, all healthy now..

Weather in STL is cold!! Way too early..

The Frids do WDW 4oth Anniv

2011-10-03T09:58:00.000-05:00

Spent the past weekend at Walt Disney World for its 40th anniv... Great time.. stayted at Aninal Kingdom Lodge... Had a super time at Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party...

22 years..

2011-09-26T09:42:00.006-05:00

This past week.... marked Amy & my 22 anniversary together... She asked me out 22 years ago... Im a lucky guy!

Friday night Dr Amy and her mini-me played dress up... Actually Amy is secretly making sure all of the pirate costumes fit for the upcoming Disney trip... :-)

Sat night Ally.. came back from college for the night.. That allowed Dr. Amy & myself to go out...

Had a great evening with friends Doug & Kerri at Bottle Neck Blues Bar...

Sat.. morning... Justin & I flew out to Manhattan KS... they actually have commuter service from American Airlines.. This is J standing in front of one of the 5 that leave out of there everyday. Chicago or Dallas are the only choices...

Your pilot...

At 9,000 feet over KS... heading back towards MO..

#64 J. Fridley 9 -20-11.avi

2011-09-22T07:53:00.001-05:00

On the tackle... #64

Wet weekend in STL...

2011-09-19T10:30:00.003-05:00

Dr. Amy was in KC for Dr meetings all weekend with her staff...

So it was me and the kids all weekend..

Saturday morning Vika & I attended Kelsey's Bday party...

Sat afternoon Justin had a game against the 8th grade JR Vikings...

We played awesome..
Sunday.. made the 8am service.. Vika spotted her most favorite teacher... Mrs. Fletcher..

Happy Birthday Grandma......

2011-09-15T10:37:00.005-05:00

Today is Grandma Fridley's birthday!.

Justin had his first football game as a JR Cougar... The feeder team for the the Lutheran High Cougars...They won 26-6.. He is starting weak side linebacker.. #64

Im asst coach for wide recievers and defensive backs..

Blessed with another great week..

2011-09-12T09:07:00.005-05:00

Vika had her first dance class on Fri... She loved it...

Went to the Luther High game Fri night... they lost to St. Dominic..

I flew on Sun morning... Beautiful morining after the fog lifted...

A couple pics..

2011-09-07T09:17:00.003-05:00

Vika and her buffalo that gma Fridley.. brought her from South Dakota..

Justin working with the starting weak side linebacker of Wentzville.. Mr. Enloe.. :-)

A great Labor Day weekend..

2011-09-06T10:34:00.003-05:00

Stayed around the house and worked.. :-)

Started excavation for the pool. I know,, its a bit late in the season, but we are under way.

Friday night,,, the girls had a PJ party.. Vika & momma.. Justin & I went to Capt. America.

Saturday was a day at the ariport.. Justin practiced football with Zac.

Sunday was church and Monday we went out and had a family shopping day..

Great weekend...

2011-08-29T10:04:00.003-05:00

Had a super weekend..

Friday night Justin went to the Movies with a friend.

I worked at Amy's office getting some new computers up and online.

Saturday Amy & I had a date night... was great... found a new bar in south county called Mile 277 it was great... stayed there til close almost. Listening to Johny Rockit and the Double Wide Symphony.. :-) Vika found her moma's shoes from Sat night and wore them... too well...

Sunday ushered at church then worked around the house..

Girls...

2011-08-24T10:16:00.003-05:00

Vika and her BFF Kelsey putting on lip gloss before preschool... Too cute....

What a busy weekend..

2011-08-22T08:51:00.004-05:00

Busy weekend... Started Fri night at the Lutheran High School football jamboree.. Justin play for the JR football program. Feeder team for the high school.

Yes.. Vika likes the cheerleaders.. Won't be long and she will be out there.. ugh..

First day of preschool... Vika is a Fletcher's Frog again... Loves it... They love her too..

Look... Justin actually stood still for a picture... well kinda... Dr. Amy was quick on the snap. :-)

Lutheran High JR Football...

2011-08-17T14:11:00.001-05:00

Justin is on the end with black and a double white stripe shorts.. 1 of only 2 sixth graders playin up with 7 & 8 graders.. :-)

I passed...

2011-08-16T07:51:00.002-05:00

Just a quick note...

yesterday was completely crazy.. ugh.. praying for a better day.. ;-)

I passed my commercial pilots written exam...

A great weekend... Justin starts school Tues

2011-08-15T11:18:00.003-05:00

Got to fly 3.2 hours this weekend.. Loved it..

Pretty normal Sat,, Amy did kick boxing, Justin did Tae Kwon Doe & Vika tried out her new umbrella... :-)

Worked in the basement on Sat.. Hung drywall.. getting close to tileing the bathroom.

Went to moms on Sat for a bit..

Justin & I saw cowboys and aliens.. it was ok...

Football has begun..

2011-08-12T11:42:00.002-05:00

Justin has started playing for the Lutheran High School Cougars feeder team...

Work weekend...

2011-08-08T08:10:00.006-05:00

Took half day off Fri to play golf with Justin's golf camp. :-) Had a blast... Good ol' dad can still hit the ball strraight.

Moved to a new hanger at the airport... it has a great view of the runway and pretty sunsets.

Thursday night we went to the Meadows shoppingr center for their concert series. Phins Band a Jimmy Buffet tribute band.

Vika is getting reading glasses... So they stopped and tried on a few pair.

2011 St. Charles Co Fair..

2011-08-01T10:20:00.005-05:00

Dr. Amy spent Wed - Sat at the lake for Dr. Mtgs...

When she came home she took the kids to the St.Charles Co fair..

Vika petted a pig, she thought that was funny.. Then moved onto chickens..

A quick shot of Justin moving through the aracade area..

Vika Cinderella

2011-07-25T09:57:00.001-05:00

Went down to Walt Disney World for a long weekend.. Had a great time. I think we are becoming experts at it.. :-)

Go to our youtube account to see more videos..

Amy's book....

2011-07-20T08:23:00.025-05:00

More pics from the weekend...

2011-07-18T13:36:00.004-05:00

The Oklahoma National Museum... wow.. very powerful to see & experience.. Vika didn't get it.. but Justin did..

Godmother Dolak...had us stop at the McD's over the highway on the way to OKC... um... we did.. :-)

Stopped in Joplin MO to see the devistation that had happened because of the tornado that had hit.. We stopped and ate lunch... Justin ate at his first KFC...

Vika meramec caverns

2011-07-18T10:29:00.000-05:00

On the way home from OKC.. we stopped at Meramec Caverns... Vika had to ride the ol' bumpy car...

Justin Segway @ OKC

2011-07-18T10:28:00.000-05:00

Justin riding the Segway at the Oklahoma City Science Center...

Amy had DR meetings in OKC this weekend... so the kids and I went out and explored the area..

We love our Disney Cruises...

2011-07-14T09:31:00.003-05:00

Found a set of chairs that were formally on the Disney Magic ship that we are on every Christmas...

Dedication of organ

2011-07-11T09:22:00.000-05:00

The prayer that was said durring the dedication of the organ that was purchased with my fathers memorial.

Dedication of organ

2011-07-11T09:20:00.000-05:00

This past Sunday was the dedication of the organ that was purchased with the funds from my father's memorial.

The 4th of July ..

2011-07-05T07:09:00.005-05:00

Amy volunteered to pull the Rotary International float in the Wentzville parade on Monday.

Already to move down to the starting spot at GM Assembly Plant.

Justin, Vika & Dr Amy waiting for the parade to start.

Tons of people turned out for the parade.

The parade wore Vika out...

Vika miner mikes roller coster

2011-06-28T07:21:00.000-05:00

Took the day and ran down to the lake. Hit the water parks and on the way home stopped by Tire Biters for dinner... Had a little time left so we took the kids over to Miner Mikes This is Vika & Dr. Amy riding the lil indoor roller coaster. She loved it..

Poison & Crue!

2011-06-23T13:53:00.003-05:00

Justin and I went to see Motley Crue & Poison..

Fathers Day..

2011-06-20T12:37:00.004-05:00

Took the family flying Sunday... Justin was co-pilot as usual... Amy & Vika were our passengers.. :-)

Vika took some pics for me at park... Amy using her D90 camera. She loves it.

Latest news...

2011-06-16T10:53:00.003-05:00

Well our pincess is 5...

Justin has 3 camps at Lutheran high this summer.. He recieved an award from basketball camp!! Way to go buddy.!

Prayers go out to uncle Leon who is having surgery today..

Vika's bday..

2011-06-06T10:54:00.005-05:00

Our baby is going to be 5..

We had perfect weather.. Thank God.. it was only 84 after a day of 100+ The bounce house was delivered and the fun began.

The guy in the grey shirt is offically called the "spiler"... :-)

BFF's Kelsey & Vika... These two girls will probobaly be in school for the next 9 years together..

Hardwood stairs & a boy named pickle...

2011-05-31T08:26:00.006-05:00

Removed the carpet from the stairs this weekend and installed hardwood. These are walnut.. The risers are just pine painted white. Not bad for an old guy.. :-)

Vika was playing football camp. She put on J's basketball shoes and back pack.

The Lemen Abts clan had us over for bbq on Sunday.. yum! The kids went fishing in the creek behind Eric's house. They caught fish and put them in a tub for awhile to admire before letting them go. Vika thought it would be nice of us to give them a basketball to play with. Heavens knows, fish need a basketball :-) This was Amy telling Vika that the fish really didn't need the ball to play with.. LOL Mel's friends from Ohio were in, super people. There son's nick name is nickle pickle..

Justin & Brook catching fish in the creek.

New Patio table...

2011-05-27T10:24:00.002-05:00

New patio furniture for the top deck..

Sorry cousin... its Winston...

Have not had a chance to try it out yet... but plan on it this weekend.

Coloring riding out the storms

2011-05-26T11:00:00.000-05:00

Thank God we have not taken too much damage in the Spring storms. So far to date we have only lost 3 tress. This was yesterday May 25, 2011. Most of the schools & businesses from the area sent everyone home early because of the tornados that were predicted.

Anyway... we kept calm, did home work and colored.. If you look at the video, you show I scan to the TV to show all the red on the radar.

Prayers go out to all those who have been affected.

Gymanstics... & Football this weekend...

2011-05-23T09:04:00.003-05:00

Justin had his first Junior Cougar mini-camp for the 6th thru 8th graders.. Didn't get any pics.. was helping the coach...

Vika had her first gymnastics performance on Sunday.. she did a great job. Yeah Vika!

End of the year picnic...

2011-05-18T12:17:00.004-05:00

The world famous... Fletcher & Vika!! There is no way we can ever thank her for taking care of our little girl the way she did this past year. Thank God we are fortunate enough to have her again next year for Vika's pre-K. Snack time..
On the roller slide at the park..

End of the year for preschool

2011-05-17T07:57:00.005-05:00

Vika has succesfully completed her first year of preschool. Would love to thank Robin, Shirley and the entire ILS preschool staff! Vika loved every minute of her first year of school. She is so blessed to have people to look out for her.

BTW... this is a picture from her first day of school back in August of 2010... Daddy's little girl is growing up.. :-)

Wow

2011-05-13T20:07:00.001-05:00

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ILS end of the year preschool program 2011 part 1 of 2

2011-05-12T13:39:00.000-05:00

Picks from the 5-8 grade dance...

2011-05-12T11:34:00.000-05:00

Justin.. my oldest..
My niece... Caroline..

Vika preschool end of year program

2011-05-11T07:37:00.000-05:00

Mothers Day weekend...

2011-05-09T07:50:00.005-05:00

Vika & momma went and got mani-pedi's for the weekend..

Stopped by and sat with the boys at ILS... for lunch.

Justin gave mom a purse for Mothers Day.

Vika gave mom some new heels... Which Vika tried to steel.

The heels..

Justin braces round 2

2011-05-02T08:24:00.000-05:00

Justin got his second round of braces this past week.. Soreness is about over.. just learning to reeat again.

Vika and Justin

2011-04-25T06:44:00.000-05:00

Wet soggy Easter.. Time to get out the ATV's.. The Frid's are a lil bit country.. :-)

Gma Fridley gave Vika her own ATV.. (battery powered).

Chilly weekend

2011-04-18T11:25:00.004-05:00

Amy was in TX for DR meetings... we stayed home and worked around the house. Spring cleaning :-)

Justin was recovering from a bug and Vika was sniffly to..

All is well..

2011-04-11T07:49:00.007-05:00

Friday April 8, Vika had her cross eye repaired at St. John's Hospital. Everything went smooth and the staff was great! Thanks to everyone who said prayers and kept her in their thoughts. Fortunately they gave her a little fun juice to ease the nerves and make it a much more relax event.

Fletcher waiting for Vika while she was in surgery.

All finished with the surgery.

Taking a nap after surgery..

Had to play in the toy room before leaving the hospital. Mommy was close because we were still stumbling around.

At home... in mom & dad's bed with Fletcher...

Vika's surgery

2011-04-11T07:35:00.002-05:00

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Prayers & thoughts..

2011-04-05T07:52:00.002-05:00

This Friday... Vika is going to have her cross eye repaired. Please keep our little girl in your thoughts and prayers.. The surgeon said that is a very typical surgery and it hurts the parents much more then the child. It is out patient and we hope to be home by early afternoon. More news to come..

Almost April and its still cold!

2011-03-29T10:20:00.006-05:00

Spent the weekend using the snow blower! UGH!

Justin's flag football has started.. Luckily there is a big playground at the school to help entertain Vika..

I finally figured out this hole pony tail and bow thing...

Vika

2011-03-22T11:28:00.004-05:00

Spring break is over and the kids are back at school.. Yeah! :-)

80 degrees yesterday 40 by the weekend... UGH!

Justin has flag football practice tonight..

1 year ago today....

2011-03-19T17:13:00.002-05:00

Tired and emotionally shot... we landed at Lambert International Airport with our daughter...

Vika...

http://fridleysjourney.blogspot.com/2010/03/we-are-home.html

Snow?!? Seriously....

2011-03-14T09:21:00.004-05:00

Welcome Spring Break... ugh!!

Had a busy weekend with Justin playing the last basketball tourney of the year.... they lost the championship to ILS St. Charles Blue team... Oh well congrats Wentzville!!

Vika & Momma got mani - pedi's to celebrate Gotcha Day..

Had time to kill between games on Sat... stopped at the mall.. They had a very cool interactive picture that projected on the floor. Very cool!

Gotcha day

2011-03-09T08:54:00.007-06:00

Where to begin... 1 year ago Amy and I were packing to go get Vika to bring her home. Hard to believe, we feel so blessed. Again, I can't state it enough when people say how LUCKY VIKA IS... I say NO, ITS US THAT WERE LUCKY.. :-) She has really completed our lives.

ILS Eagles, finish their basketball season this Saturday with a tournament at Luthern High. Go Eagles..

The rain has begun here in the midwest.. wow... its wet outside..

Now for the latest pics..

Justin took his bean plant for the science fair that was held durring Lutheran School week.... It measured 8+ inches..

Caroline showing her clown attire for clown day at school.. Love it!

Brooke went all out!! She won a prize or something.. not for sure.. but her costume is outstanding!

Sent Amy some flowers this week to let her know I was thinking of her durring Gotcha week.

Vika drew a picture of Mickey Mouse.. Everyone was shocked at how well she did... Thx for the help Mrs Fletcher!! Love ya!

Last but not least... Sassy Miss Snow White.. or aka Vika... Love her!

New leotard..

2011-03-03T12:19:00.001-06:00

What a weekend...

2011-02-28T10:41:00.004-06:00

Well the 4 Frids all sick! UGH..

Friday was a visit to the DR and a day at home from school. Justin is even staying home from school today.

Saturday night was the ILS Trivia night.. We donated tons of stuff even bought some stuff in the auction. I made about 160+ jello shots to be sold off for donation. They said they sold them all :-)

Justin had to miss 2 basketball games so far... he is not happy. Vika wore his uniform for him though.

Gma Fridley is home from her Vaca.. Justin, Vika and I went to pic her up from airport.

1 year ago today..

2011-02-24T11:54:00.002-06:00

http://fridleysjourney.blogspot.com/2010/02/today-is-busy-day.html

Our baby girl is ours... :-)

Can't tell you how blessed we are! Really amazes me to this day how this little girl completed our family. We are so lucky..

Justin Bball

2011-02-21T10:28:00.000-06:00

Over weekend.. Wentzville ILS beat St. Charles ILS.

We did a trivia night with Aunt Mel & EA to help the YMCA. We didn't do too bad with an 82.

Last year we were in Moscow for court... seems so long ago.

Vika WDW

2011-02-16T07:37:00.000-06:00

We are so blessed.

This past weekened we went down to Walt Disney World for a weekend. It was the last day for Toon Town... If you watch Vika in this video it was only 5 months ago that she was very shy of Mickey & Minnie.. Look at the other video.

Justin had a great basketball game last night...

Vika doing Vday cards

2011-02-14T11:57:00.000-06:00

Vika doing here Valentines Day cards at school the other day..

We spent the weekend in Walt Disney... yes AGAIN... :-)

Love that place..

Daddy Daughter Dance & Basketball

2011-02-07T09:35:00.003-06:00

Busy weekend that began with 4inches of snow.. Seriously... So over winter.. UGH!

Friday night Vika and I went to our first daddy/daughter dance. It was held at the Wentzville Parks Dept.. She had fun, but didn't understand why there wasn't toys. :-) Sat with the Shines, Rigdons, and Wilsons... Had a good time. By 7:50pm Vika was ready to go home.. So we left.

Saturday was a day of Tae Kwon Doe and Basketball. Justin was tired at the end of the day. ILS Boys B team won both of there games. Congrats!!

Snow & Cold

2011-02-03T08:38:00.002-06:00

The snow is over.. yeah!!!

The kids are back to school! Yeah...

14 degrees for the high today! UGh..

Friday is my first daddy / daughter dance.. :-)

Meetings in Bloomington Illinois..

2011-01-26T07:59:00.005-06:00

I had a meeting in Illinois on Monday which meant Gma did school pick for me...

Miss Vika decided not to take a spot at school.. hmmm... She said she "FORGOT" to take a nap. LOL Well about 5 minutes after leaving school she must have remembered to take a nap. :-)

Believe it or not.. we have scheduled our one year follow up appointment with our social worker... Praise God!!!

Prayers for the people of the blast in Moscow.

2011-01-25T11:31:00.002-06:00

Amy and I traveled here each time we went to Moscow. We also used this airport when we left for home with Vika.

The airport blast

Snow...in the STL

2011-01-21T07:38:00.007-06:00

Well STL had about a foot... depending where you were.
So ready for Spring! :-)

Aunt Mel was super and let the kids come over while Amy and I were at work. Vika is super smart.. She does not like the snow! So instead of palying outside in the cold snow.. she and Brook got in a warm bath and played.

After picking up the kids from Aunt Mel's I went home and cleaned the driveway with the snow blower. Justin took over snow blower at the house and did a great job. The only trouble with that is I went from running the snow blower to running the shovel. LOL :-)

We got our driveway all cleaned up and then headed to Gma Fridley's for driveway clean up. I used to have tractor duty there, but times are changing. Another tradition handed down to the younger Fridley generation.

The future class of ILS..

2011-01-19T14:03:00.003-06:00

Stopped by the ILS basketball game last night... and these 3 cuties sat in the bleachers like they were in high school..

Brrr... its still cold in STL..

2011-01-14T07:48:00.003-06:00

One snow day this week.. But thankfully Mrs Dolak has a few snow days built in! Yeah !! Justin and Vika spent the day with Aunt Melanie & the girls..

Can you believe we have already scheduled our 1 year post placement review by our social worker!! Thank God...

Friday Justin has a sleep over Friday night.

I have a Flight instructors seminar this Saturday so Amy & the kids will be running on their own this Saturday.

End up the post with a pciture of Vika sitting in the laundry basket on the phone while Im ironing..

Just catching up...

2011-01-10T09:55:00.002-06:00

Brrr its cold outside...

Todays forecast is SNOW... blech! 3 to 5 inches are forecast for the STL area.

Spent the weekend inside as much as possible.... :-)

Amy and I did Yoga twice this weekend. Man do I enjoy that.. For the guys out there who think Yoga is not a work out... try it...

A look back last year this time... http://fridleysjourney.blogspot.com/2010/01/been-long-week.html

Vika & Justin are doing well... We are actually signed up for her 1 year at home review by our social worker.. Can you believe it? Praise God...

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!!

2011-01-03T09:38:00.005-06:00

We had a great Christmas & New Year.

The Disney trip (Walt Disney World & Disney Cruise) was outstanding!!! Vika & us enjoyed it all completely! Our cruise was a southern caribean and it was out standing.... Vika cried when we had to get off last week... We already have next years booked so she is counting down the days already.

Looking forward to 2011. 2010 was a very emotional year. Hoping for a smother but yet fulfilling year.

Thanks to Aunt Mel & EA we had da great new years eve...

Singing PM: 'Fats' Putin over the top of 'Blueberry Hill' with piano solo

2010-12-14T07:15:00.000-06:00

Vika & Fletcher go to the eye DR..

2010-12-13T07:12:00.003-06:00

Friday... Vika had a follow up for her cross eye. The Dr said things were looking good and we should continue our eye drop. Amy is going to wait until after we return from our Christmas trip to begin using them again. Fletcher the Frog made a trip to the eye DR also...

We have a house guest..

2010-12-10T10:01:00.003-06:00

Vika is now taking care of Fletcher the Frog.. Vika calls him Mrs. Fletcher.. not understanding that its only Fletcher..

Mama is amazing...

2010-12-09T10:56:00.003-06:00

As we draw closer to The Four Frids leaving for Christmas it seems to get busier and busier..

Vika had a bit of a cold yesterday... thanks to Aunt Rita she stayed home from school. The DR.. gave her an anitbiotic to clear up her nose..

Amy and her staff yesterday held a collection for Toys for Tots with the Marines.. Great turn out! Thank you for anyone who helped or donated. Next year will be even bigger!

Vika spot..

2010-12-07T07:16:00.003-06:00

Vika decided not to take a nap at school again the yesterday...

What happened when we got home???

She pushed her pizza aside and slept at the table... :-)

Cold weather is here..

2010-12-03T10:02:00.002-06:00

No real snow yet.. but temps are a bit chilly. Next week lows in the teens... ugh!

Vika is doing great. Getting ready for "Mickey's boat" the Disney cruise at Christmas.

Justin is doing well, 5th grade homework is still a learning experience or growing up experience.

Amy & I have found a new love.... Yoga We do it once a week and love it..

Vika came home yesterday from school without taking a nap... well guess who fell asleep by 530 in the car. :-)

Super Thanksgiving / Christmas

2010-11-28T09:37:00.002-06:00

This year we tried something new. We celebrated Christmas with mom on Thanksgiving. Our Disney Christmas cruise is a long cruise this year and leaves a week before Christmas. So we followed an Engelage tradition and celebrated Christmas with family on Thanksgiving. Worked our pretty well. Mom came up and we watched it sleet and rain all morning while eating.. :-)

Amy went out with Aunt Mel and shopped at midnight. They really went out just to have fun, nothing really either one needed. Although they did get great buys and saw lots of friends out in Wentzville.

Phil came out and moved the last leaves off the yard. Yard looks outstanding.. Dad would be happy with it.

Vika got to see Santa for the first time. She thought it was fun.

Justin had a couple friends spend the night for an early bday party.

We are almost packed for the cruise.

Great weekend...

2010-11-22T11:44:00.005-06:00

Worked around the house... we cleaned the basement!!! Wow.. what a job... ugh

Vika's favorite movies are the Toy Story series.. she will not watch TV but if Buzz Lightyear is on she is there. :-) I uploaded Toy Story 3 to my iphone and it started playing on the computer.. Vika went and got her chair and sat down to watch.. too cute.

Vika and Justin got Thanksgiving Day cards from Gma Fridley. Vika got "moneys" Doesn't really understand it yet... but knows we use them to "pay".

We are a little more then 3 weeks til we do our annual Christmas Cruise with Mickey Mouse.. cant wait!! We got out our stocking for the cruise and added Vika's name... Yeah!