Devil's Lake State Park

Let me just start by saying I LOVE THIS PARK!! Funny we have been in the Madison area since 1998 and did not discover this small Wisconsin gem until last year!! Unfortunately we were unable to get there often this summer. Having a newborn and our moving saga are mostly to blame.
But we finally made it there this weekend and had a blast. Lainee, Sophie and Nate played in the sand and water most of the time. Burying Nate in the sand has become a yearly tradition. They have a blast and get many interesting looks from other kids when Nate's head is sticking out of the sand :) My mom, dad and I took turns entertaining Hailey, who overall was pretty good for the day trip. I love watching Nate and the girls play...he really is a wonderful Dad.
It was an absolutely gorgeous day and surprisingly was not super crowded. My parents met us out there and enjoyed the beautiful hidden WI gem with us. We highly recommend this state park!!

The big "V"

Yes my friends, the time has come for Nate to go in and get the big V. In case you are not following, that is a Vasectomy. After having three girls we decided our life 10 years from now was going to be drama central and that we are not going to "try just one more time for that boy". Although we laugh and joke about Nate building himself a man-cave, I think it will become a reality in the future just for his survival :)

The procedure itself is not so bad. It is performed at our family practice clinic and start to finish only took about an hour and a half. And although I was there to drop him off and take him home, I was actually with Lainee in the clinic for her 5 year check-up. He is a little loopy from the pain meds and a little sore, but other than that seems fine.

Some people think we are crazy for permanently giving up our ability to have more kids at the ripe old age of 30...We think we are crazy for being 29 and 30 and already having 3 kids!! So yes we are still "young" but we have been blessed with three beautiful, healthy kiddos who we love very much.

I also wanted to thank my brave husband for "taking one for the team"! It takes an awesome guy to have surgery on his "man-parts" so I don't have to spend the rest of my life pregnant or on birth control.

Now for the frozen peas.... :)

Welcome!

Welcome to the Diers Family Blog.

I was inspired to start a family blog by a good friend of mine, Bethany Nill, who has an awesome blog that I read regularly. Life is flying by and I feel as though I am not doing a great job of recording all of our wonderful memories both by pictures or writing. I am hoping that doing this blog will better allow me to record and share our memories. I used to really like to write so I am hoping to regain that joy as well.

Today is August 15th, 2011 and I am a 29 year old Stay-at-home mother/wife. My husband, Nathan, and I have three beautiful girls: Lainee(5), Sophie(3) and Hailey(4 months). We currently live in a home we purchased in 2006 and renovated almost entirely. It was the perfect starter home but we are in the process of selling this home and buying a new home in Sun Prairie. For a long time we have hoped to be closer to Madison, as Nate works on the West side and commutes an hour or more each way to work and my family lives in the Madison area. So Sun Prairie seemed like a happy medium as we still want to maintain our friendships in Beaver Dam. We hope to be closing on both houses the first or second week in September.

We have been blessed, yes I said blessed, with three girls!! They are all very different and awesome in their own ways. It is so funny because everyone reacts the same way when I tell them I have three girls....Oohhhh your poor husband. Haha. It is what it is right?!

Well that is enough for now...hopefully I will get this blog thing figured out and my posts will become more interesting with time :)