Italy and much more!

Let's start where we left off last.. Clear back in January, I think!! Hmm... well, Sterling finished his extra 6-7 months of his first year of residency and is now officially a second year resident. Things have been a lot better with his schedule and except for this month he has actually not had to leave for work until 6:30am and has been coming home around 5-6pm.. pretty awesome! Ster and the kids have been sick a lot! I think mostly due to the fact that Ster works with sick people day in and day out.. but that is just my personal opinion. I got a job working for Occasions Catering, working as a server. I just work one, maybe two days a week and it has helped to get out of the house (mostly on Saturdays.. when Sterling is off) and add a little extra cash in the bank! I shot my first wedding in Washington. I was so nervous because the lighting was horrendous and I prayed the whole time that the pictures would turn out okay. They did, and the bride was super happy! Yay! I have 2 more weddings this year on my books and am hopeful for a few more. I am also working for another photography company based out of Seattle and they have another 6 weddings that I will be photographing for them as well. I have made some good connections with some of the vendors as I have been catering at their venue. Hunter is doing well. He has been a little anxious about school but is greatful to have spring break under way! He has been attending scouts and is going to be getting his wolf this month. We just had parent teacher conferences and he is doing extremely well and is even reading above level! He started soccer a few weeks ago and is really loving it. Dakota has been getting a lot of headaches and we are going to have tested for migranes. She is doing extremely well in school and has come a long way since the first of the year. She will be starting soccer next week and can't wait! She still loves to draw and create outfits for everyone at home. I think she is our little clothing designer! Braxton is doing well in preschool. He has come a long way and is not only talking a lot better but is starting to recognize letters and numbers. We are going to keep him in preschool an extra year so that he will be extra prepared for kindergarten. He will be starting soccer next week as well and is super excited.. he loves to run! Kristjan is growing leaps and bounds. He is talking up a storm and speaking in 3 and 4 word sentences. He is still very cuddly and I am very grateful for that! In March Sterling and I got the opportunity to go to Italy for a week. We counted it as our 10 year anniversary since we will be celebrating it officially on June 10th. We had some friends who helped us out significantly or there would have been no way we could have gone. We flew from Seattle to New York, from New York, to Brussells, Belgium, and then into Naples, Italy we stayed in a villa with our friends on the Afmali coast. We got lost more times than we can say, laughed, cried, saw some amazing places (Rome, Positano, Afmali, Naples, and Pompei), ate some wonderful food! (pizza and gelato in Naples were amazing!) and came home. We were happy to see our babies, greatful to Mom B for watching them, but sad to leave such a wonderful place! We have truly been blessed. So that about catches you up on us.. we would love what you all have been up to!
xoxo the brodniaks

Here is a link to our albums on facebook for you all to see them and I will try and upload a few of the kids too!
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=159256&id=501528774&l=e23c057263
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=158474&id=501528774&l=214d6cad14
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=159089&id=501528774&l=69f1d0471c
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=159034&id=501528774&l=03b98a2d6f
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=158907&id=501528774&l=b578d62eb2
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=158886&id=501528774&l=0c44c91339