Friendship Days 2011

This past weekend we celebrated Nicollet's Friendship Day & like always, had a blast! Friday evening my amazing in-laws picked up the kids from daycare & kept them through Sunday. We had a GREAT weekend!!!

This is my 2nd year doing the little Miss Nicollet with Katie and we had a lot of fun again! The Monday & Wednesday before Friendship Days we practice for an hour each night with the girls, teaching them a dance for the talent show on Friday. We danced to Splish Splash.... I am so mad, I wasn't able to get a group picture! Talent ran a little late & some of the girls had to get home. They did a great job though with their "shower caps", swimsuits & towels. So that started off our weekend Friday night....

Saturday morning I did the 5K in honor of my amazing sister-in-law Becky and walked with almost 500 others (my sister-in-law Katie & niece Brielle came over from Janesville to walk with me too).... then it was off to the kiddie parade with my little miss girls. Time for a quick nap & then it was time to watch my niece show that number 60 proud on her demo car & take SECOND PLACE! Then it was off for a quick shower & down to the park to see all of the beautiful little girls for coronation.... and of course ended the evening with some adult beverages.

Sunday dad & I got to SLEEP IN!!!!! A*W*E*S*O*M*E
Then Grandma Nancy & Grandpa Kurt brought the kids over & we all pulled up some grass to catch some candy at the "big parade". After that we had some very tired kids so we headed for home, took some naps & then were actually able to make it back in for some rides before they closed the park down for the weekend.

I love Friendship Days - it's always so much fun :) Pictures below......

Weeeeee

Mom & Brayden

Macie & Grandma

Family Fun


Girls win...

Our "campground" for the weekend

My beautiful girls on Saturday @ the coronation

Ready for the "big" parade on Sunday

2011 Relay For Life

Last Friday, June 17th, 8 of us did the Nicollet County Relay For Life. We formed Team Becky's Hope & went "hunting for a cure". With this lovely Minnesota weather the walk got moved inside so that was a huge bummer. We didn't get to light the bags or enjoy the fresh air, but it was still fun. We had a great team!!! There are some pictures below of the bags I made for my family (Macie helped) & then the bag Taylor/Dan made..... We miss Becky EVERYDAY!!!

Bag from Macie & Brayden

Bag from our family

Taylor/Dan's Bag

Brayden 15 Months

Brayden had his 15 month appointment today. His stats were
Height 31.5 (64%) .... Macie was 32.5 (96%)
Weight 24.2 (46%) .... Macie was 24.8 (79%)
Head 19" (80%) .... Macie was 19" (97%)

Benson said as far as health wise he looks great! He asked if Brayden was saying much & he is not! I have been researching a lot on the computer (which everyone tells you not too) so we did bring up some of our concerns. At this point he said we will just watch him and see. It maybe in part because we are comparing boy to girl an... it also maybe he can't talk, cause his sister doesn't stop talking (wonder where she gets that from)!?!?

I looked back and at 15 months Macie was saying; Daddy, Momma, Sock, Milk, Juice, Night Night, Blanket, Bye Bye, Baby, Maggie and some family/friends/teachers names. At this point Brayden only says dada and Ut oh. I am really trying not to read into it and just see how it all plays out.

He is a VERY busy boy! Always has to check everything out! Pulls our vents out of our floor, opens doors, LOVES to play in the toliet, trys to climb into my wash machine, just keeps us on our toes NON-STOP!

He is such a happy boy :) very laid back, very calm, just goes with the flow (like his dad). He started today in the toddler room full time! I can't believe we will never be in the baby room again at daycare.... weird!?

Yogi Bear & Boo Boo

This past weekend the 4 of us went to the Yogi Bear/Jelly stone campground in Austin... The kids loved it! They had a country theme this weekend & there is so much to do... A big jumping pillow, paddle boat rides, 3 different playgrounds, a dance Saturday night, train rides for the kids, hayrides, a petting zoo... I'm sure I'm missing something? It was a little cold so we weren't able to swim, but we still had a lot of fun! Oh and Yogi Bear, Boo Boo & the ranger walk around the campground but Macie wanted NOTHING to do with any of them!

Our Family -


Jumping.....


Brayden driving the "camper"...


Macie in the "ballpit"...


Daddy & the kids...


Macie feeding the goats-


Brayden & daddy feeding the goats-


Macie feeding the horse-


Hanging by the fire all snuggled in...


Playing at the park...




Paddle boat ride...




Train ride



Hay Ride with marshmallow wars.... everyone had marshmallow guns....






Dressing up for the country theme!
"Woody" did NOT want his picture taken...


Dancing...



Eating ice cream.... they have 27 favors of soft serve....yummy

Some fun shots

Snuggle time 1st thing in the morning...


Mr. Brayden -

Memorial Day Weekend

Over Memoiral Day Weekend we had our 1st camping trip of the season. We went to Myre Big Island state campground by Albert Lea. We had a lot of fun, the weather actually was very good. Here are a few fun pictures -

Macie throwing rocks with "Mary" and Dick...

Brayden playing in the water...

Brayden & the boys...

Macie & Miranda hanging out on the dock...

Going for a ride...

Blowing bubbles...

Makin Smores with Dad...

YuMmY...