First Day of 3rd Grade!

Yippee!! We've been waiting for this day for a LONG time!

Emily was SO excited to start school again. She loves it and was excited to ride the bus again and sit at her table in the classroom w/ her friends.

College friends get together!

The Gilbertson's had us all over (plus kids) to their place in Savage. It was SO FUN and great seeing all of our friend's kids!!

Weekend on Otter Tail Lake

In August, we spent a weekend at the Travers' lake place and had a blast! Boating, tubing, fishing, swimming, water balloon fight, smores and the popular tree swing were so much fun! Thanks for inviting us up!

The Birthday Girls!

Besides being best friends, Emily and Natalie have birthday's very close to each other. Here are some photos of both of the girl's bday parties:

More summer photos

Hosting National Night Out, once again, was successful. The neighborhood kids loved playing at the park and looking at the police car and fire trucks!

Jenny used her carpentry skills and installed new blinds in the girl's bedrooms, Tad installed a new door in our bedroom (the 1st of 8) and we discovered Ana LOVES to play w/ hammers, nails, screwdrivers, etc.! Just give her a 2x4 and she's busy for at least an hour.

Dess up photos and Ana's new favorite sport, tennis!!

OK, and here are the misc. cute/funny kid photos:

August 08

The summer has been busy...although it's been 'fun' busy. Here are a few photos of summer.

1) Morning rainbow in our backyard.

2) Emily at daycamp at our church-she LOVED singing all the camp songs!

3) We went downtown Mpls to dinner, then to Jenny's work to watch fireworks on the building's rooftop! Emily swinging on the swing on one of our floors.

4) Emily's BFF Natalie's birthday party