MN weekend

This past weekend we spent a beautiful weekend with good (great) friends in MN!

We could NOT get enough of sweet, sweet Tyler

I think the presence of the three of us what a bit,
well...startling for baby Ty...

BUT, he took it in stride and joined right in on the smiles.

He truly is the most soft-"spoken", sweet-spirited little guy you could imagine...

and ever-so-patient with all of our handling.

thanks buddy!

We miss you already.

Packer party

GO PACK GO!

Last night we had our "little" Packer party!

8 adults + 8 kids = party!!!

(wait, wait a minute...not that kind of party)

there were lots of yummy food
and great friendship goin' on....

the mama's and kiddos were all decked-out in their
GB garb....

and all the dads?

well....let's just say they were good sports
for their Packer-cheering wives!

Thanks Rahns for hosting another fun party!

Through the eyes of a 3 y.o.

Montana

After a much-anticipated countdown to our Christmas in Montana -
our visit has now come .. and gone :(


But we have lots of great pictures
capturing much of the fun we had while there.

Elijah loved doing everything all the "big kids" were doing,
including sitting in big chairs all by himself
with a plate and spoon!

there was no question that Eman and Papa were a dynamic duo...


(well, and Auntie was special too!)

and gotta love those storytimes with Mimi!






and spoilin' from cousins.

I think the most agreed-upon "favorite" of the trip was our sledding outings.







Hannah wasn't so sure about it at first
(but as you see the pictures progress, she is right in there with the rest of them)
A true, miraculous transformation!

(thanks Cousin Meg for helping Hannah come out of her sledding shell!)

We all took turns doubling up, and taking single rides...
as well as group runs...

including belly-runs...

the smiles and new-found confidence was evident
that this is going to be a repeated tradition
with our winter visits to MT.

Goodbye hugs are never fun....

but we know summer will come and we'll get to come back
and go on new adventures together!

Until next time... love you guys!!!!!!!

holiday break pasttimes

These pictures don't accurately represent our Wisconsin landscape right now, since we had a couple of 40 degree days and major melt-off....but, it was fun to have snow over holiday break!

Here are just a couple pictures from our play-date with Nicholas.

Elijah could not join us because of fevers and a boo-hoo Christmas flu he was trying to recover from, but he sure didn't seem to mind taking it all in from the kitchen window :)