Our Beautiful backyard (kind of)

We've also had some time to explore our surroundings a bit this summer. Duluth is beautiful this time of year! Come visit...

Happy in the car seats...

And it's a good thing cuz we have spent a lot of this summer on the road! Hadley and Theo have a great time in the car and we have loved getting to see friends and family...

Outdoor Seating

Look what Grandpa W made! We are loving lunch on the picnic table...almost everyday.

50 years of wedded bliss

This June we celebrated Ken and Pat's 50 th wedding anniversary!
Wow, Andy and I have only 45 more years to go...:)

Picnic present!

Much thanks to Lisa, Brad & girls for Hadley's picnic set. Hadley & Theo play with it nearly every day!

Hadley's Princess Party

Hadley recently turned 4 (March 14th). In accordance with typical market driven child indoctrination, we hosted a "Princess Party" complete with tiaras, high heels and dresses.

Gym & Swim

You have to look real close...but Hadley's there! This was her first day of gym & swim a great class they have at the YMCA. The class lasts a little over an hour. The first half is basic gymanstics and the second is swimming. Hadley loves it! Thanks Grandma & Grandpa! (A Christmas gift.)

Big boy haircut!

First haircut for Theo seemed to transform him from baby to little boy!

Theo makes a friend

After Christmas we stayed with Andy's
brother Brad and family...
Theo made a friend in Roman as
seen here.

Bsketti Balls

Lisa bought some fancy cookie cutters this year and had planned to make cookies for the neighbors and friends....well, they didn't turn out very well. (Andy's comment was that they looked like big butts and truly, they really did! Sorry, we didn't get a picture.) Hadley saved the day when she suggested that we make bsketti balls instead! The remaining cookie dough was used by Hadley to make wonderful Christmas bsketti balls. :)

Christmas

We had a great Christmas this year. We visited with family and friends and spent some time making memories in our new home. If you look close you'll see that the ornaments only decorated the top half of the tree this year. :) The second picture is of Hadley and Theo checking to see if baby Jesus was born yet. Hadley was so excited about that this year...we pray she continues to be!

Christmas concert

This is Hadley's second year of singing in front of an audience at CBS (Community Bible Study). She is much more confident, smiley and singing every word!

Lunch Dates

On most days this group of deer join us for lunch. Hadley and I like to speculate about what they do all day. Hadley's words, "Probably just like to check us out..."

Brother and sister

Theo has figured out how to push Hadley's buttons as any little brother should. And Hadley has developed the "I'm really upset with you" face. Don't know where she got that from?

Winter Wonderland!

We're getting some snow this year. :)

Mr. Potato Head

Theo has a new favorite past time...crawling up into the chair with his book- Mr. Potato Head. He's growing up- sniff, sniff. :)

Hadley gone fishin

Here is some pics from a while ago. We have a small creek in back of our property that Hadley liked to practice here fishing skills. :)

Hike!

We have a treasury of trails behind our house. For a few weeks we were going on regular hikes. Here is a pic of Hadley and Theo having lunch next to Amity Creek.

Andy

Fall play

A few weeks ago we were able to get in some playing in the leave piles. Here are some pics.. Theo looks like he's under arrest! :)

Andy

3 year old stories

The other day Hadley sat down to lunch and told me this story:
"Mom, did you know that Jesus made me? He did, He brought me to you and daddy in the living room and then he drove away."
So, I asked, what kind of car does Jesus drive?
Hadley replied, "a cookie car."
Andy and I laughed and laughed....