Thursday, March 26, 2009

snowcones

There are snow flurries coming down today and the boys and I are enjoying snowcones. Thanks, Grandma! What a fun treat. :)

Saturday, March 21, 2009

Flat Stanley visits and Sammy's missing tooth!

The start of our Saturday adventures. Not too exciting. But notice the hole in the bottom row of Sammy's teeth! He lost his first tooth while we were in Dallas on Friday, March 13th. What a big boy! (this news probably deserves it's own entry...)

Flat Stanley and the frozen Spoonbridge lake

Bet he didn't see anything like this in Texas!



More great pictures up on Flickr - pictures of the kids out and about, I promise! Cute, outdoor pictures! Woooohoooo!

Flat Stanley at Minneapolis Sculpture Garden

Flat Stanley checking out the Basilica of St Mary

Flat Stanley checking out the Minneapolis skyline

It was our pleasure to host Cousin William's Flat Stanley in Minneapolis this past week. We didn't do much in the few days since our return from Texas, so to make his trip up north we took him out on the town this fine Spring morning.

Friday, March 20, 2009

Texas weekend

Here is a start to the pictures from our Texas trip last weekend. We went down for Jacob's cousin Lisa's wedding in Wichita Falls on Saturday evening.

These first few are of the boys playing outside in Cousin Chino's yard in Dallas on Sunday.

Freddie wearing some of the beads cousins Daniel and Bonnie scored while at the St Patrick's Day parade in Dallas on Saturday. He loves necklaces. The shinier the better.
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Sammy and his cousin Will in the stripes.
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I did not get a good picture of them together at all. Boo.

Working together with J to sweep up some ash.
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Some pictures of our time in Wichita Falls (about a 2-hour drive north of Dallas.)
Me and my big guy on the grounds of the Country Club Inn.
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The lovely house J's Uncle Craig put us up in for our time in Wichita Falls. (obviously I need to resize this pic!)
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Wichita Falls - The Falls
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This is in the town my MIL grew up in. I was very charmed with the town. Some of the homes reminded me a lot of MInneapolis.

Monday, March 09, 2009

The Flu.

Sammy laid up on the couch from last week:
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Last week we battled the flu. Well, Jacob and the boys did. Everyone is on the mend now, after much fluid and much rest. Freddie's ears are both still plugged (swollen) pretty badly, but hopefully Motin over the next few days and this will be past us.

Another Green Jesus.

Sammy has a string of these Green Jesuses over the past few months. About one every Sunday after Splashville at church, and at least on that I can remember from preschool. I haven't taken a picture of all of them, but here is his latest work.
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Sammy's favorite color is green, in case anyone is wondering.

New shoes.

Sammy has been asking for green shoes for a while now. He's so excited about these....
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One of our favorite times of year.

Hooray! The classic names are back.
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It's Girl Scout Cookie time!!!

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That's my boy. Two cookies at a time. Just like Mama. ;)