Sunday, June 5, 2011

duluth part 3: trying to find "the north shore"

well, after a great morning at the waterpark we
set of to find "the north shore".
i guess we need do some more research before we go on our next vacation
because we couldn't find the north shore.
on the way, we did find some really cool docks, an awesome light house tour,
a great rocky shore were we threw rocks in the lake for about an hour,
a cute little gift shop and burlington beach.
it'll do!













what a beautiful place!
we love duluth!

Saturday, June 4, 2011

duluth part 2: edge water hotel and resort

this is our view from the hotel!
one word: AWESOME!!
the hotel was amazing.
it had the indoor waterpark, outdoor pool, outdoor playground,
miniture golf course, an arcade and a basketball court!
there were also s'mores provided for the guests that night
and despicable me was playing in a conference room while the kids
got their hair wrapped and airbrush tattoos!
with the deal i got on groupon we also got a free pizza with 4 drinks
AND $10 to the arcade! 
we had such a great time.
we will definitely be going back!
*****
something very strange happened at this hotel....
we had a two room suite.  the kids room and our room.
it was almost 9:30 PM (which is a good 1 1/2 hours late for bedtime),
we got the kids in their jammies, sang some songs, said our prayers
and told them to go to sleep.
we closed the door....
and they went to sleep!!
unbelievable!













duluth part 1: canal park

we went to duluth, mn this weekend.
we had SO MUCH FUN!
the kids were so cute when we came over
a hill into duluth you have a beautiful view of the lake,
they were so excited and wanted to go get in!
                                            little did we know how cold it was going to be!
first thing we went to canal park right down by the lake.
it was awesome.
there was little fountains everywhere they kids could get in.
they were in heaven!



we went down to the water and threw rocks in and played for quite awhile.
it was so cold!
olivia was brave and went pretty far in!
go liv!







the canal had all sorts of boats coming through all the time.
the bridge would go up and down.
kale could have stayed and watched for days!
we rented a bike, kale and mallory were up in front and
brett, olivia and i were in the back.
it was very fun and me and brett got a workout in going up some hills!




as we were returning our bike, we saw this!
and of course we had to go.
the kids, once again, thought they had died and gone to heaven.
liv was just a little happy!







we loved canal park and went back to play the next day too!

Friday, June 3, 2011

brett has skills!

this is what brett made for dessert tonight!
wow!
grilled peaches, from scratch cherry/raspberry sauce,
  and ice cream!
FABULOUS!

Thursday, June 2, 2011

crafts

a changing pad and wipes case for cousin heather.
she just had a sweet baby boy, ben!


 

a tag blanket for my cute niece, abby.
i even made the corners crinkle!
i hope she likes it!



this is what we gave the girls preschool teachers.
plus a $5 gift card to culvers.

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

little friends

a sweet robin made her nest on the side of our house.
i didn't think much of it until i saw this
i decided to see what was up in our little nest!


aren't they just beautiful??
we are so excited to see them grow!
stay tuned for updates.