free lunch and friends

every wednesday the girls preschool does a free lunch for kids and parents.

we have gone almost every week.  they have the lunch and then lots of toys and stuff to play with in the gym!

one week they even had a jump house!

our friends, the hansens (i kid you not) have met us there to enjoy the meal together.

today we went to the park together and then they came back to our house to play! 

lots of dress up was going on!

she is growing up

this girl is ready for kindergarten!

she can ride a 2 wheeler bike, has lost tons of teeth and now...

knows how to tie her shoes!  woot woot!

i showed her after dinner last night and the girl got it in about 20 minutes!

smartie pants!!!

elm creek swimming pond

we love this place.

it's a "lake" that has filters and chlorine, is zero depth the whole way around and

 is super shallow throughout the whole lake.

it is a little bit of heaven for the whole family!

super hero kale

kale is really getting into super heros and fighter guys!

it is super adorable!  he wrestles and plays with brett all the time and has lots of figther figurines.

he loves to "super kick" brett while they are wrestling!

good father son bonding!

sherburne county fair

we went to the sherburne county fair on the hottest day EVER! 

we had a great time though!  the kids went on tons of rides.  we saw some cool animnals.

i went inside of a tank too!  it was SO small in there!

we only stayed for about an hour because it was so stinkin hot! 

dishes

i am drowning in dishes.  this house doesn't have a dishwasher.

NOT SO FUN!

i guess i will really appreciate a dishwasher when i get one.

father daughter camp out 2011

our ward had a daddy daugther camp out!  the girls were so excited!

they had such a great time they didn't take too many photos!

the only bad thing was the mosquitos. the girls and brett got eaten alive!

they will definitely be going back next year!

kale really missed his sisters!  he was very glad when they got back!

s'more mallory

mallory said she wanted some s'mores.

so brett let her have one.

she is so precious and so good at making a mess!

diaper bag

here is my latest creation.

it's for sally and i am so excited to give it to her!!

fun with josh

josh just left today!  we had such a great time with him.

the kids LOVED him!  we had yummy meals, played games and just hang out!

i think the last pictues of josh and the kids is super cute!  love their smiles!

sweet boots

i got these boots at good will!

kale LOVES them and he wears them almost everyday!

what are boys made of?

this is the bath tub after kale had a bath today.

WOW!

4th of july!

we had a great 4th of july.  we got to go to blake's in laws and we had a party!

the kids played and played in the water.  sprinkles, a little pool, the hose.

they were in heaven.

the ladies stayed with the kiddos and got lunch ready while the men went off

to shoot guns.  we ate lunch and then the boys did a little firework display for us.

i only got 2 photos!  boo!

happy 4th of july!

happy 3rd of july

we went to langstons for a bar b que after church.

some other families in the ward came too and it was lots of fun!

the kids had a blast because they have the biggest back yard EVER!

lots of fun stuff and a huge garden.

i made these outfits for the girls.

made kales shirt too.

these two girls are adorable!

they just love eachother.

langstons live about 8 minutes away and both mallory and kale fell asleep on the way home.

we all had a great time and we were worn out.

Mall of America

JOSH IS HERE!!

he came on friday night.

we had to show him the mall of america!

we went on some rides and walked around alittle. 

we had a great time!