weekending

what a weekend! the weather is beautiful and a little frightening. mom and i went to the green gift fair again this year. we have a favorite vendor there who sells pine cones and other floral holiday decor type stuff. I came home and made my own wreath like the ones she makes. We had a nice sugary brunch with Dan and Annie on Sunday and then worked in the yard. We put up Christmas lights(!), planted bulbs and went to the cemetery to put up lights and plant two bulbs there. The kids were enjoyable and I swear Annie was there, except when her and jacob were having a sleepover with their dad. A first for annie!


 Sunday morning coloring
 
jacob showing us all of his notes. he is learning how to write names.
 yum! brunch made by dan. donuts from church.
 
 hard at work. this boy LOVES to work
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 don't worry the lights will stay off for another week.

update

So, I have neglected my blog. I am sad about this but want to keep posting. So here goes nothing. We have been enjoying our fall. It has been busy to say the least. Jacob and Annie are both in daycare full time. I really think they love it. Annie enjoys her teachers so much and hardly wants to come home at the end of the day. She is liking the work they have her do and all the projects. Jacob is going to daycare and Dodge. He is also enjoying both places. Jacob has started to become more interested in writing and drawing. He has started to draw people and superheros, they are wonderful to watch come to life. We keep going, learning and loving. It feels good and right for us.

t-ball!

smiles from ear to ear. from jacob, dad, grandpa, mom and the grandma's. annie was a good cheerer for jacob too! what fun to be playing a team sport! he figured out how to chase after the ball and not wait for it to come to him. when I got home from work last night he was sound asleep with his baseball hat right next to him!

a happy easter week!

what fun we had! saturday morning easter egg dying and saturday night easter bunny cake making. a much anticipated easter dress and shoes. brunch with G.G. and bob miller, dinner with the fam. an easter egg hunt and a birthday walk in the woods.

dying easter eggs!

mixing the frosting for the bunny cake!

the bunny cake!

jacob and ada! they really love eachother and have their own special bond. they light up eachothers faces when the other walks into the room. melts our hearts.

the light was perfect at g.g.'s house. and ada is too!

What a fun brunch with Grandpa, Will (jacob's birthday brother) and ginny.

the kids all gravitate to the wall to climb.

hunting for eggs! these big kids found their eggs and then helped the little ones find theirs. what kind cousins.

mine easter dress! mine easter shoes! annie would wear this dress everyday! it is clean again so she will probably wear it tomorrow to e.c.f.e.

Happy Birthday Elizaeth! we started the day with a hike at dodge. pictures to come tomorrow as this post is picture heavy enough.

love these 2.

to the farm

We went to the farm last week so Aaron could get some tiling done at our house while we were away. What fun we had. We even spent a day to celebrate Grandma's 89th birthday in Iowa. I gave up on naps for the week and what a fun vacation had by all!

aaron hard at work painting

at the house! laundry in the dining room! getting ready for tile.

rocking out on the guitar!

jacob and david taking a break practicing for their show.

the apples trees. the kids loved climbing the trees all week.

at john and mandy's. we love their house. thank you for being such gracious hosts to us!

chatting about something!

happy to have gotten him inside for a picture with g.g. he was so busy playing outside with harriet the whole time we were there!

at g.g.'s house. the kids loved playing in the wagon and grandma loved spoiling the kids with sugary treats!

annie mixing milk (formula) for the calfs. she took her job very seriously and never missed it morning and night while we were there.

happy to be helping!

jacob moving hay. he also loved chore time!

ada already reading up on country living. getting a head start!

ice skating

we went ice skating a while back. just found these pictures on dad's camera. so fun. Annie loved it. I can't wait for next year when there will hopefully be colder weather.

skyway fun

pioneer press building. we were amazed at the old elevators and how tall and cold the building was. is it empty? everyone is looking up to try to find the top.



what we saw when we looked up. so cool.



we took the opportunity to run the sky way system of st. paul monday morning. the kids had a blast. there were 8 kids total and the four oldest even started a new architecture firm called tigan tigan haeg and haeg. we had fun walking by buildings that parents and grandparents work in. a fun, wild morning had by all for sure.











union depot was also very cool.