Showing posts with label Family Fun. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Family Fun. Show all posts

Holiday Fun

Some of our favorite Holiday traditions:

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Making a Gingerbread House

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Candy Cane Hunt

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Snowman Pizza

 

 

 

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Driving Around Looking at Christmas Lights – this year we saw a Live Nativity too!

 

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Hope everyone is enjoying their Holiday season!

Our Little Swimmers

This past fall, Gabriella finally braved the waters enough to put her head all the way under in swimming lessons. Now that swimming lessons are over for the session, we don’t want her to lose her momentum. So Kirk and I took the kiddos swimming yesterday at a local hotel pool. The water was a little cold, but we had a great time!

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Build and Grow with Lowe’s

We had a great time building adorable snowman frames this weekend. The kids are really getting good with the hammers – Ben only got Kirk’s thumb once!

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Havin’ a Fun Fall

A trip to Apple Jack Orchards with the Jude’s

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Raking leaves at home

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Some family fun at 101 Market

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pedal bikes

corn pit

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Family Fun Night at Gab’s School – dress as a hero

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Kirk’s birthday

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Gabriella’s very first friend sleepover – we had lots of fun making cookies with Miss L!

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Gabriella the Scarecrow for her Halloween parties at school and dance

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Trick-or-Treating at Pioneer Park with the Cousins

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A very happy Zookeeper with her seal, and a very unhappy policeman

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Carving pumpkins

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Can you believe I did not take a single picture on Halloween night? Kirk took the kiddos out trick-or-treating with our great friends, the Blackman’s. Benjamin would not wear his policeman costume, but he happily went out with a scary mask. He loved wearing it around the house, too, and shouting “Boo!” We’d pretend to get scared, and he’d quickly lift the mask and say “It’s just me!”

The Sun Will Come Out Tomorrow….

A Little Family Fun

We enjoyed a beautiful sunny afternoon with Grandma, Aunt Christina and the cousins. Lots of time splashing in the pool, running through the sprinkler, watching the Twins game… the kiddos threw me in the pool, Kirk threw himself in the pool, and then he threw his sister in the pool. Good times!

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IMG_4609                the next American Idol

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We Love the Zoo

Another beautiful day at the Minnesota Zoo – this time Daddy got to join us!

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Go Twins!

We took the kids to a game at the new Target Field last week and it was great! It is a beautiful stadium, and we look forward to enjoying many more games there. We went with 2 of Gabriella’s best friends and they had a blast holding up their sign and cheering on the Twins. Benjamin’s favorite part was seeing T.C. Bear. At one point, we had an ESPN camera guy filming all our kids having fun. Wonder if they made it on tv?!IMG_4526

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