Happy Valentine's Day!

Love, Eliott

Oliver's birthday

Oliver had a hockey birthday party...the weather was perfect for skating!

Hi Everybody,

Here are a few pictures of our not so exciting life. I always forget the pictures load backwards so you might want to start at the bottom and work your way to the top.

Maggie

Poor scoop--he's put in a hard days work.

Mitchell spends lots of time with Kevin in the shop. Today Kevin was pressure washing stuff and Mitchell found the water puddle and decided to play in it. By the time it was time to call it a night he was soaked from head to toe. Oh, and by the way grease stains blond hair so he looks a little bit like a leapard.

Here is Mitchell in his big boy bed. The morning after the dance he figured out how to climb out of his crib so we said fairwell to his crib and bought him a twin bed. He now has the most comfortable room and bed in the house.

A couple of weeks ago Mom and Dad's church had "Country Night." It was dinner and dancing after 4:00 mass. Mom made all of the kids a little vest and they wore Grandpa's hankies for bandanas (don't worry they were all new or clean).

Twins Fest 2009

Eliott made some new friends on Saturday. We took him to Twins Fest down at the dome, and then to The Rainforest Cafe at the Mall of America for dinner.

He met Cha-Cha from the rainforest!

He met Bert Blyleven,

and he met Tony Oliva!

Our winter so far....

It has been a while since I posted so I thought I would make up for lost time. Here is a bit of our life for the past month or so. We have had a lot going on and the pictures aren't really in order but you should be able to figure them out. We hope to see you all soon. Maggie, Kevin, and Mitchell Here is a picture I took out my windshield coming through Virginia, MN on our way home from Ely on December 28. There is a mine up there but I always like the big trucks.

Here is the cake I baked for Mitchell's birthday and Kevin decorated.

Here is the three of us on Sunday. We had Mitchell's Birthday party at Mom and Dad's.

Isaiah being cute.

Grandma, Grandpa, and the four grandkids with a Birthday Cake for Jesus. There is a candle in it from each kid.

Grandpa and his boys. Need I say more?!?!?!

Here is Mitchell checking out Baby Jesus in the Nativity Set at Mom and Dad's.

I took Haley to build a Gingerbread House thru Milaca Community Ed for her birthday present. Here is Haley and the almost finished project. She wasn't sure what a gingerbread house was when we set out on our adventure but by the end of the night she knew.

Eliott loves to go sledding!

We went sledding on Britz's hill yesterday, and Eliott had a blast!

more from Christmas

Here are some pictures taken at our celebration by Elizabeth.