Smarty Pants

Matt will hate me once he finds out that I posted this....
Matt had been working VERY hard at finishing his degree in Law Enforcement.
We never thought that he would be layed off from construction and have to make such a life altering decision.
We have been extreemly proud of the choices he has made to support his family, and to top it all off........Matt Made the Deans List and Honors Program!!!!
Matt of course thinks it no big deal and as exicting as graduating from clown college. What he doesn't see is that it is a big deal. He has worked his tail off to finish a two year degree in ONE year, AND to have the grades good enough to make the deans list and honors program just shows how truly amazing he is. We LOVE him so much and are truly thankful to have him as amazing husband and daddy!

Christmas!

Thanks to friends of ours in Texas who introduced the tradition of the Christmas Eve Elf, who always brings new jammies on Christmas Eve!


Shawn in is Super cool Batman outfit. Thanks Auntie Gen!
He also got a Super Why costume.


Ahhh the power of teamwork! Sometimes it takes two people to make quick work of all that wrapping paper!

Abby recieved an abundance of Little Pet Shop animals and accesories.

We had an awesome christmas! We are so lucky to have so much family around to spend the holidays with. This year we spread the festivities out over two days and celebrated Christmas Eve with my mom in St. Cloud and then Christmas day with Matts family in New Hope. We ate ourselves into a nice food coma, and let the grandparents spoil the kids. The best part was being able to talk to Matts brother Jeff who is serving a mission in Oklahoma. We miss him!

Fall Harvest Orchard

Fall is my favorite season. I love the colors, the tastes and cozy evenings spent with family. We took our annual trip to Fall Harvest Orchard in Delano, in October and LOVED it. When we went last year it was 80 degrees, and we were all sweating to death. Not this year. This year it was crisp and chilly and in my opinion it made the tractor ride and the apple picking even better!

I am FINALLY posting pictures!!! I have a couple of months worth to catch up on so bear with me.

These first ones are from September when I was able to go home to Alexandria and visit my bestfriend from high school who just had a baby. I took the kids to one of my all time favorite parks. Noonans Park! I loved this park growing up, and I am thrilled that I have the oportunity to share all the great things I loved as a kid with them.

Lost No More!

After a weekend of cleaning the basement, I am proud to say that I finally found my camera cord!!! Hopefully I will be posting pictures soon!