My Family

Here are some photos from the past 6 months or so. Our lives are pretty simple. Enjoy!

Easter 2012 

Ella had very specific details in her request for her birthday cake. Check out the inside! It was fun to cut into the cake and see the bright colors blended together.

National Eagle Center. We were lucky to see these eagles up close. On our way home we got to see many eagles flying above us near the dam looking for their next meal. It was cool to see so many of them in one place soaring through the air.

The end of winter.  Sadly, the kids only made a snowman 2 times because of few snowfalls.

Logan

The Easter Egg hunt that never was...We arrived right on time but apparently the hunt started early and there were no eggs. Thankfully Ella found 3 eggs and divided them up among her siblings. The kids were happy.

The Crew

Olivia

Getting rid of the old gingerbread house, one bite at a time.

Celebrating Dr. Seuss.

Valentine's Day

Rex and Ella constructed these valentine boxes themselves. Rex won "funniest" valentine box in his class. Rex's box is a monster and Ella's box is a butterfly.

Logan finally has some teeth.

It was nice and warm this year for Easter. Will and myself were really sick the whole week leading up to Easter. Somehow the Easter Bunny found our house even though we did not leave it.

Yep, we bang pots and pans over here on New Year's Eve. The kids love it.

Rex and Ella were talking nonstop about the desert landscape in AZ

Hole In The Rock with the kids 

Rex's 7th birthday party. We finally broke down and had the party at an indoor inflatable jump place. It was a lot of fun. 

Downtown Minneapolis

Christmas Day 2011

Visited Hole In The Rock in AZ

 

Olivia found some make-up 

 

Ella turned 6 

She LOVES rainbows

The inside of the cake is full of rainbows

 

Carrying 2 is better than 1

 

 It is February and the snow has started to melt.  It was an unusually warm winter.  No complaints over here.

 

Ella climbing a palo verde tree in AZ. Can you really call it a tree? Hmmm, after living away from AZ for 10 years now, I'm not so sure that it qualifies as a tree.  Maybe we could call it a "green stick."

Our little Christmas Elf 2011 

Logan 7 months old 

Olivia and Grandpa Carlos in AZ

Rex turned 7. With his birthday so close to Christmas, we celebrated it with a cake and a few presents and then celebrated with his school friends in January.  The last 2 years his birthday has fallen on his school's Polar Express Day, so he has worn PJ's on his birthday.   His only request this year was a  Super Mario cake. 

Logan's 1st Christmas. He got a music giraffe just like one that I had as a child. 

Christmas 2011