Have you been ELFED??

I'm sure you've all seen this, but I thought it was so funny...both of the boys thought it was funny too! I had to try our family - check it out!

The Bombardier Elves:

http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=1256450204

THANKFUL!

Here are two of the greatest little boys that I am so
thankful for this year!


(Photo compliments of my neighbor, friend & photographer,
Stephanie Dehler)

I hope everyone gets a chance to spend time with their loved ones and enjoy all the things they are thankful for this Thanksgiving!

Up for the Challenge?

I have been trying and (hopefully succeeding) in becoming more healthy over the past few months. We have some great walking/running paths around our house and I have been taking advantage of the warm fall weather and have become a runner (if you can call it that) over the past few months.

I do enjoy running and did much more of it "pre-kids", which was over 5 years ago now! I look forward to my 3 mile run each day because it allows my mind to relax and give me a chance to clear my head of the days craziness!

Although I will probably NEVER be up to a full marathon, I am confident that I can accomplish a 5K pretty easily.

I will be running in the Lifetime Fitness 5K Reindeer Run on December 1st at Lake Harriett. I am excited and hoping that it will not be too cold that day! If you want to join me, you can find more information at the link below.

http://www.lifetimefitness.com/events/athletic_events/

Halloween again??

Not really, but the boys sure enjoy dressing up in costumes every now & then. Last night Ethan got dressed up at Woody from Toy Story and Gabe was a Firefighter. Here are a few pictures...

Happy Halloween!

Gabe was Optimus Prime from the Transformers and Ethan was Elmo! Both their favorites characters these days.






Even though it was kind of cold & windy, we still got about an hour and a half of trick or treating in last night. The boys got PLENTY of candy - enough to last until next Halloween!

Where we've been and what we've been doing....

I know it's been a long time since I've posted anything. Life has been busy, although I can't specifically say with what, but we've had a lot going on.

Here's a recap:
After Gabe came down with strep throat back in early September, Ethan came down with it a few days later and then I got strep too! So, we spent about a week and a half being sick and trying to recover!

We did get a chance to celebrate Gabe's birthday with my family on his actual birthday - I'll post some pictures. We had to reschedule his kids party for late September. We celebrated it on September 29th and had our neighbors and friends over for a late 4th birthday celebration - it was a great time and we thank everyone for taking the time to reschedule and come on a later date!






Gabe started preschool in September, he goes on Monday, Wednesday & Friday in the mornings - he loves it and asks every morning if he is going to preschool today.

We went to the State Fair, watched the Vikings and went to a MN Wild preseason hockey game - it was Ethan's 1st hockey game, both boys seemed to have a good time.







Other than that, we tried to enjoy the warm September and adjust to new schedules and a new daycare (which we all love)!

Does this look like the face of......

a boy who has strep throat??

The timing couldn't have been worse. Gabe came down with strep throat on Friday afternoon, less than a day from his 4th Birthday party! What a huge bummer! We had to cancel his party and reschedule it until later in the month.

Luckily, my parents, sister, brother, sister-in-law, nephews, aunt & grandma were still able to make the trip from various locations to come and help Gabe celebrate on a much smaller scale.

Gabe's actualy birthday is today, I can't believe that he is already 4 years old! I can still remember very clearly where I was at and what I was doing this time 4 years ago. Gabe was born very quickly and I guess that was a sign of his personality as he is always on the go and doesn't like to sit still.

We are very blessed to have such a wonderful boy in our life!

Labor Day Weekend

Here are some pictures from the weekend.




We had a nice, relaxing weekend! We spent some time with our neighbors & friends, went to the State Fair and just tried to enjoy as much time as we could outside. I guess "reality" will set in tomorrow when it is back to work.

Last week my hotel was sold and the hotel now has new owners and managers. This is a huge bummer for me as much of the reason I took this position a year and a half ago was because of my manager (now former). So, we will see what this week brings, I'm sure there will be some changes, hopefully one of them is not eliminating my job! Keep your fingers crossed for me.

Gabe is starting his 2nd year at preschool in Lonsdale on Wednesday. He will be going M-W-F in the mornings, he is very excited and I'm anxious for him to get into a routine again. We are getting ready for his birthday party on September 8th, I can't believe he's going to be 4 years old already!

Ethan's favorite word this past weekend was "NO" - seems he now really understands what it means and uses it all the time!

All in all, we had a nice weekend and I am sad to see the "unoffical" end of summer. I can't say the same for Conrad because he really enjoys the winter!

Is it really almost the end of August?

I can't believe that it's almost September! We've starting planning for Gabe's 4th birthday party and are trying to enjoy what is left of the summer.

Here are some pictures of what we did this summer....Conrad's family came to visit in June, we played outside and went swimming alot! The circus came to Lonsdale and we celebrated Heather & Mom's birthday. We went to the zoo and got a chance to go camping! The boys also went camping wtih my Mom & Dad, along with Colby & Mason - they had a great time!

The Boys...

Back in June we had the boys pictures taken by our neighbor, Stephanie Dehler, who is starting her own photography business in Lonsdale. She did a great job even though the boys were not always cooperative. We are looking forward to her taking many more pictures of the boys! Her website is www.stephaniedehler.com

Please feel free to leave a comment below, I'd love to hear from you!

Brothers

Who would have thought that I could enjoy having 2 boys so much! Ethan is 11 months old and is really developing a personality. Gabe who is 3 1/2 years old so enjoys playing with Ethan, at least right now - I hope they grow up to be best friends!