Master Fisherman

Caleb's been getting some good fishing time in up in Grantsburg.  He's been sharing all of his "tricks" and "expert tips" with Uncle Bud to make sure Uncle Bud knows what he's doing.  Haha!  I must say those tricks are working because every time I get a picture from my parents, there's a boat load of fish in it.

"Hey Uncle Bud, see you jig your pole like this and the fish will bite it."

Caleb's living the true fisherman's dream, fishing in his undies.  When grandpa has a nice cozy fish house, I guess you can do that!!  What you don't know is that Caleb actually stepped in one of the holes so his pants were wet.  Caleb was quite startled but my mom said it was nothing a bin of chocolate chip cookies couldn't cure.

This is just the beginning.  I'm pretty certain my dad has waited his whole life for this and I can just see it now, him and Caleb being the best of fishing partners.

Our Kids

So many times I think....man I have the best kids in the world!!  We truly are beyond blessed.  The amount of laughter and joy these two bring into our lives is incredible.  Here's a hodge podge of pictures of our two favorite little beings.


Nakedness?!  These two perfect this game. Always.  Whenever they get the chance to be naked they take full advantage of it.  On our table...sorry if you have to eat on this table in the future now knowing Zoe's naked butt has been on it.

While playing with toys...



And of course the obvious one, in the tub.  Check out those cool dos.

One day I was scrolling through my phone and I found this super cute selfie of Zoe.  She occasionally gets hold of my phone but she doesn't know how to unlock it.  Fortunately for her and for me you can still access the camera so she was able to snap this adorable picture of herself.

Look at this stud.  I can't help but smile when I see him smiling back at me.  His face is so beautiful in this picture, I just want to wrap my arms around him and never let him go.   HE'S SO HANDSOME!

Books, books and more books!  These two like reading and in this rare moment they enjoyed reading together in the guest bedroom.  They look like a mini version of Dave and I reading in our beds at night.

I love this age of creativity.  Initially they were both coloring which then turned into sticking the markers into the crack of the bench.  They said the markers were fire and that we had to watch out so we didn't get burnt.  How do they come up with this stuff?  It's truly incredible and I want their imaginations to explore like this forever!  Caleb and Zoe, never stop imagining and exploring!  Ever.

Remember awhile back when I posted about Zoe being messy?  Well things haven't changed.  This is Zoe having fun at school.

Ballin

A few months ago I told Dave that I wanted to check out a few Timberwolves games this year, even if they were the cheap seats.  It's fun to get out and watch the T-puppies even though the good seats can get quite pricey.  We've always heard in the business, in books and at church to speak what you want so I did just that and guess what?  Two days later Dave scored free lower level tickets to a pre-season Twolves game.  I could care less if it was pre-season or not....I just LOVE going to Target Center to watch them play.  We had a great time!  Then a few weeks later Dave was asked by his boss if he wanted to bring a date to a Timberwolves game in the US Bank suite.  HOLY SMOKES!!  This speaking thing really works!!  That game was a blast and man the food was excellent.  The tomato basil soup was the best I've ever had and the pepper jelly cheese appetizer was so delicious!!  Someday, Dave and I want to own season tickets.  That time isn't quite yet, but someday we will.  Until then, we'll gladly continue to receive free tickets. :)


Reppin' before the game.

These two look like season ticket holders.



Hey I even snapped a picture with Crunch.

Here we are in the US Bank suite.  Ahhhh that suite life.

Last but not least I'll leave you with a video of Dave and I bouncin' to the beats.

https://youtu.be/OYSOT0vGF04

Christmas

Unfortunately they deleted the Blogger app from the iPhone system so I can no longer blog from my phone.  I ALWAYS create posts from my phone so I suspect blogging will be even slower going forward.  It's so easy to blog from my phone because that's where all my pictures are so I was extremely sad to find out that this app is no longer supported by the iPhone.  Looks like I need to either switch to an android phone or move to a different blogger platform.


Anyway, let's look back to a happy, peaceful time....CHRISTMAS!!  We had such a glorious Christmas even though I was under the weather a bit.  I wasn't able to smell or taste any of the yummy Christmas scents or flavors BUT I was so incredibly grateful that the worst of my sickness was a few days prior to the celebrations!  And it was WAY better than last year when both Dave and I got the stomach flu on Christmas night and my mom had to drive down in a snowstorm just to watch the kids so we could rest.  We have such amazing family.


We celebrated December and Christmas with some snowball fights, snow walls for protection during the snowball fights and of course building frosty.

Caleb had fun playing with my Hallmark houses.  He noticed there was a bank that needed guards to protect all that money.

Christmas Eve, we had Dave's family over for the Packers/Vikings game.  Zoe and I were surrounded by purple and gold but the Packers managed to pull off a win.  We watched football, ate food, drank, celebrated and enjoyed each other's company.  Could it get any better than this?!?  It was such a lovely evening.  Oh and look at Zoe and Kaylin in their matching purple dresses.  How cute...thanks Grandma Lala!!

Can you tell this girl is from Wisconsin?!  She snagged some beer and apparently drank some of it...naturally she liked it.  LOL.  Or maybe she just liked the fact that she was drinking something wasn't for kids.

The beer had an affect on Zoe and she was up for a couple hours that night which didn't make for the best early morning rise but nonetheless we woke up early to celebrate CHRISTMAS!!!  Dave sang the usual "It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas" song and the kids raced downstairs to open the countdown to Christmas door from my mom.  They had such a fun time with this during all of December.  After, we opened presents and Caleb was so excited about his new ice skates and Zoe was just excited about everything.  It was a great morning and the two of them looked so cute in their Christmas jammies.

After breakfast, we headed to Wisconsin...."over the river and through the woods to grandmother's house we go".  We sang that song as we drove over the bridge between MN and WI.  Again, we enjoyed food, family and celebration.  Those king crab legs were DELICIOUS!!  Super grandma took the kids outside to play for a little bit even though it wasn't the best of weather.  I was so tired from Zoe being awake the night before so I slipped downstairs for a quick nap and I think I spied Dave taking a quick snooze too.  Zoe came back inside and had a great time combing Uncle Bud's hair and putting chapstick on him too.  She just adores him.  Ummm doesn't Zoe look just like my mom in the picture below?!  It's like she has a miniature version of herself sitting on her lap!

Overall it was a LOVELY Christmas.  The time and spirit of giving and being with those we truly love.  We have been so blessed with such amazing families!!  Merrry Christmas everyone and Happy Birthday Jesus!! 

Dirty gun

As I was loading the dishwasher, little miss Zoe decided the Nerf gun needed a washing too.