Happy Halloween 2011

We had a great Halloween weekend! Saturday we spent at the West End in St. Louis Park. There was trick-or-treating, a DJ, and fun games for the kids. Then we went out to lunch and came home for a well needed nap! Sunday we went to Grandma and Grandpa Souvignier's to celebrate Bernie's birthday and carved up our pumpkins. We have more pictures at the end of the October album in picasa- October has definitely been a fun month!!

October Fun!

We've had a great autumn so far! There have been so many nice sunny days- above are pictures from the Pumpkin Train ride with Grandma Alice. This year Great Grandma Helen, Joyce, Chad, Missy and Natalie joined us too! And then it was off to Randy and Mary's for a hay ride. There are more pictures in the October album in picasa. Maggie is very excited about Halloween this year! We hung ghosts in the tree out front and made pumpkin shaped cookies and checked out some Halloween books from the library! It's so fun to see such great excitement about the little things in life!! I just love it!!

Above are pictures from Scott and Jessica's wedding reception. What a fun day!! Maggie's favorite part was the barn dance! There are a few more pictures that I added at the end of the September album in Picasa.

1st annual Surf & Turf

On Saturday I did my first paddle board/ run duathlon. We paddled 2 miles around Lake Ann in Chanhassen and then ran 3 miles on beautiful wooded trails. It was really a fun race and the weather was awesome!! Above is a little video of the start- I only saw one person fall off.....and it wasn't me!
Once you hit the play arrow, hit the little square on the bottom right corner to make it a full screen and I am wearing a white hat and red life jacket.

Labor Day with the Demullings!

Trent and Aimee and fam came home for Labor Day weekend. Grandma and Grandpa had all of their kids and all 8 of their grandkids together!!! The picture above is of the Taylor's Falls Princess. We rode it on the St. Croix on Sunday. It was a beautiful day and a fun ride. More pics in the picasa web album.
Here is Grandma reading to the older grandkids. Grace, Coop and Ruby were already sleeping.
Here we are after the boat ride. And below is the pic of the whole family!

Happy 1st Birthday RUBY!!

Ruby had a great birthday! I can't believe that she is already one! We celebrated with the grandmas and grandpas and Toni and D fam and Chris and Jen fam up at Oak Knoll Park by our house with a little barbeque and play time at the splash pad. She loved her chocolate cake and wore it well! There are more August pictures in the Picasa album.

A great birthday!

I just had to post a picture of the delicious chocolate cake that Maggie and Chuck made for me!!! They did it all on their own and it was really great!! There were plenty of sprinkles on there (pretty sure that was Maggie's job). It was a great day!!