Monday, January 11, 2016
2015 Family Pictures
One day, I hope to hire a photographer to take our family pictures! Luckily, I do have my sister and dad that can take pictures of us if we ever have time when we are together! I got a tripod to use for our family pictures. It was a lot harder than I thought since our kids are so little, don't look at the camera and won't sit still. I got a handful of cute ones that way, but luckily my friend and her family showed up. I bribed her to come meet us and possibly help push the button on my camera for me and in return I would take some of her family. I think they turned out really cute!
Fall Happenings
Super nice summer weather in September!
Went for a little weekend getaway with some friends to attend "Time Out For Women" in Denver!
School Pick Up
Date at the USAF football game
Went for a little weekend getaway with some friends to attend "Time Out For Women" in Denver!
School Pick Up
Date at the USAF football game
Adeline's Track Meet
At the beginning of the year, there were lots of papers sent home from school with clubs to sign up for. They must have talked the kids into signing up for them, because Adeline was adamant that she needed to do both track and choir. I am not a morning person, so I wasn't super stoked about it. Track was before school on Monday, Tuesday and Friday and Choir was before school on Wednesday.
It was fun going to Adeline's first track meet. They are pretty casual and somewhat unorganized with a million kids running around. Adeline was so nervous about it (because she is so competitive) and didn't really want to go, but was motivated since all her friends were going to be there. It was so funny because Adeline started the race in the very back of the back pretty much skipping along, holding hands with one of her good friends. I guess eventually her friend wanted to walk, so Adeline left her. Adeline ended up being the 2nd girl finisher in the 3rd grade! Adeline is probably not the best sprinter, but she definitely won't ever give up and has endurance!
Since Anders had just started walking, we were trying to get him to walk to us and he was not so happy about it! How can you resist that cute little pout!?
It was fun going to Adeline's first track meet. They are pretty casual and somewhat unorganized with a million kids running around. Adeline was so nervous about it (because she is so competitive) and didn't really want to go, but was motivated since all her friends were going to be there. It was so funny because Adeline started the race in the very back of the back pretty much skipping along, holding hands with one of her good friends. I guess eventually her friend wanted to walk, so Adeline left her. Adeline ended up being the 2nd girl finisher in the 3rd grade! Adeline is probably not the best sprinter, but she definitely won't ever give up and has endurance!
Since Anders had just started walking, we were trying to get him to walk to us and he was not so happy about it! How can you resist that cute little pout!?
Sunday, January 10, 2016
South Dakota
We have been wanting to head up to South Dakota for awhile because we heard it was such a neat place to visit. On a whim we decided to go during Labor Day weekend and got a hotel room at Ellsworth Air Force Base. I really wanted to stay at one of the State parks, but pretty much everything was booked due to the Holiday weekend and our last minute planning. We got there late the first night and the next morning we headed out and stopped at Bear World first. The kids were so excited about this! It was neat, but pretty costly and there was a huge line of cars and we had to go pretty slow. Of course right when we got to the Bears, Meika announced that she had to poop and was acting like she was struggling to hold it. The bears were literally right outside our car doors, so she has no choice but to hold it.
After you drive through all the various animals, you end up at a parking lot where you can park and walk around "Baby land". It was pretty much like a mini zoo and at the end there were cute little Bear cubs running around and playing.
We stopped a random little food shack off the side of the road to get some greasy food for lunch and let the kids run around.
Next stop, Custer state Park. Custer was AMAZING and so pretty!
We stopped at Sylvan Lake to walk around, explore and play in the water for a bit. This place seemed a little bit magical.
Before we left the park, we went on a little drive through a bunch of Buffalo. The girls thought it was so neat! Well, Norah and Adeline did, but Meika was terrified. Every time we would roll down a window, she would freak out that they buffalo was going to come get us.
On our way back to the hotel, Meika projectile puked all over the car! We weren't too far away from the hotel, so we made her hold tight till we could get her out of the car and properly clean everything up. Poor baby!
Once we got back to the hotel, we were able to clean the car and strip the car seat down and throw everything in the washing machine. Meika ended up throwing up a couple more time and took it easy. Of course about an hour later, Norah started throwing up too! Geez!
After a good decent nights rest, all the kids were running around the hotel room and feeling great in the morning. We were so relieved, because we wanted to hit a couple more sites before we headed home. First was Mount Rushmore.
Right after we left we stopped and picked up sandwiches to eat in the car. Right after Meika started eating (and she had eaten breakfast just fine!), she started throwing up AGAIN! Poor little thing. She had been running around like normal all over the monument, but now looking back at the pictures, she looked horrible! Our plan was to stop and see the Crazy Horse Memorial, but Meika of course was not feeling well, so Abe sat in the car with sick Meika and napping Anders while Adeline, Norah and I explored the visitors center of crazy horse. It's crazy how massive this memorial is.
After you drive through all the various animals, you end up at a parking lot where you can park and walk around "Baby land". It was pretty much like a mini zoo and at the end there were cute little Bear cubs running around and playing.
We stopped a random little food shack off the side of the road to get some greasy food for lunch and let the kids run around.
Next stop, Custer state Park. Custer was AMAZING and so pretty!
We stopped at Sylvan Lake to walk around, explore and play in the water for a bit. This place seemed a little bit magical.
Before we left the park, we went on a little drive through a bunch of Buffalo. The girls thought it was so neat! Well, Norah and Adeline did, but Meika was terrified. Every time we would roll down a window, she would freak out that they buffalo was going to come get us.
On our way back to the hotel, Meika projectile puked all over the car! We weren't too far away from the hotel, so we made her hold tight till we could get her out of the car and properly clean everything up. Poor baby!
Once we got back to the hotel, we were able to clean the car and strip the car seat down and throw everything in the washing machine. Meika ended up throwing up a couple more time and took it easy. Of course about an hour later, Norah started throwing up too! Geez!
After a good decent nights rest, all the kids were running around the hotel room and feeling great in the morning. We were so relieved, because we wanted to hit a couple more sites before we headed home. First was Mount Rushmore.
Right after we left we stopped and picked up sandwiches to eat in the car. Right after Meika started eating (and she had eaten breakfast just fine!), she started throwing up AGAIN! Poor little thing. She had been running around like normal all over the monument, but now looking back at the pictures, she looked horrible! Our plan was to stop and see the Crazy Horse Memorial, but Meika of course was not feeling well, so Abe sat in the car with sick Meika and napping Anders while Adeline, Norah and I explored the visitors center of crazy horse. It's crazy how massive this memorial is.
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