Springtime is here!!!!

Finally, we are enjoying some beautiful weather!!!  This has been one brutal winter so we are spending all of our time outside!  We've had lots of playtime at the park, bike rides, baseball games and walks on the trails!  Sunshine really does make a huge difference in the overall mood and behavior at our house!  Here are some pictures from recent days!

Last night, Marissa had her pictures at dance!  She is turning into a beautiful, stunning young lady!  We are going to be in big trouble a few years down the road!

This morning at preschool it was "Pancakes with Pop" day.  Brody and Daddy got to spend some boy time over breakfast and some playtime in the gym! 

Brody and I went on a long bike ride yesterday!  He is such a rock star!  I love our times together just the two of us!

 

Spring Break!

We had a staycation Spring Break this year!  Both kids had 10 days off from school and we were looking forward to having some time off from the normal routine.  We enjoyed some time in Iowa for my nephew's baptism, had a few days spent at home with long walks in the park, riding bikes and enjoying the warmer weather.  We got to go to Mall of America to ride the rides at Nickelodeon Universe and we also got a trip to the waterpark and even got a fun morning in at Como Zoo.   We are ending Spring Break with a house full of sickies so that's no fun but I hope to get back to normal tomorrow!  Here are some fun pics for our week off!

Happy 60th Birthday to Grandma Marley!

Happy 60th Birthday to Grandma Marley!  The kids had fun celebrating and decorating a cake for you!


I'll also include a few fun photos from the last couple weeks!

My little Vikings player!  He and I spend lots of time playing football!

Daddy took the kids ice skating and Brody did awesome!  Super proud of our boy!

A funny pic from preschool today~!   Brody and his two buddies, Carter and Kolden!

Their newest trick!  Piggyback rides!

Winter!

I just realized I haven't posted anything for over a month!  I think I have just been in survival mode trying to get through each winter day!  We've had lots going on in the last month including being sick for about 2/3 of it.  Every time I think we are getting better than Brody brings home another cold bug.  UGH.....so ready for warm weather!  We enjoyed a fun Valentine's Day celebrating with the kids and also getting in a few date nights over the past month.  Here's a few pictures of our adventures!  Stay warm everyone!  We are buckling down for yet another snowstorm!

A favorite winter pass time is the Wii!  Especially the Kids Dance game!

"B" week at school!  Brody is proudly wearing his B necklace!

Lots of time spent playing in the loads of snow we have this year!

Valentine's Day collage:  Flowers from our favorite man/daddy, Heart pizza from papa murphys, cupcakes made by Marissa and Chocolate covered strawberries for dessert!

A rare Wednesday night date night:  a beautiful 40 degree day for a walk downtown and dinner at The Melting Pot!

Brody's preschool....

So as most of you know, Brody goes to preschool at the same place Marissa did.  He even is lucky enough to have the same teachers as she did!  They take such great pictures and post them to their facebook page.  I had to share some of them here!

Daughter Date Day!

We had so much fun with our mommy/daddy/daughter date day.  It was fun to spend the afternoon with Marissa alone!  We headed over to Maple Grove to Elm Creek's tubing hill!  It was 43 degrees outside and we definitely took advantage of being outside!  I love my big girl so much and it's a privilege to spend time with her! 

The Frozen Tundra....

So here we are experiencing the coldest weather in 100 years and aren't we lucky enough to live in a state that experiences this....UGH!  School was cancelled for today and already for tomorrow.  So this means it's been 19 days since Marissa has been at school and 23 days for Brody!  The Christmas Break that NEVER ends.  So what have we been doing to keep occupied?  Doing lots of movie time and Wii playing!  The kids and I are going stir crazy! 

The kids got to spend the night with G & G on Friday and after we picked them up we took a trip to Choo Choo Bobs train store! 

Marissa did go ice skating at the community center last night and it was warmer in the ice arena than it was outside!  Luckily, my kids are playing pretty well together!  On other exciting news, we are anxiously awaiting the delivery man to deliver our new dryer.  At least, tomorrow I can catch up on laundry.  This is our exciting life in the dead of winter! 

Snuggling up in mom and dad's bed for movie time!

Playtime at Choo Choo Bobs!

 My two cuties!

Ice Skating time!