first day

 

 

The girls transition to their new preschool room today. Yes, it's still daycare/preschool...but it's the year before kindergarten. Wow.

sock hop

 

south dakota

great-grandparents

water break

annual wagon picture

tent time

circle of cuties

lemonade!!!

nature walk with granpa and grandma

cousins

pool--loved the water slide

clay county fair. many memories.

family

grandpa gregg to the rescue

alexandria, mn

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

flekkefest

Town celebration in Elbow Lake, MN


Dressing up for the photo booth.

Double, double trouble.

All the cousins rode in the fire truck for the parade. Awesome--thanks Uncle Troy!

 

The whole gang...good times.
I can't believe how much candy, sunglasses, stuffed animals, pencils, keychains the kiddos got. Afterall, they were IN the parade. :)

We love our crazy cousins! 

Indepedence by Whitney

My oh so talented photographer friend, Whitney, took some pictures of the kiddos on the Fourth of July. They are very worthy of sharing.

http://flic.kr/s/aHsjBsAnEY

Pinkalicious

We decided to take the girls to Pinkalicious the Musical. To be honest, I wasn't sure how much they would enjoy the dressed up characters, the darkness, and I was concerned about their attention span. Wow--I have never been more wrong. They both enjoyed it, but I can't think of anything Jocelyn has ever enjoyed more. She was on the edge of her seat: laughing, clapping, mouth hanging open in awe. She actually ran out of the theater pushing Tim to see the characters.
When is the next show?! ;)

 

 

We ended 'date night' with dinner and a stop at the Chocolate Bar. Yum. Yum. Yum.
Julia has a new love--of cheesecake. She's even requested it for her birthday. Why isn't she in the picture you wonder? Well, she was throwing one of her rare fits because she wanted a piece for the car ride home. Silly girl.

clowns

 

Two cute clowns for the school circus. This was a big day...they've never let anyone paint their face. I'm so glad they did. ;)