Loving it!

How can anyone not love playing in the snow! We spent over an our hour playing one day last week! And Colton went for his first snowmobile ride. He was quite nervous at first, but after one trip around the yard he thought he was pretty cool! I hope the snow amounts keep up well into March.. it is about time we get a real Minnesota Winter! Anyways, hope everyone had a great Christmas and have a Safe and Happy New Year. Bring on 2008 and more snow!

We even used the swingset in the middle of winter, although he didn't fit quite as good with all of his snow gear on!

Merry Christmas

We just wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! And you all know that I couldn't post without adding a few pictures so here they are! We celebrated Christmas at my parents on Saturday night. And it was so much fun. Colton was ripping open presents left and right! Tonight we are going over to Frankie's brother's house to celebrate with his family, which is always a good time especially with the little ones (Colton has a cousin who is only 9 month younger than him!). And then tomorrow we are heading to the farm to spend Christmas day with my my dad's side of the family. Also always entertaining... there are 21 grandkids (plus spouses) and 5 great-grandkids! So it is always crowded and loud and I wouldn't miss it for the world. Anyways, hope you are all enjoying the Holidays.
Colton and Putsy (my parents dog) are becoming great buds (as long as Colton isn't trying to ride her)!!

This is Colton's Favorite present (so far). My sister, MaryBeth, got him this ball pit and he thinks it is the greatest thing ever! And it has 300 balls... so you can imagine what my parents family room looked like after he was done playing! Good Times!

We LOVE snow and the MN Vikings!!

We finally made it outside to do some sledding today! Colton loved it, the faster we went the more he smiled! He is such a little rough neck. We put him in the sled just to see if would even like it and he liked it so much he cried when we stopped to go inside to get dressed warmer. But after 10 minutes of getting all bundled up we went back out to do some real sledding. It was tons of fun, we can't wait to head out and play again! Although next time we are taking the bigger sled so I can fit in it too!!

And one more thing... the Vikings are the best football team ever. All it took was the Packers beating us really really bad, and now we have won 4 in a row! I hope this keeps up, SuperBowl here we come! Anyways, hope everyone is having a great Holiday Season and be sure to get out and enjoy this great Minnesota weather we are having!!

Making the best of it....

Are you enjoying MN yet? We were planning on going to Iowa over the weekend for Gabe's 1st Birthday but we decided Friday night that it wasn't worth the risk to be out on the icy roads so we stayed home. So we tried to make the best of the weekend being stuck at home. We made cookies all afternoon on Saturday, Colton was such a good helper. Actually he only helped mix up the battter and then he was off to nap while we did the baking. But as soon as he woke up we let him be the official Cookie Taste Tester and I am pretty sure he approved, he was on a sugar high all night long. Then last night before dinner we decided to take him out to play in the snow. He loved it! Although he had a very hard time walking in the deep snow with his big snow boots (which we bought 2 sizes too big hoping that they would fit him at least last half the winter)! So to say the least we made the best of the First Big Snowfall of the Winter. We are hoping for lots more. This wasn't quite enough snow to get the snowmobile out, so Colton will have to wait a little longer to take his first ride! Now we are just getting cozy on the couch waiting for the Vikings to Kick-off... hoping to keep the play-off run alive.

Family Fun

Happy Thanksgiving! We hope everyone had a great day, we sure did. We spent the day with Frankie's Mom and Nyle and my Mom and Dad and MaryBeth and Brad. It was a very relaxing day filled with great food and games! I think Thanksgiving is becoming my favorite holiday. And then last night we decided to put up the tree. Colton was such a big help, he helped string the lights, he attempted to put the star on, and him and daddy put the first ornaments on the tree. Actually the tree still only has 2 ornaments on it, we are going to finish trimming the tree tonight because it was getting pretty late last night. I still can't believe how fast the holiday season is going. I am glad I got a jump start on my shopping this year... I only have a few presents left to buy! Anyways, hope everyone is having a great holiday weekend.

I wish weekends were longer!!

We had a really nice relaxing weekend this weekend. And after the last week we needed it. Let me give you an idea of our past week. We took Colton in last week because he had a really bad cough and we found out that he had Bronchitis but it was in the very early stages so we were lucky. And then Thursday evening he screamed for about an hour and we couldn't figure what was wrong until I stuck my finger in his mouth and found out that he got one is molars in on the bottom. So after a popiscle and some hugs we were better. Then on Friday night the exact same thing happened and he got the molar in on the other side on the bottom. NO FUN LET ME TELL YOU. Anyways, Saturday we decided to get out the house so Colton and I went to the MN zoo and we had a blast. He is starting to realize that there are animals in all the exhibits and he gets really excited when they come up to the glass to see him! It was so much fun. Saturday night Frankie, Angela and I decided to have a SAW marathon. We watched Saw I and Saw II and even though I had seen them both before they still scared the crap out of me. We still need to watch Saw III (even though we saw is in theaters last fall) and then once we are all caught and refreshed we can go the theater and see SAW 4! I don't know why we enjoy watching these movies.... I didn't sleep much Saturday night! Then Sunday we were all excited to watch to the Vikings, but the game was a complete embarrassement.. even Colton was upset... I think the picture explains it quite nicely!
So after the game we decided to head out and play in the leaves and it was a blast. Although after watching a game that bad anything would have been a great improvement! Colton was a little unsure about it at first but once I threw him in the pile a few times he thought it was alright! And the weather was perfect today, I wish this weather would last for a few days but it sounds like it is going to turn bitter cold in the next couple days.

Isn't he the cutest kid ever? Okay maybe I am partial!

AP- All Day!

I just had to put this on here! After the game on Sunday I will say that Adrian Peterson is hands down the best player the Vikings have seen in a long time. We may be only 3-5 but with Adrian on our team there is no way I am going to miss a game. You never know what kind of record he is gonna break! And he is only 22 years old! Amazing. I hope he runs all over the Packers this weekend!

Happy Halloween!

Our Little Teletubbie! And he picked out the costume so I don't want to hear any smart comments!
All that hard work and candy can really wear you out!

Happy Halloween Everyone! I hope you had as much fun as we did. Colton was so much fun this year. We went to my parents neighborhood and walked around with my dad. Colton was such a trooper. He was running from house to house; as soon as they dropped the candy in his bucket he would wave goodbye and then take off for the next house. He did so good. Although I think he was happy to go to sleep tonight, he could hardly stay awake long enough to eat any of his candy. Anyways, Happy Halloween! (And I am still working on getting the pics from the Pumpkin Carving Party on here, maybe this weekend.. no promises!)