family fishing trip

Yesterday, Joel and Chad took Eli and Jake fishing. Today, Eli said he wanted to go fishing and asked where his fishing rod was. Joel was working on something in the front yard and said they'd go later but told him the fishing pole was in the garage. Eli grabbed his rod and started walking down the sidewalk saying, "I'm going fishing". So, we packed a lunch and took a family trip to the park. Eli caught two fish and has not taken off his "fishing hat" for two days.

Was it fun?

So, Joel decided to take Eli to this program at an outdoor learning center tonight. The article in the paper said, "Learn how to identify frogs by sight and sound at 8:oopm. After the program, participants will walk to a wetland to try to catch frogs". Eli was so excited. He really liked the movie about the frog sounds and was having a lot of fun with his net looking for frogs. Unfortunately, they couldn't find any. Joel said they could hear them, but they didn't see any. Oh man- did we have one VERY disappointed little boy tonight. Even as he was falling asleep, he was still talking about the boy who caught the bull frog (Joel said nobody caught a bull frog) and the fact that he didn't catch one. He said he didn't have fun. When Joel asked him if he wanted to do something fun tomorrow, he said, "no, I want to stay inside my house".

Girls weekend

What do I have in common with Josh Duhamel????? We were both at Playmakers Bar in Fargo last night. I had a great weekend meeting up with friends I haven't seen in years. I'm pretty sure that back in the day we would not have left the bar without making an attempt to meet him. Oh- how we've grown up! Here's a recap of the weekend. Friday: Eli and I left here at 8:30am. We picked up my friend Tonya and chatted with a few people I used to work with in the cities, stopped in Alexandria to pick up my nephew, and met my mom in Fergus to drop off the boys for a fun weekend with Grandma. Tonya and I continued on to Moorhead. We met up with Ria, who I haven't seen in almost 10 years, and Erin, who I haven't seen in almost 5 years. The four of us went out to dinner. I must've had a lot of catching up to do and apparently had too much to say. I started losing my voice before 8:30pm. After dinner, we went back to Ria's for a few minutes, and then I went to Craig and Jen's for the rest of the night. I even got to put Katelynn to bed. Saturday morning, Tonya and I went to visit Andrea who we haven't seen for 6 years. It was fun to chat and meet her girls. Then, we went to Erin's, took a tour of their new house, went shopping, and checked into a hotel. Erin met us at the hotel, we went out for dinner, and then went to Playmakers. We left there at 2am, and we were sleeping soundly by 3:30am. Our wake up call came at 7:30am (Joel was calling to tell me that we were going to have storms in the afternoon). We left Fargo about 8:30, stopped at my parents to get the boys, dropped Zach off, dropped Tonya off, and Eli and I were home shortly after 5:00pm. Not bad for one weekend huh???? Thanks girls- I had so much fun! Thanks Grandma & Grandpa- Eli had fun too! You're probably as tired as I am!!

GOAL!!!!!

Thought I would take the opportunity to post while Heidi is away. (Which I am sure she loves!) My wonderful little lady hit her Weight Watchers goal she has been working so hard at for the last 6 months! We are so proud of her and want to say great job! It is not easy when she has to try and feed the rest of us boys while maintaining her points. (Not to mention a husband who makes malts and devours a multitude of other junk every night.) Great job wife/mom and we are all very proud of you! Have a great weekend with the girls!

Love, your boys

Going pro

Do you think Chase will remember me when he's in the NBA? Seriously, the kid can't walk, but he'll crawl and get the ball, pull himself up on the chair, and shoot away. This will keep him occupied for a good 15 minutes straight!

a glimpse into our future

Eli is saying "Stop. Be gentle with me."

Easter

What a fun weekend! My mom and dad got here Thursday night. On Friday they watched the boys so Joel and I could go out to eat for my birthday (We also got to go to Joel's doctor to schedule back surgery- not so fun! It looks like that will probably happen on May 8th). Craig, Jen, and Katelynn got here around 9:00 Friday night. On Saturday, the girls went shopping while the boys stayed with the kids. Easter Sunday started with church followed by a meal at our house. The kids took naps, and then we went over to Grandma Cathy's house for an egg hunt, egg coloring , and pie. My parents left Sunday night, and Jen and Craig left Monday morning. I hope everyone made it home safely, and thanks for coming down!!!

Noah and the elephant take 2

He sure loves this thing!

bye-bye purple wall

I have spent the past two weekends painting. Two weekends ago I painted the boys' bathroom green to match the new dinosaur theme. It turned out so cute. I'd post a picture but I don't have a "before", so I didn't think anyone would be able to appreciate the "after". Last weekend I painted the bathroom on the main floor, and got rid of the purple wall (Eli really wanted to help). After buying a bright blue couch and bright green chair, I have decided that I am not really a contemporary person. Therefore, I am trying to tame down the look of the front room.

Noah and the elephant

Noah is so much more fun now that he can get around on his own! He still does most of his crawling on his tummy, but he can get himself back to the sitting position. He just crawls around and laughs at himself.