Water Park Weekend

Grandpa Larry treated all of us to a super fun weekend at a Water Park in Brainerd. We swam A LOT, ate way too much, and laughed a good amount. It was so special for us to have that time together.

Sawyer and I shared a room with Grandpa and Michelle -- this is a picture of Sawyer going to bed... not so easy when we are all up in the room =)


Signe's morning hair -- she must have danced in her sleep!


Sawyer at breakfast


The girls on the water slide



Sawyer with his favorite Auntie


The bird cruises down the red slide


It made her so happy!!


Sawyer and I cruised the lazy river -- so many laps we were dizzy!!



Signe with Raspberry fingers

Sawyer is done with lunch and ready to play so more

The kids couldn't wait to put on their suits so they played in their clothes...

Grandpa and his grandchildren

The whole family!

Duluth Visit with the Greats

We had the opportunity to spend time with Sawyer's great grandparents while we were in Duluth.

We had a yummy lunch date with Great Grandma and Great Grandpa Slonim on Thursday...

Sawyer really liked Great Grandpa's watch


And on Friday we spent the morning with Great Grandma Plachecki.

Dinner Date

Sawyer and Alexis had a dinner date this evening...

Dancing Machine

Sawyer has learned to dance when he hears music... super cute!!

Kennedy Cousins

Sawyer and I had a slumber party at the Kennedy's last night. We had SO MUCH FUN!! Sawyer played with the kids this morning, Grace, Ava and Jackson, as they got ready for school.

Sawyer in the Snow

Grandpa Jon took Sawyer out on a walk this afternoon - thought the two of them may spot a squirrel or two. When they returned I captured a few photo's of Sawyer with the MN snow for the first time.

He thought it was pretty great...



We took his mitten off so he could feel the snow -- there were tears that shortly followed this photo and we quickly moved inside... BRRRRRR on his fingers!!

Afternoon with Grandpa Al and Uncle Reid

Sawyer and I spent time with Grandpa Al and Uncle Reid this afternoon.

We visited them at their home and then went to Maggie's for lunch.

Sawyer is helping Grandpa Al find a coupon for lunch...

We were all good eaters!! And we had a chance to play a bit =)

Sleepover with Friends

We had a sleepover last night at the Johnson-Benders with the Knutson's... very fun!!!

Sawyer got to play with his buddies Gray and Alexis.


He did not like having his picture taken with them...

Ms. Alexis

And Mr. Gray

It is really too bad that Sawyer has such ugly friends =)

Poor Girls

My girlfriend Teresa and I "booked" Curtie for the Poor Girls Sailfish Tournament.
We spent two days on the water - the first to practice and the second for the tournament.
There were not many fish to be caught (17 out of 54 boats caught a fish), the weather was a bit cool, but the company was great and we had a blast!!

Curt and I in our foul weather gear.


Chad and T


The Coast Guard boat passing by


My sailfish jumping


And its fin on the waters surface


We cannot wait for next year!!

Ten and Seven

Happy Valentines Day!

Sawyer is 10 months old today - double digits!!

He is really under the weather with a cold, but I managed to get him to smile...


And then I zoomed in on it so you could see his 7 - yep, I said 7 - teeth!!
4 on top, 3 on the bottom.

Pretty funky, huh??

Manatees at the Dock

Our friends Judy and George Norling our visiting and Judy spotted this manatee coming down the canal.... went something like - "Oh my God, what is that???"

Judy giving our friend a drink of water.


Manatee mouth


Manatee enjoying a drink on his back


Sawyer participates.



And then GM stole some kisses from her favorite little man


Sawyer decided to try out GM's sink for his bath this evening -- he loved it!