President's Day

I know, I know, this is a little late. But hey! Better late than never, right? Well, Chad and I decided to take the kids to the Dinosaur Museum at Thanksgiving Point. Shocking I know, Chad and I together!!!!!!! Gaver loves dinosaurs and Bre just loves to be out. I did not realize how big this place actually was. There were different sections that focused on the different dinosaurs and ancient animals. Gaver loved the stegosaurus, the brontosaurus and especially the t-rex. It was so fun to listen to him point the dinosaurs as we walked around. I am always amazed at what he says and what he remembers. We walked through and were able to dig for dinosaurs bones, play in the mud and build our own dinosaur lands, and see all the many ancient and extinct animals. The hardest parts were in the hands-on areas, there were so many kids that space and toys were limited. If we go again we need to go on a week day or non-holiday to beat the crowds.

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Only One More Slide Show

Sorry, I had to do one more slide show for Christmas. This past Christmas was a blast, Gaver was so excited and kept telling anyone who misbehaved that Santa was watching them (even to Chad and I)! As usual we were busy as ever, however I have to say that I am indeed grateful for my family and for my in-laws. They have created and kept the most wonderful traditions alive for me and our kids.
My sweet in-laws (Nana & Papa) buy each person in the family an ornament that reminds them of a milestone or memory they had of them throughout the year. It is always so much fun to see what they picked out for you. Gavin got to pick out his this year (Superman) and after everyone opened theirs he could tell you what everyone got! He is just amazing.
In my family we do our traditional Norwegian Christmas on Christmas Eve. We cook an authentic Norwegian cuisine and enjoy being with each other. It is a blessing to have my sweet grandma Kari with us during this time. You can just see the twinkle in her eyes when she is with her family. I am indeed grateful for her heritage and for not letting it fizzle out.
My cute Grandma Tootsie & Grandpa Tom always amaze me with what they do year to year. They give so much to us and have showed us just what families are for. They always know how to surprise everyone on Christmas Day.
As usual our kids were spoiled by all those who love them. For Gavin it was a Transformer christmas and for Bre it was a Dora christmas. The lack of pictures comes from me trying to work the video recorder and camera at the same time. Didn't work too well. Bottom line our families are the greatest blessing in the world. Thanks for making these times so special! Love you all!

Slide Show Happy!

I thought I would do a couple of slide shows to wrap up our holiday season. This show is of our Happy Halloween time! As our kids are getting older the holidays just seem to get better and better just because of their excitement.
Gavin was the "black" Spiderman last year and while at the Boo Festival at Thanksgiving Point, Gaver was able to have his face painted like spiderman. He was on cloud nine the whole day and had to stop and show everyone his spider-face! Little Miss Breezy was a 50's girls with a poodle skirt. She absolutely loved this costume. I had originally wanted her to be Tinkerbell, however when she screamed every time I put it on her or even near her, there had to be a change of plan. Then Chad decided the day of Halloween that he wanted to be Spiderman as well. He ran to the store and grabbed what he thought his size was. With some pinching and pulling and some camel toe later he was in it! Gavin loved it and everyone else preferred him sitting down. As usual Chad made everyone laugh and kept the party going.

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I Need Help!

I am trying to get this blog thing down and my mentor (aka Motha Goose) told me that slideshows were pretty easy to do, well I am not getting it. I guess it's because I only use 75% of my brain :) or at least that's what I was told. Any-who, I need some help on creating slideshows for my blog so I can get it up and running.

Mothagoose In da House!

I have finally come over to the dark side. Mothagoose #2 has finally persuaded me to create a blog, apparantly it is for posterity or something (I don't know).