Celebrate good times...

Today we went with the Meissners to the Water Park of America to celebrate Laura who mastered riding a bike! Yay, Laura! It was a super fun time with the favorite ride of the day being the "Family Raft." We paid for a half day and of course stayed the entire time which went rather quickly. By 4 p.m. the boys were tuckered out and I'm hoping will sleep well tonight.

Silly Day

We had a fun silly day at home yesterday. Laundry day turned into Colin giving basket rides across the floor all afternoon. Justin decided not to take a nap and thus started snuggling with all pillows he came into contact with. He was also quite mischievious as I found him playing with an emptied box of Golden Grahms.

Happy Easter

It was a busy and very fun Easter weekend this year. On Thursday we headed back to North Dakota for some pre Easter fun. Our godson, Evan, had his first communion on Holy Thursday. I remember holding him as a baby for his baptism and now he is 8 and looking so handsome and grown up in his suit. We feel so honored and proud to be a part of his life. It was another fun visit with Grandpa and Grandma Elliott as we got to visit, play outside with 4 wheeler rides, and the Easter bunny made an early stop in ND. On Sunday we were back in MN celebrating Easter with Angie's family. We had gorgeous weather and the kids had fun on their Easter egg hunt and playing outside. Colin has been on candy overload for a while so it will be interesting this week as he comes off his sugar high. It was a great weekend with family as we celebrated this special holiday.

Easter Eggs

Only a week til Easter so today we thought we should color some eggs. Colin picked out a "Cars" theme package and was quite the pro this year teaching Justin the correct way to place the eggs in the dye. We were doing quite well but during the sticker portion we dropped a few eggs on the floor. It looks like Mommy will be having egg salad sandwiches for lunch this week. :)

San Antonio Vacation

We are back from sunny San Antonio. It was an amazing vacation and Mike and Lamiae were such wonderful hosts. We've known Lamiae almost ten years now and she still continues to amaze us with her cooking talents. All weekend long we ate the most delicious meals with my favorite being her seasoned fish but Justin would beg to differ as he ate bowlfuls of her homemade mac n cheese. Mike ordered up the most beautiful weather in the 80s every day and gave us the V.I.P. treatment. Here are some of the highlights from the trip.

Sea World is always a good time. We took in the sea lion, dolphin, and Shamu shows. There was a special kids play area and Colin loved climbing all around the ropes and tunnels. He rode a roller coaster and at the end we got close up action of them feeding the dolphins!



The weather really was perfect with warm sunny days all weekend. Mike kept the pool a nice 85-90 degrees and had all kinds of pool toys for the boys. Justin was a bit timid at first but eventually made it into the water. Colin loves the water and took full advantage of "Jump Rock." Even Max wanted in on the fun and would dive into the water after Colin.



We did the Riverwalk on a Sunday morning which worked out great. It wasn't too hot and there wasn't a ton of people out. We strolled along drinking our coffee and taking in the beautiful views along the San Antonio River. Prior to the walk we saw "African Adventure" at the Imax. It was especially neat as we viewed it in 3D with our fancy glasses.



Our final highlight was Malibu Castle. We played mini golf, bumper boats, and played some cool arcade games.



It was such a fun vacation! Thanks again Mike and Lamiae for such an amazing time! Click here to see all the trip pictures.

Fun at MSP airport	Jason & Colin getting a ride in Mike's "racecar"
Justin in heaven with bread & noodles	Colin rockin' out to Guitar Hero