Willmar Fests Parade

We had a great time at the Willmar Fests Parade this year. The weather was perfect and we watched it with friends. Here's Anna, the little American Cutie! Micah has the best spot, on Daddy's shoulders.

Grace (still watching the parade and not looking at the camara)

and her little friends Douglas and Philip.
Anna fell asleep on the walk home. All the activity wore her out!

Our little nest

We had some birds build a little nest and lay their eggs in the planter right by the front door to our house. Grace and Micah were just thrilled to see the tiny eggs! Oh, the magic you see when you look at things with a child!

Pool Buddies

When we can't make it to the beach or the pool, the kids really enjoy swimming in their backyard pool.

At the Cabin

June 12-17 we were able to spend some time at a cabin up north with Ryan's parents, Grandma Rose, and Lysa, Jeremy and baby Alayna. It was a lot of fun and the kids especially had a great time! It's so neat for them to be able to spend time with extended family which includes Great-Grandma Rose. It was a much needed respite from the busyness of our everyday lives.
Micah canoeing with Ryan. He was so cute, pretty much the whole time he was out there he was singing "Row, row, row your boat..." (Micah was singing, not Ryan!)
My hero.

The kids had a lot of fun fishing with Daddy and Grandpa Steve. They caught a good number of fish during the week, enough to have a fish fry one night, although, Grace insisted that they threw any of "the cute ones" back into the water!

The proud fisherman!

Anna had a great time at the beach. She even taste tested the sand, yum! ;)

Better to taste a marshmellow instead of sand. Here she is with her first one.

Ryan and Grandma Rose

Ryan was able to try out wake-boarding with Lysa and Jeremy. He did awesome! He got up on his second try and was able to stay up for a while too! Way to go!

Father and son

Auntie Lysa and the kids

The whole crew (minus photographer Steve).

What a great week!

Our New Clean Team!

Just a quick disclaimer: No child labor laws were broken for the taking of these pictures! ;)

Just Kidding! The kids actually enjoy cleaning up (at this point anyways) and are always eager to help - I love it!

Anna is not about to be left out of all the "big kid" fun!

Bubbles!

The kids having fun with bubbles.

Hey! This is fun!

Hard to get

Smile Anna! Mommy wants to take your picture!

I don't think so... No...
Oh, okay!

The Beauty Parlor

My mom and the kids were visiting on Memorial Day weekend and, while they were here we had a little beauty parlor going on in our family room. Micah is so intrigued with brushing people's hair!

The Twins

Grace wanted her hair done just like Auntie Kate's, so that they could be "twins".

Funny Face!

One of Anna's more shocking ;) moments captured on camara in our very own back yard.

I can't believe it!

Our First Family Bike Ride

A few weeks ago we went for our first bike ride as a family, or at least the first one that we've been on since before Micah & Anna. Here's a shot of Micah & Anna in the bike trailer (Dad and Grace were already on their way down the street.) They both really enjoy our new outings on wheels :) and, I am glad to finally be back on my bike after a three year absence!

Missing Daddy

Ryan left last Saturday night to go to Austin, TX, for the week to do some training for work. The kids (and me too!) have been missing him, especially Grace. We made a little "calendar" to count down the days until he comes home and she's been having fun putting up a new sticker every day and seeing how many days are left. She has also been keeping one of Ryan's shirts nearby (or wearing it) all week long. She says that "when I wear Daddy's shirt it helps me feel like he's hugging me."

Shades

The kids showing off their new sunglasses!
Are you looking at me?

Oh, I'm so funny!

Baby Alayna

The kids and I went to go see our newest little niece and cousin today. Alayna Christle Rose Bergstrom was born yesterday, April 15th, and is the 5th grandchild on the Lindgren side. Grace was so excited to get to see and hold her new cousin, Micah and Anna were mildly curious but more interested in exploring the hospital room and getting rides in the stroller from Uncle and new Daddy Jeremy. What a tiny little peanut she is!
Getting kisses from Micah

Easter

We spent Easter weekend at my parents house and celebrated Easter with the Fox side of the family. Although it was a bit on the cold side, it was nice to have the sunshine out. We bundled up the kids for the Easter egg hunt, and they had a blast! This was Anna's first egg hunt and she would get so excited when she saw an egg and she was thrilled to be out doing something with the "big" kids too! What a great day!

Grace as a little lamb :)

What a cute little pink bunny!

On Saturday evening we dyed Easter eggs. The Kids loved it. Grace was very careful and particular about how she painted her eggs, while Micah just wanted to drop them in to all of the cups. He even tried to sample the dye with the stir-spoons - oops! Anyone want to see a multi-colored mouth?!