Weekend Wrap-Up

Happy Sunday...First up: Happy 68th Anniversary Nana and Papa!!!!! We love you!

I can't believe how fast the weekend went.  Back to reality tomorrow...

On Friday morning I picked up the girls and took them to school and then hung out with Luna, who is a toy destroyer after 2 minutes. Then later Callie tried one of the souvenirs we brought them- a SCORPION SUCKER (see video at the end of the post for their reactions).

Yesterday we had Lucy's birthday party!  It was donut themed and adorable.


Laura made a delicious brunch, Lucy opened presents, and then there was just general chaos and playing with the new toys.




And DONUTS of course.

Then we FaceTimed Auntie Mari and Uncle Josh!

It was a super fun party and the inflatable donuts were A HIT.

For a few videos of the birthday party fun, click here!

Today after church I took Maya over to the Helds for a play date...

...and Chris took Callie downtown for a T-Wolves game. Afterwards they met up with Uncle Craigles, Auntie Yoda and Lucy to check out the Final Four stuff.

And then a few of us snuggled and one of us had crazy eyes.

Here are a couple more videos from the weekend! 

Enjoy!

Have a great week! Word on the street is we may get ANOTHER SNOW STORM now that most of our snow has all melted...

A Spring Break Picture Update

Hey everybody!

As I mentioned yesterday, Chris and I escaped the dreary MN spring and headed to visit Uncle Jim and Aunt Coco in Scottsdale, AZ!  We left early Sunday morning and got back at 2am yesterday morning.

While we were gone, the girls had a fun time doing their school week routine at G-ma and Pa's house.  Unfortunately, Callie ended up getting a bad ear infection on Sunday, but G-ma and Pa had it handled!  Here are some pictures from their week!

Callie taking it easy, and Maya being a big helper.

April fools!  The girls "SWITCHED PLACES!"

There's always yummy food and fun to be had at G-ma and Pa's house.

And now, for some SUNSHINE!  When we landed on Sunday, we rented a car, took in the desert scenery, and later I basked in the sun while Chris, Jim, and Coco went to hit golf balls.



That night we went to dinner at a great restaurant and then headed to a concert at the Musical Instrument Museum.  The band was called LUNA, so of course I had to get a t-shirt.



On Monday I went for a run and enjoyed the sun coming up over the mountains.



Then we spent a good chunk of the day on the golf course.  I walked the course with them while they played.  It was beautiful!



Then we went to a delicious dinner near the course and enjoyed the sunset on the drive home.

On Tuesday, Chris and I got up and out of the house by 6:45am and headed to Sedona!  We stopped at a cowboy spot in Prescott for breakfast, and then enjoyed the windy mountainous ride.





We got to our first hike, Cathedral Rock Trail, and headed UP.





And UP and UP and then I bailed while Chris kept going UP.  It was SO steep and I was a chicken.

Then we grabbed lunch in town and headed to our second hike spot, Bell Rock Climb.  Once again, there was SO MUCH GOING UP.



And once again I was a chicken while Chris kept going.

Chris is in each of these pictures. You may need to zoom in on the bottom left, he is really high up there!

It was beautiful, and we were tired and dirty when we got back!

On Wednesday I ran for 50 minutes doing intervals in altitude and with hills.  (My long run this weekend better feel easy!) And then, I spent most of the rest of the day by the pool reading and listening to podcasts while they went and golfed another round.



Later in the afternoon we enjoyed the hot tub, then went out to dinner and got ice cream.



On Thursday morning Chris and Jim left to play their third and final round of golf, and Coco and I headed up for a mountain hike.  We hiked for 2 hours, and my Fitbit registered 169 floors!  It was beautiful.

Later we did a home tour of some of the VERY ritzy homes in their area.

I clearly had no chill.

I mean...those BATHTUBS.

Then it was time for us to head to the airport and fly home.  Click here for a few silly little videos I took throughout the week!

Thanks so much to Jim and Coco for a wonderful and relaxing week!

Now we are off to participate in 2-year-old birthday party shenanigans.  Come back tomorrow for the Weekend Wrap-Up and what I can only imagine will include some stinkin' cute pictures and videos.

Happy Birthday Lucy!!!

Lucy is TWO!!!!!!

It has been so fun to watch her morph from a baby to a full blown toddler! She is spunky, sweet, and freaking hilarious.

We love you Lucy Lou! 

(Come back tomorrow for my Picture Update...spoiler alert, Chris and I got home from AZ at 2am this morning and I’m POOPED.)

Timehop Tuesday

Today we have goofy 5-and-a-half year olds!

Weekend Wrap-Up

Yesterday morning I did my longest training run yet- 7 miles. It was COLD and WINDY. But I did it! And then later Chris and Cal has fun wrestling Luna.

I took Maya out to lunch during Cal’s dance class, and then after dance the girls went over to Caleb and Issac’s house. The boys walked/ran them home after the play date. 

Then we went downtown to hang out with Boom, Auntie Yoda, Uncle Craigles, and Lucy!

The girls had a sleepover at Boom’s house last night! 

Callie has an ear infection and is hanging out with G-ma and Pa and getting the royal treatment! And Maya is being a big helper.

That’s all for now! I’ll do a spring break wrap-up on Friday! Have a great week!

A Picture Update

Happy Friday!!!!! I’m officially on SPRING BREAK! I'll show you a visual representation of how I felt about that last night.

...and SPRING BREAK

This week was a challenging mix of Chris gone for work Monday-Wednesday, a dash of bronchitis (me) and ANOTHER COLD (Maya).  I was very glad to get to Thursday night.

The girls are finishing up their spring break this week. And they had a blast. They got to spend Monday and Wednesday with Boom and Lucy!

Can you even stand how cute those girls are in that top left picture?  I can't.

Thanks to G-ma for dropping them off with Boom on Wednesday morning
and taking that cute picture on top!

And on Tuesday and Thursday they did the school district non-school day care and got to go on a couple field trips and play with their friends.

Let's see, what else...I tried taking them on a run (just a short one), and then completed a longer run on my own...both outside which was lovely even when I didn't want to do it.



I was off this morning!  Luna made it very hard to get out of bed because of her cuteness.

I mean...LOOK AT THAT FACE.

We met Boom for lunch, and my children could not be normal for a picture.



Then we took Luna to Logan Park!



And then we went to the library.

Look at that cute missing tooth smile!

Tonight I made them each their favorite meal.  Can we talk about how weird they are for a second?  Callie's favorite is pepperoni pizza (on a tortilla) but with VERY LIGHT SAUCE and NO CHEESE.

And Maya?  Her favorite is tacos- ONLY BLACK BEANS and SPRINKLE CHEESE.  And served COLD.




Someday I hope they will eat like normal people.  Until then, here's Maya as a not-so-normal person. Her bedhead every morning is unreal. And her mouth after eating pretty much anything is also unreal.  She is CRACKING ME UP these days.  A fun and hilarious going-on-6-year-old.

When Chris got home he took the girls to hit golf balls and I'm home listening to music and totally vegging out.  Our plan is to get sushi after bedtime.  YUM!

Have a great weekend! 

Timehop Tuesday

Me and my girls!