Highlight #2 Auntie Desiree, Zachary and Grams came to visit for a couple weeks in the summer.

 

Auntie Desiree and Zachary came from the east coast to stay with us for a couple of weeks. Grams was here for a month helping Julie before Carson was born. Grams came all the way from Kansas.

Highlight #8 A visit from the big cousins in Alberta.

 

Rhonda, Rhett and Ethan came to visit this summer. Neil had to work but we saw them all again later in the fall when Carson was born.

Highlight #7 Hawaii in February with Brendan, Kayla, Autumn and Alec

 

Our annual visit with the Minnesotan's, if we are lucky we sometimes squeeze twice in. As everyone knows that has kids, traveling as a couple is a little bit easier than with a tribe. We learned why people with young kids don't take 7 hour flights....as the kids crawled back and forth between us a thousand times.

Highlight #5 .. Child labor

 

Victoria and Madison like to "help" Julie whenever they can. I sure hope this lasts beyond Elementary School.

Highlight #4 Family time

 

There is never enough family time. I still can't figure out why I can't retire now and work later.

Highlight #3 Carson came kicking and screaming into the world.

 


Carson was born on September 15, 20 minutes after his due date at 1220 AM. Perfect timing to keep us up all night. Thankfully he has a good mom and started sleeping through the night fairly soon.

Highlight #9....Madison turned 2 years old....

 


Madison was born on Thanksgiving Day 2004..She hasn't started to apreciate the "turkey" jokes yet.

Highlights and memories from 2006, in random order as not to create envy and jealously.

 


Victoria turned 3 on September 27...She wanted a rainbow cake and a candle. We came through!

Mommy and Carson watched from the sidelines...

Madison's turn.....

Skating Christmas Day at Riverfront Park....kids first time on skates

opening....

opening.....

opening...

Christmas morning

All three in their "jams from grams"

"jams from grams"

All dressed up...and no place to go.

No, actually those are daddy's socks

Story-time

"Look mommy, I made a dolphin"....she has me convinced

Playing meeting

Three Muskateers

Bathing Beauties

Julie+Madison and Carson

Christmas lights on the North Pole tour boat

Visiting the North Pole....on Lake CD'lene

Twins

At the Mall....for a good time, not a long time.

Venturing out to the Mall....

One more...

Sliding..Sledding

finished product

more....