August 28, 2011

Alyssa's messed up feet!!

scraped and bruised and even a black toenail

August 27, 2011

While shopping with Alyssa

we saw this dog bed

 and

 shared with Laurie so she can spoil Miss Betty!!

August 26, 2011

Going to a job interview!

hoping to catch a break

August 25, 2011

Emma and Avery making and enjoying pancakes after a fun sleepover!

August 24, 2011

Today I got an email of my photos from the Gopher to Badger Half...however, I couldn't copy them or upload to here, so I put in a reminder of it.

this is where the race took place

August 23, 2011

Emma and I went rollerblading around the neighborhood!

spending some quality time

August 22, 2011

This is how I passed the time today!

anything to keep my mind off my stresses

August 21, 2011

Brandon and Carter

 having

 some widdling fun with their knives!

August 20, 2011

A fun day of jumping in the pool!!

August 19, 2011

A beautiful day for a hike!!

August 18, 2011

First campfire for our weekend

 of camping

 at

 Stand Rock Campground!

August 17, 2011

Tried to flip this...oh well...spent my day playing this very ADDICTIVE game!

August 16, 2011

A very rainy evening...3.96 inches of rain.

You can see the clearing in the background!



August 15, 2011

Went to a live taping of Twin Cities Live...look at this swag we took home!!!

August 14, 2011

The kids slept out in the tent with their cousins!!

August 13, 2011

Ran the Gopher to Badger Half Marathon....2hrs 19 min.



August 12, 2011

Just another day at

Mall of America!!

August 11, 2011

The girls in the wave pool at Bunker Beach!!

August 10. 2011

Maya and Emma!

It's so much fun to have my cousin in town!!

August 9, 2011

Paige, Emma, and Avery enjoying their homemade salsa!!

They did all the work!!

August 8, 2011

Haha....I got you!!

Thanks for the carwash!!

August 7, 2011

Family bike ride!!

August 6, 2011

Emma collected some hail after a quick storm on Saturday night!!

August 5, 2011

Had so much fun at DSW!!!

  I thought these shoes were hysterical!

August 4, 2011

Emma and Paige...

American Girl Dolls are getting a make-over!!

August 3, 2011

It was a successful day at the Mall of America!!

at least for Emma!

August 2, 2011

National Night Out...A Nite to Unite!!

Fun night with the neighbors!!

August 1, 2011

Went to see the movie

The Smurfs

 with Alyssa, Emma, and Kayla!

 Cute movie!!

Glad we had a MCDs toy...ticket stubs were handwritten!