Random Pictures

Logan at the Twins game on Sunday - they actually won!!!

 Logan getting a haircut - don't worry we did not keep the mohawk

 Carter at Burger King.

House Project - Day 1

 

It is hard to get perspective from the pictures. On day 1 they removed one large dump truck of dirt from our front yard. Basically they are cutting a 4 ft wall 70 feet across our front yard. The yard already looks larger as much of the slope will be eliminated with a flat top tier and a larger flat bottom tier that slopes into the ditch/drainage area.

House & Landscaping Project - let the fun begin!

After what seems like months of planning, the weather has finally warmed up to start our house/landscape re-modeling project. The first 2 weeks will focus on landscaping: removing and rebuilding the boulder retaining walls along our driveway and then extending it 70 ft across our front yard. Next they will install another boulder wall closer to the house that wraps around the corner of the lot. They will then back fill about 2 truck loads of clay and black dirt to level the top of the yard - followed by all new bushes and perennials in mid-May. Next week the house work will start as we remove the existing shutters and bricks and replace with ledgestone. Hopefully we will get a couple weeks of dry weather.

So far 2 loads of boulders have been dropped off. It is hard to tell by the pictures, but the boulders are between 3-5ft in length. The neighbor kids think they are the best play set. The bottom picture with Logan on top of the boulders gives us dimension of the size of the boulders -

Logan Guitar Recital

Logan played "Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho" for his guitar recital.

Carter - Crazy Hair Day at Preschool

Random Easter 2012 Pictures

Only in MN - 40s one day....73 the next!

Friday (April 13) - the first Twins Game of the year for us. It was a brisk 48 with a cool wind and some light rain. Luckily our season tickets are in the Legends Club so we were able to go in and warm up when it got too cold. Logan loves our seats and will be in heaven all summer - hopefully May/June/July and August will bring some warm days to sit outside and enjoy the games. I have a feeling it will be a long season with many losses for the Twins!

In contrast, we woke up Saturday to a humid morning and by 9am the kids were running around the neighborhood in shorts. We played hours of hockey, mowed the grass for the first time, went running, played in the inflatable at one of our neighbors and even had our first summer water fight. All the kids had their swimsuits on except Carter who wanted to wear his pants - it is hard to tell by the picture but he is soaked. I think he is a little self conscious of the "bumps" on his legs as he is the only kid I know who doesn't want to wear shorts regardless of the weather.

Carter 5th Birthday Dinner

Carter choose to have his birthday dinner at Famous Dave's - they surprised him with a monster sundae.

Happy Birthday Carter - Video!

Carter 5th Birthday

Over Easter we had the opportunity to celebrate Carter's 5th B'Day! His real birthday is Tuesday, April 10.