May Elmo Pics

Today we spent the day at McBride Lake. We went swimming, ate lunch, and went hiking on the trails. It was beautiful out and we had a great day.

Carter was totally thrilled with the Lake water...but by the end of the day it started growing on him.

Below i pasted some pictures of the lake and Carter's May Elmo Shots.

Enjoy!
playing in the sand!!

Ellie and Carter enjoying the water

Carter and Mom hanging out

Check out Carter's face...he was actually enjoying it!!

Elmo Shots!!

Bathtime....

Check out my blue eyes!!

Memorial Day Weekend

Memorial Weekend was a great weekend! We drove up to the cities and got the opportunity to spend time with Jerry and Jennie and Michelle and JK.

We arrived late friday night and on saturday morning we woke up to Jennie making a wonderful breakfast---she can make one tasty egg bake!! That afternoon we drove over to Hugo, MN and got the change to finally go stay at Michelle and JK house. It was super cute--very well decorated! =)
That afternoon we took Carter to the park and then grilled for supper. After the little guy went to sleep...us girls watched the movie Twilight. Jennie, Michelle, and I are thinking about sending the guys to "vampire school" so they can start talking to us like Edward does to bella...haha

Sunday we went to the Twins game! Carter had a great time- he got his face painted, saw his 1st grandslam and stayed out till 10:00pm!

Monday we got treated to another great Breakfast(michelle made pancakes, eggs, and bacon) and then headed back to IA.

This weekend we are actually staying home for the 1st one in a four weeks...but next weekend we are off to Fargo to go to the lakes!! Yipee!! Hoping for great weather and cant wait to see the family!

A couple updates on Carter:
* He is going to definitely take after his dad and need SPF 50...his chubby legs and arms get burned very easily!!
* Loving eating solid foods- pineapple, peas, mellon, pancakes
* Talking AKA (screaming loudly in excitment)
*spinning-- no crawling but loves turning in circles
*His favorite friend is Ace...cant get enough of him

Cant believe June is already here...we were looking on the calendar and only about 10 weeks till Ken is set to come back! We are counting down the days until he is back.... =)

here are some pics of the weekend

Carter had to wear his bib that night...the redwings won!!(sorry jerry)
Dad- look how well fit in with the boys... they even let me hold the beer cup!

Loves cups that had beer in them...haha
Go Twins!!

Look i got my facepainted...and i kept a serious face the whole time!!

Go Twins!!

JK, Mom, and Carter

Carter loved his new buddy JK

Boy time...lets get away from the girls!!

JK and Carter hanging out

Cant wait to play Xbox with my dad

Go Redwings

Ready to watch the Redwings Tommorow.....

1st trip to the Park

It was sooo nice out today! So Ellie and Carter drove to the park and I jogged down there and met them.

Carter loved the swings and giggled while we pushed him. The slide wasnt all that exciting yet!haha

Taking after his Dad...

Priceless Picture....

wedding pics

This weekend we went to Jody and John Powell's wedding in Marshall MN.

Here are some pics below-

Love,
Danielle and Carter

The Mom's

Grandma and Grandpa...look how cute all the kids outfits look!

Parker and Carter hanging out before the wedding

Carter and Mom

What a handsome little boy!!

The Jones Family

All the girls

The boys hanging out

Love this pic... =)

Fargo Marathon...

We had a great weekend in Fargo!
Shane, Matt, Steph and I ran the fargo relay! My goal was to make it the full six miles with out walking...and i accomplished it! Was a great feeling and glad that Ellie convinced me to train for it.
Ellie ran the full marathon- 3:51:33....AMAZING!! We were very proud of her!!

Here are a few pics below..(carter was hanging out w/grandpa and grandma paulus and aunt lacey)

Carter has been talking away lately..dadadada is the favorite sound he likes to make. Of course Kenny should be happy about that... =) I imagine mom will be coming soon! haha


Erin Huckle (ran the 1/2), Jackson's Mom and I with the cute sign she made for us

Shane and I after the run

Theta Picture!!

Our Relay Team

Ellie and I before the run...it was 30 degrees outside

April Elmo Shots

The weather was great this weekend! We took Carter's April Elmo Shots outside!

Excited that Ace would sit by him!

Ace played nice while carter petted him

Loving the nice weather outside

Carter and Elmo hanging out!

Carter was watching Baby Signing Times...