Trip to Minnesota! (part 5)

Sunday night fun with the cousins. One of Hannah's favorite games: Duck, Duck, Goose!

Aaron got dizzy :)

Watching and waiting for her turn

We were able to have breakfast and spend a couple hours with Austin before taking off for home Monday morning.

Trip to Minnesota (part 4)

Rodney helped Aaron lay their kitchen/dining room floor. Looks nice!

Trip to Minnesota! (part 3)

Fun in the snow! Seeing the horses and donkeys! First sled ride!

Cute little Nicole

April - Petey - Leroy

Nicole discovering the piano makes noise

Trip to Minnesota! (part 2)

Hannah was reunited with "Drina's kitties", who she talked about for quite a while before the trip. Smoky (momma cat) had another batch of kittens since we were there in July, so there were "kittens" for Hannah to pack around. And pack around she did. Those kittens got a crash course on kids! She always had to have one in the house. She would put it out for a meal, but once she was done it was "can a kitty come in?"

 Hannah's idea to put the cat in the carrier:

First time: didn't last long :)

2nd time:

And another time:

Will this one like cats too?

Words

Hannah-

"maggot" = magnet
"banna" = banana
"toll" = Nicole
"PUS man" = UPS man

Nicole-
Mum, Da, bye (and will usually wave)


Grandma Bonnie and Hannah was making a cookie out of playdoh. Bonnie made some chocolate chips for it and Hannah said "that looks like deer poop!"

Trip to Minnesota! (part one)

We took off bright and early Monday morning (24th)...I probably should say dark and early since it was around 3. :) The girls were really great travelers, it helped that they slept! At lunch we tried out the play yard at McD's for the first time. We will probably have to do that every time now that they found out about it. About 17 hours later we rolled into Grandpa Harlan & Grandma Pat's.

Christmas Day: Dad, Mom and Drina, us, Aaron, Megan and kiddos, Grandma Ekman, Lynn, Linda and Nikki, Jerry, Leanne and Cameron.

Linda found some swim caps for Leanne and Mom:

Hannah and "Drina's kitties"- a whole post by itself!

Hannah's in heaven - kitties to have in the house!

Specials 2012

Twin Bridges Special Meeting was special once again. We enjoyed having Dean here for Friday night, a wonderful potluck on Saturday and then we had Jenny and Carolyn for Saturday night. The girls really enjoyed having sisters here, the first time for both of them.

Tried to get a picture, here's the best I got: