Let the Holiday Fun Begin!

 We spent Thanksgiving with Warren and his awesome family! Hal is a year old and such a cutie. Christmas will be at our house this year... This will be the first year since Andy and I've been married that we will be in Texas for Christmas... His family is coming down, so it should be tons of fun!

 Just a fun family pic.

 Look at Hal's face... so smoochable!

 Gianna's face is pretty smoochable, too... goofy girl!

Carter flying high! He's got so much energy... all the time... everyday.

Family Fun and Halloween!

 What a smile! Carter was being chased by his daddy... such joy!

 Papa Jack and Grandma Jan came down for a visit and for Gianna's baby dedication at church. It was very special!

 Carter is pretty much an I-pad genius... He definitely puts mommy to shame.

 Our sweet little baby girl on her special day.

 Isn't she beautiful! We are so blessed!

 Carter loves his Brobie costume. He had a blast on Halloween... way too much candy!

 Gianna was a baby cow... what a goofy girl!

 So silly!

 Happy boy... goofy face!

This is at the beginning of the night... They weren't too sure about what was going on... they caught on pretty quickly.

Living the Good Life...

From one "kid" to another... This place is great! Carter, Gianna, Andy, Uncle Ben, and I all went to Natural Bridge Wildlife Park. We drove through the safari of amazing animals and Carter loved petting the goats. Fun times!

Uncle Ben and Gianna checking out the cute little goats. At one point, I think Gianna wanted to ride one :)

Some of the animals made themselves right at home in our car. The zebras wanted to ride with us, but we didn't have enough room.

Gianna has two new teeth, and she loves to stick her tongue out and make silly faces.

If it were up to Carter, he would have gotten out of the car and played with the animals all on his own... No fear at all.

Papa came by the other day, and Gianna just loved it. Both kids love their Papa Ron. Grandma and Papa Jack will be coming in a couple of days... more fun and attention!

Sweet girl just relaxing.

Gianna has been standing and walking around for a little over a month now. She has to hold on to things, but she is incredibly mobile. She crawls like a racecar driver... Whoa girl... slow down!

Meet our little Picasso! Carter loves to paint and color... This is one of his more abstract pieces.

He is very excited about this... Mommy and Daddy promise to frame it soon!

Chillaxin' and Lookin' Cute!

Just up from nap time... already being goofy!

Gianna just crawling around. At 6 months, she kind of thinks she owns the place.

Sweetness!

Giving mom the, "What do you think you're doing?" face.

I want that camera... it looks tasty!

So handsome!

Carter and Poopy posing so cute!

Gianna almost standing... She's growing up way too fast!

Mama and her precious baby girl!

Daddy and his Princess!

More Summer Pics!

The gang hiking in Gooseberry Falls. This is a group of beautiful waterfalls that feed into Lake Superior. We were on our way to see the lake when this picture was taken. For those of you living in Texas... this is what GREEN looks like... you know... in case this drought has caused you to forget.

Another family pic.

One of Gianna's favorite poses is the "Mission Impossible" pose. She's going to have great lower back muscles.

Talk about chillaxing...

Gianna about to crawl away.

Ben and Carter at one of the many falls.

Jared and Carter entranced in a baseball game. Go Twins!

Super cute pic of Grandma and Papa Hasbrouck with the kids. Fun times!

Minnesota Fun!!!

We just got back from an amazing 4 week trip to Minnesota! We hiked, swam, slid down mountains, dove into Lake Superior, kayaked, shopped, ate, and relaxed... it was wonderful! We got to spend loads of time with Grandma and Papa Hasbrouck, Ben, Jared, and other family and friends. We took over 900 pictures, and these are just a few of our favorites! The one above is of us at waterfalls near Lake Superior.

Carter and his shadow... such a little man.

Our beautiful little princess! She learned how to crawl one day before she turned 5 months. She can now get anywhere she wants. Uh Oh... here we go!

Me and my little guy! He is so precious! Carter is able to recite all of his ABC's, count, sing lots of songs, tell us all about dinosaurs, fishing, safari animals, and knock-knock jokes!

Daddy and Carter going down the super fun Alpine slide! Carter yelled and laughed the whole time!

All smiles and ready to go.

A beautiful sunset on Lake Superior. This was the view from the condo we stayed in with Andy's family... it was spectacular.

Carter hiking and finding himself a really cool cave.

Running and jumping and being a crazy boy.

Look closely... that's Andy under that wave! Lake Superior was by far the COLDEST water I've ever been in. For those of you who remember getting ice baths in the trainer's office... this was exactly like that. Andy and I acted like a couple of kids jumping in and scrambling out over and over.

Goofy guy!

Just us girls!

Carter loves throwing rocks in the water. He is very determined to find the perfect one to skip.

Grandma Jan, the kids, and I went to visit the same gardens where Andy propsed to me... So many memories.

Kayaking and enjoying life!