our sweet nephew fynn is here...

Big Sister and her new baby brother. 

Sweet baby Fynn has arrived and we couldn't be more excited to welcome the newest member of the family!

backyard painting at cousin raegan's house

Aunt Michelle is so creative and set up a whole backyard of fun things for the kiddos to do when we visited. The kids a blast backyard painting and the tree was just dropping it's flowers so it made for such a pretty backdrop! 

girls shopping

We got to watch Raegan for a weekend a few weeks ago when Michelle & Grant were packing to move. We had so much fun having her stay with us. Here we are doing a little Saturday morning shopping at our favorite store, Hobby Lobby! :) 

fun times at michelle and grant's

The county fair was going on so we walked down to the fairgrounds 

and got to see the tractors and animals. 

Michelle took us to this fun little clay shop in Decorah. The kids each got to paint a piece. 

Swimming at the Rec. We had a blast. 

Kisses for my sweetie! 

Painting in Michelle's studio. The boys thought it was sooo cool. 

They were pretty excited about their masterpieces. 

We got to spend a couple of days at Michelle & Grant's.We had such a fun time. 

They spoiled us with good food and entertainment!!  

road trip

Last weekend we decided to go on a little road trip to celebrate our anniversary. :)

We didn't put a lot of thought into it, 

we quickly packed and headed out. It was exciting.

It felt so fun and cozy to head out in the snow. 

We drove over to see Little Raegan and Michelle & Grant!

We got to see Michelle's classroom and the kids got to do a clay project with her. When we got in the car Ethan said, "That was so Awesome!!" 

Then we headed to Minnesota to go to the Mall of America. 

Luke is really getting into legos, Ethan too, so the boys were in heaven when got to the lego store! 

We all were pretty giddy as we walked into the mall decorated in lights and silver trees for Christmas!

It was Adalyn and I's first time in the American Girl store together and Adalyn got a little outfit for her bitty baby. She was so proud to carry her bag around the mall. I kept asking if she wanted me to take it but she insisted on carrying it the rest of the evening. :)

The boys got to sit on Santa's lap 

(kind of nice to check that off the list early.) 

Adalyn wouldn't go near him again this year. :(

We stayed at a hotel near the mall and got in some swimming time. 

and some playing time. 

We spent some time with Grandma Pearl and Papa Bob on Sunday. 

It was so good to see them. 

Grandma hurt her arm so I didn't want to bother them with pictures. 

On the way home we stopped at cabellas. 

It was a fun weekend!