The rest of our weekend!!

On Saturday, the kids went to Grandma and Grandpa's in the afternoon/evening and Dave and I went to a couple showers for a friend of mine. It was fun -- we didn't know nearly anyone, but it was still fun! :)

The on Sunday, Dave got a couple Vikings tickets free, so him and Mike (Jodi's husband), went to the Vikings game, while Jodi and I took the kids to the Mall (yah, they didn't have much fun)! A funny story, while at the Mall...Kylie had to go to the bathroom and so I figured I'd change Dawson at the same time. When I was done changing Dawson's diaper, Kylie was standing quite close to the garbage and I threw the diaper into the garbage -- Kylie, very naturally, put her hand on her chest and jumped back and says, "Mom, you scared the s--t out of me!!" I laughed soo hard, but then tried to tell her she shouldn't say that word. So I definitely have to work on my language, I figured she probably caught that from me! It's a well known word out of my mouth.

On our way to the Mall -- they already look tired! :)

Then after the Mall, the kids were getting antsy...but we took them to Chuck E Cheese's! They had a blast -- we had lunch and played games. Miss Katelyn LOVED running around and checking everything out! Here are a few photos of the kids having TONS of fun! :)

Dawson and Katelyn have their "pre" lunch - O's!!!

Katelyn!

Dawson!

IT'S RIDE TIME!!!!

Kylie riding the horse (take a look at her hair -- she was totally into it) :)

Katelyn and Dawson with Barney - of course, girls in control with driving! :)

Dawson with Chuck E Cheese!!

And last but not least of our day with the kiddos -- they were all very very tired and crashed quite quickly :)

We got back to Jodi's house and we all relaxed on the couch until the boys came home and then decided to get something to eat, so we all went to Buffalo Wild Wings for dinner!

Kylie and Katelyn were buds!! Miss Kylie LOVED spending time with Katelyn!

Katelyn wasn't too fond of the hat :)

Rascal Flatts Concert!!

I went to the Rascal Flatts concert last Friday with my friend Alicia and we had a blast!! We drove to St. Paul and hung out at Alary's for a little over an hour prior to the show. It was nice, they had a shuttle that took us and picked us up -- PLUS, we got free parking, thanks to Alicia's connections!

Taylor Swift started out the concert and was definitely good -- she's one heck of a country rocker ;) I can say one thing, her dress she was wearing, I definitely did not find to appealing, I've seen her look much much better!

BUT, Rascal Flatts put on a phenominal show!!! It was probably one of the better shows I've ever been too! It was awesome! It was SOOO much fun!!!

Here is a video of them coming onto stage -- yes, when you see the camera shake -- it really did shake -- the fireworks scared me a little bit.

Also, here are some photos that I also took during the show! :)

This was the encore! Then they came back out and dropped tons of balloons and confetti! It was really awesome!

Our Photos are Online -- Check them out!!

Here is the link -- click on "Dawson and Kylie" and the password is: kids01

http://jhinnenkamp.photobiz.com/cart/events.cfm?categoryID=5873

I am SUPER excited to get them developed and put up in my house! I think they turned out really good! :)

Oh yes, and for those of you that know Jamie -- they had professional photos taken of Lydia on Monday and they turned out super cute -- I love little Lydia...here's the link:

http://grumanphotography.wordpress.com/2008/10/07/jamie-brian-and-lydia/

We're getting closer...

Dawson is getting closer to walking -- he did take two steps by himself on Friday night, but I don't think he really knew what he did :) But, here's a video of him pushing his truck back and forth in the living room! I love the laugh at the beginning, you'll need sound!

Kylie's new thing...

Kylie's new thing is asking lots of questions on how to spell certain things (i.e. cat, dog, teeth) and draw certain things. She knows how to spell Jen and Dave and Dawson and Mom and Dad. She'll spend a lot of time with her fuzzy notebook from Uncle Ryan writing and drawing in it.

Our Motorcycle Journey to Duluth

This post is a little late, but I finally got the pictures uploaded!

Dave surprised me by arranging a place for the kids and taking a motorcycle ride to Duluth from Sept. 5-7. Of course, the one time we get rain was this weekend, but it was still a lot of fun! Our first night there, it was quite the journey to get there. We hit rain in Hinckley and it didn't stop the entire way up. Our luck too, we were driving in the dark...not fun on the motorcycle. So it was slow going and WET from Hinckley to Duluth. When we finally got to Duluth, I ws able to get a photo :) Poor Dave got slammed with the rain and I just tried to hide behind him...hehe!



We got to the hotel around 9ish and literally took showers in hit the hay. We were exhausted!

On Sat. it still rained, we took a trip up to the Harley Davidson dealer on top of the hill, which was kindof scary, because some of their roads are made of stone and brick and that gets really slippery when its wet. On our way out of town, we stopped at Angie's and had some appetizers.



We had intentions of going up to Gooseberry Falls, but the weather was unpredictable, so we went as far as Two Harbors and went to the Lighthouse.







When we got back into Duluth, the rain had passed for awhile and the sun came out, so we stopped at the Rose Gardens. It was absolutely beautiful!! I could not believe some of the scents of the rose's...I have never smelt anything like them before! They were gorgeous!!

This is Dave being a "stud" at the Rose Gardens!

Umm...and yes me!

Usborne Book Show

To all of you interested in books, I'm hosting an Usborne Book Show on October 8, 2008. I went to a show last week and totally fell in love with these books -- they are phenomenal! I cannot wait to have my show to stock up on more books for the kids and possibly Dave, hehe!

Here's the link to an online show:

www.ubah.com/HOS124774

You may order online and I will receive credits towards my show. Otherwise, you are more than welcome to come to my house, 5582 Aberdeen Way, Big Lake, MN 55309. Please RSVP to me, so I know you're coming :)

Hope to see you there!!

Wow, time is flying...

I haven't posted since little Lydia's been born!! On that note, I haven't even been able to see her since she's been born either :( I was planning on going this weekend, then I came down with this darn head cold. So hopefully it'll all be gone by this weekend, so I can take a trip to see her. I haven't been able to see Owen either other than the one visit that Kylie and I went to meet him for the first time. I've been trying to make arrangements with Angie too and it just hasn't worked out :(

Things have been crazy and we've all been under the weather. Dave was sick with an extreme sore throat for a week and 1/2 and then last week, Dawson came down with a cold and then it was my turn this weekend -- which literally kept me in my PJ's and in bed or on the couch for 2 days straight and finally today, I feel a "tiny bit" better...but still definitely under the weather. Kylie's the only one that hasn't been really hit yet...she did complain that her ear was hurting a little and that her nose was running, so lets just hope it sticks to that and doesn't turn into anything more!

We've been busy the last few weeks with Kylie starting dance on Tuesday nights again. This is a session that goes until the middle of May -- it gets long, but it's fun to see her excel and do better each time! We decided not to bowl this year as everytime it came around (every other week), it felt like we were dragging ourselves there and its so hard to find a babysitter available every other week. So we decided to wait a few years until the kids are older and see where we sit with our schedules then. We were just trying to do too much and it gets quite overwhelming. So hopefully this will free up sometime this Winter. :)

Dawson...still not walking, but pulling himself up onto everything -- literally!! He'll stand there with no support for a second or two and then fall...and laughs and claps! This child is full of humor...we love it! Dawson's new thing is to feed himself one bite, and then feed Kirby one bite. Yah, you know where Kirby stands and sits every single time Dawson eats. We've had to try and put Kirby elsewhere, otherwise, it gets to be a game and Dawson doesn't eat his food -- little stinker, LOL! But every feeding, Kirby seriously HOVERS the highchair and will sit there and drool...and slobber waiting for something to fall or for it to be "his turn"! It's soo nasty! My floor will not stay clean for 15 mins.; with two kids and a dog, I cannot keep up. O-well, I guess there could be worse things right?

She's here -- LYDIA!!! :)

Lydia arrived to our world today at 2:31 p.m. She weighed in at 6 lbs. 13 oz. and was 19" long -- she's just a little peanut! I've posted a slide show of some photos I took while up at the hospital :) Check out Jamie's blog for more information (you'll find it on my blog under "friends blogs")!

Exciting...

I got an email from my daycare provider yesterday saying that Dawson pulled himself up on the side of the pack n play -- I was soo excited to hear this and she was soo very kind to send a photo as well:

I noticed yesterday morning he was "trying" to stand up in his crib -- he would get one leg up, but couldn't seem to get his other leg out from underneath him to push to stand up. This makes me soo excited that he's doing this now...it's only one step closer to walking -- YAY!!!