I'll try to catch up some on my long-neglected blog. Here are some pictures of our recent trip down south. We had a good time. Caleb and Joshua enjoyed the waterslide at the hotel in Fargo best of all, and of course, I forgot to get a picture, even though they went swimming six times in the three days we were there.
Travelling south.
We stopped for a picnic lunch in Grand Forks. It was hot, humid and smelled of cows.
Pit stop. Someone does NOT look impressed!
It wasn't THAT bad. Look at these faces!
Our first stop in Minneapolis - Fuddrucker's.
All ready for swimming.
Caleb and Joshua in a tub ride at Valleyfair.
Joshua & Natalee.
Andrew & Caleb.
Daddy & the boys taking a ride in the "fancy car".
Andrew and "Mater".
The sign says it all.
Hangin' out in "Radiator Springs". You gotta watch the movie Cars to get that.
Natalee got new shoes. She's a shoe girl, through and through. At least there's only one in the family!
Got our first glimpse of Baby #5. Little legs curled up on the right hand side.
One of the few wading pools in the city that has waterslides. Here's Caleb!
And Andrew...
And Joshua!
Travelled out to Selkirk (twice) to the Marine Museum. The first time our trip was cut short by a sick kid. The second time it rained, but we managed to get through all the boats, more or less.
One evening we went up to "Garbage Hill" for a picnic/snack and I successfully managed to capture a half-decent group shot.
Strawberry picking. The berries were huge & yummy! Plus we got a hayride! Andrew still asks to go strawberry picking.
Andrew mowing the neighbour's lawn. We did lots of playing at home in the afternoons while Natalee slept. Fortunately, the weather wasn't too hot this year to enjoy being outside (that, and the air conditioner was a welcome relief whenever I needed a break!)
Travelled out to my good friend Shelley's farm. She was kind enough to let the boys each have a ride on her mini. Caleb seemed to have the most natural horsemanship of the boys. Maybe because he's actually ridden a horse before!
Andrew was more into the John Deere tractor at the farm. Andrew also learned how to ride the trike this summer. Joshua conquered the monkey bars - no broken arm was going to slow HIM down! And Caleb is a pretty good skateboarder now. He's also big into Donald Duck too. Natalee...well, she's been busy working on walking all summer. It's not so easy outside, but inside, it's pretty much a full-time thing. Yay!
