Chaska Touch a Truck

What a great event.  We had so much fun at the Chaska Touch a Truck event.  Different clubs in the city sponsor 'booths' and then you get free food, free ice cream, free prizes at the games, free memories!!!

Nora ate ice cream as her dinner, she threw a volleyball through the hula hoop at the Chaska HS Volleyball booth, she sat in a police car (hopefully the ONLY TIME!), she got a fireman's hat, she ran around and tuckered herself out.  Jackson....SLEPT!

Nora waiting in line to get in the bucket of the fire truck

our neighbors - jon, jessica and william (who is 3 weeks younger than nora!)

actually in the bucket

sweet hat

posing with dadddy

sitting on the zamboni seat....

"I want to drive a zamboni" - martin zellar

so happy to be driving

i don't know what Nora is doing? 

In the back seat of the police car---hopefully the ONLY time she will be back there!

yes policeman...whatever you say

photo op in an old bus

william in the old bus

matt wanted to be sure jackson got in on the whole 'touch a truck' thing

nora and sammy

the family

Mommy's Spa Day

Every year 'santa' brings the ladies of the Ulstad gang certificates for a spa day.  Well with a little one and another bigger 'little one'...I didn't know what I was going to do with my kiddos to get to spa day (Matt decided to take a trip to the wonderful outdoors of the Boundary Waters with some neighbors this weekend)  My dear friend Kirsten agreed to watch the kids, I had just found out she was pregnant, so I didn't want her to watch my kids and be scared of what she was getting in to.  She said she would love to do it though so I drove out to her and Ross' house in Spicer the night before.  Kirsten and I played volleyball Thursday night (man am I out of shape...always a step behind every block and hit!) and Ross watched the kids-well Jackson, Nora was asleep.

Then Friday I drove to Granite Falls and my family and I had a very relaxing time getting massages, pedicures and enjoying each others company!

Kirsten and Jackson

Amy came and visited, it was fun to catch up!

Ross and Jackson--Jackson LOVED cuddling with Ross

Kirsten and Ross, Nora and Jackson

Lunch with Cruz and Angie Reedy

We met Angie and Cruz Reedy for lunch today at the Cheesecake Factory in Edina.  Love Love that place and the great company we had.  Angie told us the great news that they are expecting a baby....they just adopted a baby boy from Columbia, Cruz, so they will have 2 kids close in age just like us!  We had a fun time catching up.

College Friend Get Together

The girls (plus Jackson)

After a weekend full of fun with the Gravens, we traveled to South Minneapolis to get together with some college friends.  I was/am lucky to have my sister be part of my college crew because she went to UST first and then I joined her friend circle so she can with to see all the old gang.  I don't know why we don't do it more often.  We went to Lucas and Jessie's house and it was beautiful. 

All of us

Nora and Odin, sharing mardi gras beads :)

Lucas, Matt and Jackson

Jenn

Josh and Emily

Matt, Jackson and Tom

Papa Lee's 60th & Great Aunt Lauries 50th Bday Bash

We went out on Friday to my parents farm to celebrate my dad's 60th and my aunts 50th birthday.  It was a lot of fun to see family and friends.  Nora always get scared around ALL her cousins so she was a bit of a handful all weekend but Jackson gave smiles to everyone.

Charlie got a bb gun and him and his grandpa mike shot at cans out at the farm.

Miss Kate in the Barbie car

Jackson, Matt and Grandma Nora

Grandma Nora, Matt, Jackson and Me

Nice face Kyle!

I love this photo of these 2.  Kyle tries SO SO SO hard to get Nora to smile all the time....she is opposite of Jackson and it takes her something extraordinary to get her to smile.

Ashley and Laney

Kathy and Jackson

Derek and Matt

Brianna, Courtney, Jenn and Derek

Bob and Jackson

Me and Derek trying to open some tequila to toast my dad and Derek's dad, Bob

Derek and I both turning 30, Bob and Dad both turning 60

Ish!

Friends....30 years of friendship!

Jackson and Jenn

Ready for Church

Riding the tire swing

I love how this photo shows how much space there is to RUN at the farm

Great Grandma and Nora

Papa Lee, Grandma Deb, Jackson and Nora