Go Gophers! Weekend

This past weekend, we met my sister's family halfway in between our respective towns. When I say we, I mean: Justin, Eli, Leo, me, my dad, my mom, my sister-in-law, Jill, Adri, and Finley.(My brother is in California training with the Navy for his future deployment :(.)

We left early Saturday morning, and met up around lunch time. Finding a place to feed 13 people at 1 o'clock on a Saturday proved to be interesting... After 3 strikes, we finally went to Spaghetti Works (one of my favorites!) and got in. The kids ate like crazy animals, and then were treated to balloon animals.

Eli got a penguin, and he loves it! He still carries it around!




Leo got a King Cobra. He thought it was funny to tease G'pa Randy because he is afraid of snakes.



All six kids were happy to get their treat!



After lunch, we hit the pool. The water was nice and hot, just the way it should be! The boys were loving it! Leo does so well when we put his "puddle jumper" vest on him. He is pretty self sufficient. Eli was content to splash like crazy, and not get yelled at. (Unlike the bathtub!)

Leo and Me


Eli and Me


The whole group swimming. Three adults to six kids is not a good ratio in the pool!



After a few short naps, we got ready to head to the hockey game. We had a blast! We sat around a lot of Gopher fans, so we felt right at home. It was a good game (3-2 Gophers!).

Me and my Gopher fan


My littest Gopher fan


Loving his corn dog


The triplets


The biggest hockey fan I know: Gavin


While I was putting Leo to bed that night I asked him what he thought of the hockey game. "It was fun Mommy, but I still love basketball." Oh Leo. :)

After the kids went to bed, Jill, Ben, Justin and I went out for Jill's birthday. She turned old on Saturday. We saw quite a few things while we were out and about. It was interesting.

We had a great weekend, and are so excited for my sister and her kids to come up in 2 weeks!

That's {MY} Guac!

Justin is an expert at making guacamole. He always gets it just perfect. Tonight he made some for us, and E thought he needed to try it. I thought it might be a little too spicy for him. (Then I remembered he is the boy who asked for more vinegar and eats buffalo wings.)

He ate it like it was going out of style!




Later when I was cleaning up the kitchen, I had the garbage can sitting by the counter, and he found the peeling of the avocados. Yep, he picked them out of the garbage and started sticking his finger inside eating the little pieces he could get.





We really do feed him!

{Another} Snow Day

Today it snowed a lot, and we got out of school early. Jus decided to take the afternoon off and play in the snow with the boys. Leo didn't really like this idea. He wanted to play Wii and basketball.

On the flip side, Eli was loving the snow. They played outside for nearly an hour.

How cute is he in his snow gear!?



Not 12 weeks post surgery, but leading with his arms. Smart...


Driving his "boat".


I'm glad that the snow days this year have been few and far between. It's been my kind of winter!

{Rice}

Not a good choice for a 2 year old...

He is the reason it is not safe to go barefoot in my house.

Hmm...

All Leo can think is...


That boy is crazy!