Happy Halloween!

Lauren was Anna from the movie Frozen.

Jack was the boy who lived.

Vacation!

We surprised the kids with an 8 day cruise (and their friends, and ours joined us there.)  It was a blast.  But, you’ve already seen all of the photos, so here’s a short recap!

               

Then, there’s this guy. He won the cruise hands down.  Every time we saw him he was wearing his captain hat and having the time of his life.  I couldn’t resist snapping a photo of his photo.  We about died laughing when we saw it.

Just a cute outfit

 

go fly a kite

Crabby time

Lauren decided that the Krabs’ could use a helicopter ride as well as some playtime.

A little fun

 

I took Jack snorkeling in the tub this morning (just to see if he could do it and if he liked it.)

A little time at the playground

 

 

Halloween Cookies

Jack and I had to start early as I had a bunch to make for a benefit/silent auction this weekend.

 

Here’s the final product. Yum!

A Half-Century!

Today, I did my first ever half-century ride (50 MILES!!)  It was called the “hilly half century” and boy was it.  I also happened to do it on my elliptigo (elliptical bike) which may have made it a bit more challenging.

The kids had their marathon soccer day today (3 games in one day.)  It’s always arctic/rainy/snowy on this day every year and today was no exception.  However, they did have a giant gummy snake to keep them going (courtesy of the MN’s largest candy store stop yesterday.)

Medtronic race weekend

 

Before the race                                        After            

 

Then, Jack and I cheered Kev & Lauren on in the 1 mile race.  They were much faster than last time Lauren ran a mile race, we were surprised to see them come in so quickly.

Afterward, there were some fun family activities.  We wanted to take the kids on a tour of the capitol building (like they had advertised) but no one seemed to know where they started from.