Fishing with Grandpa

Early in October the kids spent the night at grandma and grandpas.  The kids wanted to go fishing with grandpa the next morning.  So Alexis grabbed a book(actually I can't remember if she did or not but that's what shes done in the past:)) and Brayden grabbed a pole and they headed out on the lake.  Brayden was the only one who caught a fish.  He caught a big sheephead and a big Northern.

Here he is with his 24 inch Northern

 Here he is trying to grab it our of the well

 and there it went(love this picture:)) Luckily it slid back into the well.

We ate good that night.  

Happy 9th Birthday Alexis

In early October we celebrated Alexis 9th Birthday.  She had fun opening her gifts

 My beautiful little big girl:)

 We had a horse sweatshirt made for her, which ended up being a little big so we are saving it for a little while.  But she really liked it.

 And her cake that I made for her

Alexis at 9 is a wonderful helper, she loves to read and enjoys participating in gymnastics.

Fall Pictures Take 2

After School at the beginning of October, I took some pictures of the kids in our leaves at our house.

Here are a couple of Alexis

 And two of Brayden

 This was originally Braydens idea to climb the tree but Alexis took over and this one turned out better:)

 Then we gathered a bunch of leaves and sat them in them

 and then it was time to throw the leaves.  

 They had so much fun:)

Fall Pictures Take 1

We took some pictures of the kids at grandma and grandpas house at the end of September

 I love this picture of Alexis

First Day of School

Brayden started 1st Grade this year.  He has the same teacher that Alexis did.    

Alexis started 3rd Grade this year and has the best teacher(and as you can tell by the picture he is very tall)!  He is awesome, and goes above and beyond.  

 Here they are on the first day of school.

Another Fun Day on the Lake

Jasons sister and her family came to the lake to play.  Here are Mitch and Brayden trying to hand on to the tube.  

 Brayden, Adam, Prethi and Mitch hanging out in the back of the boat

 Kelly and Chuck

 Brayden loves when Kellys kids come to visit.  They have so much fun together

 Prethi wasn't too sure about getting on the tube.  She got on with Adam and then her and Alexis got on together also.

We as usual ate lots of yummy food and enjoyed a pontoon ride also.

Fun Things we did this summer...

Brayden learned to kneeboard

 I love this picture:)  My mom decided she was going to tube one day and she did(I should mention she doesn't know how to swim and really never goes in the water).  As they were taking off I go this picture

 and once they leveled out it was all good:)

 Alexis skied without the rope connected to the skies

 and then Brayden did it but wasn't quite sure he liked it...

 and Alexis tried out the kneeboard also

They had a fun summer on the water

Sunflower

One of the kids final days of school last year.  Alexis brought a tiny sunflower home, probably about an inch tall.  Well she watered it and took care of it most of the summer and it grew into a huge sunflo!wer

 Like I said Huge!:)

Family Fun at the Lake

I updated my blogger and its changed, not sure how I like this but I have no choice:)  I will figure it out, but for now.  These pictures are not in the order I would like them to be...

My Brother and his family came up the weekend we came home from Mille Lac.  We got to spend more time on the lake and had a blast.  Here are our kids together.

 Grandma took pictures from the dock of us in the boat pulling Brayden and Nick on the tube

 The four kids together again

 Brian and Nathan on the tube

 Brian and Michelle flying on the tube

 Nick trying to get up skiing, he was so close

 And all of us in the boat

 Jason and I tried tubing also... Here's me flying off the tube:)

We all had a fun time in the water

Soccer

Brayden played in a summer soccer program and had a good time

however, by the end of the 6 week session, he had had enough. It would have helped if the couch knew what he was doing:) and was excited to be there.

He is currently in gymnastics and loving it, for now:)

Mille Lac Vacation- Final

We walked into town one night and found this huge chair that looked like a fun place to climb into.

There was only one day that we couldn't take the boat out during the day. It was super windy so we drove around the lake, and found a big walleye to take a picture or two in front of.

We went out fishing early one morning and we caught the sunrise

We also got chased off the lake one day because of lightning and rain

We also caught the sunset one night also.

We had such a fun time!:)