happy valentine's day!

Love is in the air at our house this year... Carter has had a girlfriend for almost a whole year now and he brought her a valentine gift to school today. There of course is no photo of this though.. he would die at just the THOUGHT of me trying to capture that. I am even surprised that he wasn't too embarrassed to give it to her at school. Things must be getting serious.

Then there is miss Kennedy. She has had a "boyfriend" for a whole 11 days now (the current one anyway) and he surprised her with a card, necklace and puppy for valentine's day. No embarrassment here. And Katelyn went to the move Never Say Never this weekend and has a severe case of Bieber Fever. It's official... she's in love with the Biebs.

Carter and Dad were in Wadena for a hockey game tonight so we had a date night with friends at the DQ... fun times! Oh yah... and here is what I was surprised with when I got home from work today... my favorite! Aaaahhh... thanks Tim!

hockey day mn 2011

We had such a great day for Hockey Day MN. FSN was in Moorhead to televise all of the festivities. We had 5 games to watch just with our kids' teams, plus the two outdoor varsity games. You can see more photos from the day over on my photography blog too!Here is Katelyn working at the concessions stands... we like to keep our whole family involved at the rink!

weekend recap

Well Friday night did not start off so good... Carter got "railed" (his words not mine) and hit his head pretty good on the ice during his peewee game Friday night and had a little trouble staying on his feet to get to the bench. His pupils were very dialated and we were worried about a possible concussion so off to the ER we went. The doctor said that since he didn't really lose consciousness and seemed to remember everything about the incident, wasn't feeling sick or dizzy or pain in his head that it didn't seem to indicate a concussion. He was thrilled that he would be able to play in the rest of his games that weekend.

On Saturday Cooper's team got to play on Moorhead's new outdoor rink (same ice that the Spuds will play on this Saturday for Hockey Day Minnesota). I was freezing, but was told that it was a beautiful day for watching outdoor hockey. Coop had a blast and their team won 5-2.

Kennedy spent her weekend in Roseau for a U-10 tournament. As usual the team struggled early and lost their first three games, but pulled through with a win their last game. She got a medal, so that made it all worth it. She had to hurry and finish her homework before the big Superbowl game started.

P.S. Funny little side note... I always think my kids don't really get along very well and seem to fight ALL the time, but both girls were away for the weekend (Katelyn was at a speech tournament in Duluth) and the first thing they both asked when they got home was how Carter was. Oh for sweet right?

P.S.S Also another funny little story about Carter... when we were sitting waiting for the Dr. in the ER he said to me that he had prayed before the game that nobody would get hurt. I was a little surprised and said "Really Carter, your prayed tonight?" and he said "Yah mom, I pray before most games." Double sweet.

U10 tournament

Kennedy is on an all-girls U-10 traveling team this winter. They have had a pretty tough year so far, but got their first two wins of the season last weekend, and won their last game of the tournament this past weekend. She is having fun anyway I think!

i know, i know...

This little trkcck blog has been slightly neglected. With my photography blog and facebook, it seems a little redundant to post over here, but I do like going back and reading posts from the past; so here I am updating with photos from Thanksgiving and Christmas 2010.
We had the whole family together for Thanksgiving at our house this year. Yes, that was 5 dogs in all.Here is Cooper with his new red drum set that he got for Christmas from Grandma and Grandpa. He is planning to start lessons in the spring. Get me my earplugs now.

Our two little babies dressed up in their Christmas jammies.
Christmas Eve... I still make all the kids get their p.j.s on before we open gifts.Well there ya go... hopefully I will have something to post again soon!

snazzy cooper

Here is Coop all dressed up for his first game as a PeeWee this morning... his coaches told the team they had to wear khackis on game days!

lucky boys

The boys have had quite a fall of sporting events. In October, Grandma Sandi and Richard took them to the new Target field for a Twins game.Then, this last weekend Tim took them for a "guys weekend" and they saw a Gopher hockey game and they went to their first ever Vikings game at the metrodome.It was a great game and the Vikes won in overtime. Tim knew someone from work that is an assistant photographer for the team so they got to stand down on the field for the 4th quarter and overtime. How exciting!

one more...

You may have noticed one of our children missing from the Halloween photos... she doesn't hang out with us much anymore. But here is a photo I saw on her facebook page of her and her friends dressed up for the Halloween dance at the highschool. Cute girls!

halloween 2010

Another fun evening with costumes, friends, and lots of candy.

our week

The kids have been out of school for MEA Wednesday through Friday this week. We didn't plan to go anywhere for our break this year, so the kids spent time hanging out with friends, having sleepovers and enjoying the nice weather. Here are some photos from our week...

No more braces...

Sleeping in...

Bowling with friends...
Moorhead Spuds football game...

homecoming 2010

It was homecoming week in Moorhead last week. On Friday we took the kids to the parade and the football game, and on Saturday night Katelyn and her friends went to the danceat the highschool. We had AMAZING weather all weekend!