Memorial Weekend Family Fun

Despite the rainy and windy weather we had a fun little get together on Sunday with the cousins. The wind did die down and rain was reduced to sprinkles so the kids did have some fun outside too.

Hunting and Holiday Celebration

The Grin's best attempt at a family pic.

We went hunting in attempts to get the "BIG Buck" for Dean this year but we only were able to fill the doe tags we had. So at least we have meat for sausage and will be making that some time soon, maybe next weekend?
We also celebrated Thanksgiving with my family on the actual day along with Chris, Brenda and family. We had lots of fun and had the most beautiful weather!!!!!
I think I will let the pictures tell the rest. After all that is what I enjoy the most!

Sara's Photo Fun

Keely Kinsey and Z - fun at Grammy Grin's on Thanksgiving

More photo fun - trying out new lens with no flash.

The rest are from Ski Thanksgiving at our place. Lots of fun and as you can see baby Karlee was a hit!

Allison, Z and Karlee

Gramma Bee and Jacob

Karlee

Big Yawn!

Cousins and Best Friends!

What a Treat! Welcome Baby Karlee!

We had a beautiful night for Treats! Zach had a blast going door to door. Then we made our first visit to see cousin Karlee Ann. She was born Oct 27 at 8 bl 12 oz and 21 inches to Darren and Lindsay. Big girl but oh so tiny. How you forget that newborn size.

Gramma Bee's Barn

Dean & Darren - tagging calves

Z checks out the action

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Hungry calves - feeding time

Best Cousins - Allison & Zach

This past month we have had some fun times visiting Gramma B. and her barn animals. Zach is starting to help feed calves and plays with the new kittens. Ginger the dog is also a big hit!

Belated Birthday and Bottle Lambs!

Sunday, 5/8/11 (Mother's Day) - A little belated but we finally got to celebrate a bit with Allison for her birthday. We went over and played with balloons, opened her gift, and then enjoyed going to the barn and feeding the bottle lambs and a bike ride.
What fun! Zach really did well for the first time feeding a bottle lamb, he jumped right in and wasn't timid at all. I think he was disappointed when they were all fed as he wanted to keep going.
Afterward Amber, Allison and Zach went for a fun bike ride as it was getting dark. A late evening but good times!

Independence Day 2010

We had a nice long weekend for the 4th this year, since it landed on a Sunday that meant most had the 5th off as well. We enjoyed a fun get together with the Ski's on the 3rd at Dean's sisters then on the 4th we went into the local parade with both of our families. Zach fell asleep on the way into the parade but woke up when he heard the fire trucks start out the parade. Later we had a Grill Out party at our place. Dean gave the nieces and Zach a hay ride with the 4 wlr. as you can see from the video it was a hit. At the end of the clip we finally figured out what Zach wanted to stop for....give Allison a hug and get her to join in on the fun. So cute!

First Comes Love....

Then comes marriage....this weekend Dean's niece Jena got married! We had a fin time celebrating with family.
Then comes the baby in the baby carriage....No baby for Jena and Kurt yet, but there is a new cousin for Jena and gang! Dean's brother Dan and his wife had a baby boy, Noah James, on Sunday morning! (8lbs. 11oz. 20 1/2in.) Zach isn't the baby of the Ski's anymore. :)

Independence Day 2009

We had a wonderful celebration with all our family this 4th. Grammy & Gramps came up and we went to the parade with all the Ski's and then to the fair for some more fun!
Later the Ski family had a pig roast picnic in Gramma B's backyard. Mmmm...Good. We ended our celebration by watching the fireworks!

Hoppy Easter!

Christ is Risen! Alleluia!
What a wonderful season and reason to celebrate! And wonderful to celebrate with all the ones we love!
We stayed with Grammy and Gramps Grin for the weekend. And got together with our cousins for some egg dying, Easter meal, a river walk and Knooking (always a highlight!).
This year Zach got to smash eggs too. But I must say that the adults did a pretty good job of it too.
The Sheyenne river is very wide and high as are a lot of the rivers and ponds in our state. We had to get out for a little adventure to check it out.
When we arrived home Sunday we found our pond had filled up too! Quite the change from being completely dry last fall.
After we got back, we took a trip to see some of the Ski family too.

Birthdays, Birthdays, and more Birthdays!

So it's been awhile, but we just can't seem to stop celebrating birthdays long enough for me to post anything. This shows some pics from some of the parties.
How many birthday spankings you ask?
Daryl got 32! (I'm sure that hurt!)
Austin, 13 (just enough to keep him out of trouble)
and Amber 5 (getting ready to go to Kindergarten!)