Monday, November 23, 2009

Disney Live

Here’s a few pics from the weekend we recently spent in Grand Forks. We had tickets to the Playhouse Disney Live Tour Sunday at the Ralph, so we went down Saturday morning and stayed at the Canad Inn. I highly recommend this hotel to anyone! It was very nice and reasonably priced and Lauren had a blast at the waterpark!! We spent most of the weekend there and wore her right out! She was still pretty excited to see Mickey and all his friends.

Halloween


Halloween at our house was pretty uneventful this year. Lauren had been pretty sick the week before with a fever and cold. So, Saturday, she was pretty laid back and just not herself. She didn’t even want to put her costume on that night! But, being the good parents we are, we forced her to get dressed so we could drag her to a couple places before she finally just pooped out for the nite! Poor baby!


We did manage to get a few pics first.

Wedding Fun

My brother Derek was married to Bettina on October 10. Lauren was the flower girl and Grant and I were privliged enough to also be part of their big day. It was a whirlwind weekend full of family and fun. Lauren was so excited to be a princess for the day and loved wearing her dress!

Here are some pics from the rehearsal and rehearsal dinner. My mom, with the help of lots of family, made an awesome meal!

Here's Lauren and Ellie taking a break from rehearsal dinner to catch up on their reading.

Sisters forever!


Family Pic Time.



Derek with Dad's cousins Lee Wright and Chip Burgess who made the trip all the way from Cinci.


We all spent quite a bit of time decorating the armory for the reception and dance. Here's a couple pictures after HOURS of work from ALL parties!

I think it turned out beautifully!


The wedding was beautiful and Lauren did a great job! She jumped the gun just a bit and ended up walking down in front of the best man (Uncle Chris) and maid of honor (Bettina's cousin Heather) instead of after them! Oh well. Grandpa sent her down the aisle ahead of Derek and Bettina when they went out so she got to throw her petals!


The reception was great and lots of friends and family from near and far were there! What a special day! We all had a great time dancing the night away. Lauren actually made it until about 11 that nite. She was having so much fun!

It was a beautiful wedding and we are so proud to have a new sister! Congrats, Derek & Bettina!

Lauren’s Third Birthday

Here’s some pictures from Lauren’s third birthday party. We spent the weekend prior to her birthday in Fargo, so we stayed at the Holiday Inn and enjoyed some fun pool time with Grandma, Grandpa, Uncle Derek, Aunt Bettina, and friends Ang and Brayden Olson.

I can't believe she's three already!! Where did the time go?Enjoying some swimming with Brayden, Daddy and Grandpa.


Here's the birthday girl with her birthday (cup)cake!


Family pool time.


Happy Third Birthday Lauren!