Walking in a Winter Wonderland!

See Uncle Dwight, Chad kept his Becker shirt on until the end!

 What an eventful past month!  Reindeer visits, football and basketball games (in the same night, no less), Titus' first time ice skating and the first snowfall of the year on Thanksgiving Day!  What a fun November with an even busier December scheduled!  Hope your holidays are wonderful!!

Button, the reindeer!  Titus and I were able to join Evie at Preschool for this fun, furry visit!

Enjoying, most likely, our last picnic in the park of 2012!  Mid-November is pretty good!

Evie is getting soooo good at ice skating!

Evie trying to catch the first snowflakes of the year!

Skating with Dad!  Titus would get so mad when I tried to skate with him (because I don't go nearly as fast as Daddy)!

Fun Fall Festivities!

This fall went by in such a whirlwind, I haven't even had time to blog about all the fun!  With Dad busy with the Vikings, we try to fill up our weekends with fun outings and hanging out with friends!  We really enjoyed a weekend with our friends, the Chisholms, as we went to Sever's Corn Maze, watched movies and made fun treats together.  Evie also went to her first TWO volleyball games (one at the U and one to watch #1 vs #3 Chaska/Chanhasses Regional Finals to get to State)!  She enjoyed both but not as much as...her first Viking's game also this fall!  We also had Halloween, Trunk or Treat at our Church, a trip with Titus and his friend Tyler to the Minnetonka Apple Orchard, Voting and enjoying lots of activities at home (jamming on our guitar and playing trucks...our new favorite activity)!  Looking forward to just as busy and as fun winter!!! 

First Day of Preschool!!!

Titus, Tyler and Mommy just hung out at home today waiting for Jackson and "EE!"

How can my sweet baby girl be ready for Preschool already?!  It seems like just yesterday, Chad and I were at Fairview Southdale delivering our baby!  Today, we were reminded how times flies as our "baby" went to her first day of Preschool!  She LOVED it there and can't wait to go back "tomorrow" (I keep reminding her she is going to have to wait until Monday to go back but I think she is hoping to just sneak in again tomorrow).  She loves her teachers, Miss Lisa and Miss Michelle and is really excited that Miss Lisa has a baby in her belly.  She did an art project, read a book, played outside and said a prayer before she left for home.  Hopefully she will always love school so much!

Evie and Jackson are in Preschool together!

Showing off her Westwood Backpack.  Not quite as cute as her own, but she loves that it's a big girl bag!

I love my school boots, Grandma Lucie!!!

Titus wanted to get in on the picture taking action!

Jackson needing his "pace!" (space!)

Busy Summer Bees!!

Trip to the Como Zoo with Auntie Enie!

While Daddy's away, the Lundeens will play!  Chad left for Training Camp in Mankato 5 weeks ago and our calendar has been full ever since!  I don't know if it's Evie, Titus or me that always feels the need to be on the go, but it definitely helped to make the time go faster while Chad was away!  We are happy to officially have Camp over and Dad back home now!

Moments before the seal swimming jumped right up to the glass and gave Titus such a start that he fell backward onto his rear end!  I don't know if I have ever laughed so hard!

Enjoying the giraffes with Auntie Enie (her favorite animal there)!

With Chad home for a night, we joined our neighbors, the Bulls, at the Carver County Fair!  Titus loved all of the exotic animals, although he was not too sure what to think of the baby giraffe wanting to sniff him!  Evie went on her very first Ferris Wheel ride but did NOT enjoy her pony ride!  Titus took his tractor driving ride quite seriously and loved to honk the horn the entire time!  Doesn't Chad look comfy sitting next to him?!

Watching Evie, Daddy, Jackson and Krista on the Ferris Wheel!  Next year, buddy!

We also took two trips down to Mankato to visit Dad:  once with just ourselves on a spur of the moment morning visit and the next time with half of our neighborhood!

Our two favorite Chads at Training Camp!

Joe Webb, Titus, Chad and Evie conferring!

Evie giving Chad Greenway's helmet a try!  Get 'em, Eves!

We spent 6 days in Alexandri-ahhh visiting Bumpa and Grandma Lucie.  We enjoyed a boat ride in a pontoon with our friend, Quinn and her parents and grandparents.  But mostly, we enjoyed the pool!  Every morning, Evie, Titus, Mommy and Bumpa would get up, eat breakfast (normally Bumpa cooked...a nice treat for Mommy) and headed to the heated pool!  Evie put her swimming lessons to good use while Titus proved you don't need lessons to jump in head first!  We also spent a little time at the Golf Course (just Mommy and Evie, as Titus would have been a bit distracting)!  Bumpa played in the annual Resorter's Golf Tourney!  It wasn't his year, but Evie loved his binoculars, eating hot dogs and his golf cart and could have cared less how he played!

Exhausted after playing so hard!

National Night Out with McGruff the Crime Dog and our neighborhood friends!

Enjoying the Splash Pad at our favorite park:  Miller Park in Eden Prairie!  We love to pack a lunch, bring our suits and spend the whole morning here!

Celebrating Grandpa Dave's 69th Birthday with a monster cake (guess who picked it out?)!

Our besties, the Thousands also came for a brief visit!  We loved catching up with them and were reminded how much we miss having them in our neighborhood!

Evie "Gabby" Lundeen!  It's hard to tell who got more into the Olympics:  Mommy or Evie!