outdoor practice

What a night...Rowan is at a makeup gymnastics; then we had to book across town for Eddie's first outdoor practice at the High School. And it is brisk out here tonight. Oh well.

just another saturday...

Guess the girls enjoyed their breakfast after early practice today. 2 dozen donuts...done!

Then this afternoon we spent our afternoon/evening in Stillwater @ the Lumberyard with a couple of games.  

In between we headed over to BWW for a quick dinner.

Eddie and his team just got their team gear. Pretty cool hats and hoodies.

And the boys hockey pictures are in too. So Cute! Rowan hasn't had hers taken yet...

Then Rowan and her team played tonight too...they had a shootout at the end of their game for fun!

Just another day...

 ...of celebrating my birth! Ugh. I decided we could stop counting and celebrating last year! We went out for Mexican tonight...got my celebratory tequila shot and some whipped cream shoved in my face. How rude! Love me some margaritas on the rocks.

This shows how old I am getting....beyond thrilled with my birthday gifts. This isn't all I got, but these show my age.

organizing...

....fishing gear in January! Kids got their new tackle boxes ready too...so not sure who was more excited. Guess they were pleased with their new fishing fun from Christmas.

Last Christmas of 2016....boo!

Saved the best for last! Especially since we could celebrate Grandpa's birthday as well.

 

Morning started bright and early...breakfast and gifts galore! Of course the kids couldn't wait to tear things open. I didn't get a picture of each of our envelopes...but this year Grandma didn't put names on any of the gifts, we all had our own wrapping paper distinguishing each gift. Very cool idea; but she said she might not do it again. Made for many rolls of paper and more work.

 

And then once the fun was opened they couldn't wait to play. So we played many games before they day grew old. New fishing poles and gear were high on their like lists too.

Me and my sista!

At 3:30pm; we headed to the 5 O'clock club to have a happy hour in celebration of Grandpa Kris and Uncle Kurt's 60th birthdays! We had shirts made...in their younger years they had shirts made for their parties, so we updated them and made them for our immediate families. So fun.

Got to see my bestie, Casey. Short but sweet.

Our group for the evening!  

So fun! We got this awesome cake from Cakes While you Wait in Pewaukee. Pretty fitting for Father! After happy hour we had dinner and then headed back to Grandma and Grandpa's for some games. And sadly, even though it was New Years Eve, we were in bed by about 10pm. That's what happens when you start with day drinking. Aunt Amanda even bought party hats and such, and the box didn't get opened. Oh well. We enjoyed and all had fun.

And we played Speak Out which was the funniest thing ever. I was horrible at it because I couldn't stop laughing to even get a word out.

on the road again...

So relieved to have a peaceful drive to WI without any weather disturbances tonight! We headed back to have Christmas and celebrate Grandpa Kris's 60th birthday this weekend. We swung through Karen and Doug's house to drop Gizmo off for the weekend and then to Grandpa Kris and Grandma Julie's house!

Friday night was a low key evening complete with some stockings. Because heaven forbid we wait until tomorrow morning to open gifts. We did not stay up late as we had a full day tomorrow planned.

Girls outdoor St. Paul

The girls played outside tonight in downtown St. Paul! Very cool experience...weather wise too. We did survive the cold as well, but they had fun too. Dress for success!

Warming up!

Game on!  

Fun team picture with the girls and coaches.

And our little family too!