spring break

we are just finishing up our week of spring break. we each took a turn at being sick for a day, but we were able to fit some fun stuff in too. on wednesday we went to the cities and stayed in dad's condo. we went and saw dad at his office, then headed over to the condo to hang out with mom. that night we went to dinner with linda, john, laura, lucy, mom and dad.

they actually liked all the steps up to the capitol.

on thursday we went to the capitol so jewel and anika could open session by pounding the gavel and saying the pledge. they did a marvolous job!at the beginning of session with Madame Speaker Margaret Kelliher Anderson. she was so wonderful with them. she has to be terribly stressed, but she took time to talk to the girls, and walk them through the process. it was very special and i think grandpa ward was super proud!

after they opened the session we went to the children's museum for the real fun (in their eyes).

we headed home after the children's museum. today (3/21/09) we had a shower for jackie and wyatt. it was nice to see everyone. i think jackie looks very cute, and we are SO excited to see wyatt. anytime now....

cookies, tubing and fun

Last weekend the girls and i took advantage of "no plans". it was great. saturday we lounged around, cleaned the house, and made cookies. the evening we had a movie night. it was a nice day.

They lovingly spent some time playing on the computer also.

sunday we went tubing at prime time charlies in pequot lakes. joe met us there and we all had a blast. the weather was wonderful (about 40 degrees) and the hills were not busy at all. anika even eventually went by herself. we got in a full 2 hours of tubing, ate dinner, went home so joe could clean a large amount of fish that he and his friends caught and retired for the evening. it really was a fun weekend.

this week is spring break. we don't really have much planned, but i'm going to try and bring the girls to st. paul and stay at dad's.