Zobel Week

We hosted the Zobel girls for 6 days while their mom and dad took a warm vacation.  They fit right in with our family and we LOVED having them.  We also stayed super busy and had lots of fun!

Cheering on Taylor at her volleyball tournament

Rides with Auntie at the MOA

Learning how to ice skate like Carter

Coloring with Hailey

Cheering on Hailey at basketball

A full day at the Crayola Experience!!!!

Bahamas Trip 2017

 On January 28, we left chilly Minnesota for the Bahamas.  This is our first trip to the Bahamas and it was wonderful!  We went with two other couples and stayed at the Harbor-side resort connected to Atlantis.  We enjoyed wonderful food, fun, sun, and company for 5 days.

Allison and Christine

Scott and Cheryl

Heading out for our beach day

Pool side at the Atlantis towers

Beach walk for the ladies

Christine and Craig

Craig, Mike, and Scott

Sunshine, drinks, and smiles

Beach day

January 2017

 Annual GEMS badge Saturday included: braiding badge and cooking school!

Hailey spent a week and a half at home after being diagnosed with Mono

New house progress!

 A Trip to the Timberwolves game with Jeremy and Cullen while landing 2nd row seats!  Note: see Taylor in the background behind Rubio?

 A Fun night out with Jeremy and Leanne

 Wild Game!!!!!!

Carter and his team got to skate with the MN Gophers Hockey Team!

Julia and Hailey at the Crayola Experience

Taylor Ann turns 11!!!!!!!!

 Taylor Ann turned 11 on December 30th in style with a dream candy cake!  

All smiles for this girl with her candy cake and her new bedding!

 A combined birthday party with her bestie Jaclyn at the Obstacle Academy with friends was a great success!

Hailey on the rings

Taylor on the swinging bars

Tough daddy on the pegs

All of our obstacle champions

We wrapped up the night at Famous Daves for Taylor!

Christmas Parties 2016

My lovely sisters

 A fun new tradition?  Maybe!  Grandpa and Grandma Vis took all 11 grandchildren out for a fun-filled cousin night at a hotel with bowling, swimming, pizza, and games.

Meanwhile, us siblings all went out together in our beautiful Christmas sweaters!

Allison and Mike

Grandma and all of the grandchildren bowling

Original Four!!!

 After driving home on Christmas day in a thunder and lightening rain storm, we celebrated our own family Christmas in Bloomington

 Newton Ave Christmas is always a blast with these neighbors!

Love these ladies

Dads and kids Skating on Syrjamaki pond

 And….keeping a very old tradition alive, we celebrated Christmas with the Beckering family 

I can't believe how old they are all getting