Danika’s Christmas Dance!

 

Auntie Kyky and Uncle Toby also came to see her!  She was SO excited that they were coming to see her.  Thanks for making her day she LOVED it!	Here is Danika’s very first Dance Performance.  They put on their xmas performance at an Elderly Home in Hawley, MN.  She has been taking Dance classes there since September.  We were very excited to see what she has learned.  Mommy was pretty excited, driving there with butterflies in my stomach.  She did great!!! We are so proud of her.
Here are Daddy and Eli Left and Tavan Right and Jacob.  We were packing a crowd in there.  Unfortunately Ryan had a Cub Scout activity so could not make it.	Here Danika is with her Dance Instructor Amber, she loves her so much!  Thanks Amber!
Her Dance class!  She is the middle on the end.	Here is Mommy with her little Princess!

"The Santa Scream Fest!"

We've been busy for the last year, but not much of an excuse for not updating our blog! I guess it's about time to catch up. Let's start with Christmas! We promise to start updating more frequently!

Here it is! The Annual Santa Visit. As you can see the twins are not a big fan. Eli is left and Tavan Right. Danika is not in this picture, she actually ran away! The last time I have posted on this Blog was last year at this time. My how time flies! Below we wrestled Danika into the picture, she had to sit on Mom's lap. Of course, Jake and Ryan are loving the guy in the Red suit! We were told that out kids had won the scream fest so far! We are SO proud!

HO HO HO!!!

Santa made time out of his busy schedule to come and hang out with the kids in Dilworth. The kids got to go and sit on his lap and chat a bit, however we had some that didn't think to much of this, even though they received a pretty cool bag of candy and a stuffed animal. This was held at the fire hall in Dilworth and they had it all decorated up with Christmas Decorations. The kids also got to go and check out the fire trucks.
Jacob and Ryan sat on Santa's lap together!

Eli(left) and Tavan(right). Eli is wondering what Tavan is crying about. The Guy in Red is not so bad!

Eli hanging out with Santa!

Tavan still doesn't like this Santa fellow!

Here's Danika. Clearly, Tavan is following in her footsteps. Poor Santa, I wonder if he had bruises after today! We are probably mean parents, making our kids go through such awful torture during this time of year. At least Danika is smart enough to figure out who the real source of the gifts is. Whenever we tell her that she will need to 'ask Santa' for something she wants, she just says "NO, I'll go ask Grandma!!!"

Happy Halloween!

Ryan as Darth Vader with all his candy!

Tavan as Flounder.

Eli as Sabastian the Crab.

Danika as Ariel the Bride. From "The Little Mermaid."

Halloween went so fast. Here are pics of the kiddos. I missed Jake as he ditched us for friends and then had a sleepover. But that is what happens. He was a Twins Baseball player, so you can pretty much imagine what he looked like. Danika, Tavan and Eli were all characters from one of D's favorite movies "The Little Mermaid". Danika was Ariel as the bride, Tavan was Flounder the fish and Eli was Sabastian the crab. Ryan was Darth Vader. They all looked great and had a fun time trick or treating and got lots of candy for Dad to eat!

Birthday Madness!

Well, October starts off with Jake's birthday on the 19th. We celebrated this on the 17th of October. Him and his friends went to Courts Plus fitness center to begin. We rented a gym for them to go and play games. Then they came back to our house for cake, presents and a sleepover. He had a football themed party. Here in the picture is the Dilworth Rebels stadium and little footballs. The picture is Jake, Ryan (in the red) his friends and his two little Sisters Danika(wearing pink) and Abigail Johnson.

My Babies are 1! Cake is YUMMY!

Next, we have Tavan and Eli's birthday on the 22nd. They turned 1. This was a very difficult time for Miranda. Her babies are 1. It is very difficult to figure out where the past year has gone. Since, Danika's birthday is on the 26th. we celebrated a combo birthday party with the three of them. Danika is now 3 years old going on 16. WOW! She is an amazing person. As you see Giraffe also celebrates with her. Here are the three of them with their Cakes. We did Giant cupcakes for the twins and Danika being a huge Dora fan had Dora's Backpack. (Thanks to Oma for the beautiful decorating help)

My Little princess is 3.

The Birthday Madness Begins.

Ryan turned 8 on Sept. 29th. He celebrated his birthday with friends and a sleepover. The theme for his party was "Kung-fu Panda".

Happy 4th of July!

Here we are at the Annual Sheyenne 4th of July parade. Danika and Grandma are waiting patiently for the parade to start so she can start the candy collection. Below are Miranda's cousin's kiddos Kameryn (8, top) and Raleigh (2, bottom) also waiting anxiously for the parade
Raleigh was being a little camera shy at the time.	Here are Grandpa Ken and Miranda's Cousin Sara's hubby (Keith Hanson) heading up the parade carrying the flags.
	Tavan is waiting for the parade here, but we are not sure if he will stay awake long enough to see it. Above are our adorable Eli (to the left), Danika and Tavan.
Eli is enjoying the outdoors playing with some toys.	While waiting for the Stone pit BBQ to be ready, I was able to snap a photograph of all the little ones. Aren't they absolutely adorable?? All looking at the camera!
Eli is chilling out here, just enjoying the sunshine. He is working the use of his stroller real well here!