Aaron and I decided that since I am not working right now I should take the kids back to Minnesota for an extended stay with both our families. So that's what we did! I was a little nervous about flying back with Parker and Asher by myself...but LUCKILY, they were perfect little travelers! These first three pics are ones Parker took during our flight from Eugene to Denver. Through the eye of a 3 year old!
The first weekend we were back a bunch of my girlfriends from high school were also home! It was a great quick weekend to catchup and hang out.
Parker even got to attend Jay's birthday party...who is my good friend Stef's son. Otherwise known as "Parker's future husband". It'll be an arranged marriage. :-)
See what I mean...they are perfect for each other!
Hanging out at the Olsen Compound is always a fun time! Parker loves to run around with the dogs, hang out in the garden and play with her cousins over there.
Papa Al is very proud of his harvest!
Yep...she's peeing in the clover patch.
I put Sky, my 13 year old nephew, to work right away...here he is blocking the sun for me.
Cousin Sunny and Parker
Getting ready for popcorn movie night with Grandma MaryLou and Auntie Jamie.
This is a picture Mary Lou showed me...it's of Andy and Aaron as babies (Aaron is on the right). Totally can see Asher here!
Papa Al is the best babysitter ever, clearly!
We had a fish fry one night...even got Al and my Dad to drink a "girly beer" (def of "girly beer" is anything that doesn't look the same going in as it does going out aka MGD, Mich Golden, etc)
A lot of our time was spent at my parent's house at the lake...I wanted both Parker and Asher to be able to swim and hang out on the beach as much as possible! My sister also drove home from Austin, TX for the second half of our trip and my bro drove up from Minneapolis every weekend we were there too...so we all got to hang out quite a bit!
We also visited my grandparents quite a few times. Parker got a kick out of riding on Great Papa D's walker.
Here she is learning about something totally Midwestern and Norwegian...lefse!! Oh soooo good! Papa Rick had to show her how it's done. Butter and sugar baby.
One of our last nights home the weather was perfect for a boat ride! I wasn't sure how long we would last given it was Asher first time, but he loved it and even fell asleep about 15minutes into it!