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Thumper Pond

We headed on over to Thumper Pond Resort on March 17-20. This date was chosen because we thought it’d be BEFORE the flood this year. Little did we know that Mother Nature had planned the flood a week early. Suspected crest date? March 21. We left everything to the higher powers that be and got [...]

Easter 2009 part 1

First up, egg dying at Grandma and Grandpa’s house!

Concentrating very hard.

He's pretty good at it

Chubby fingers!

More than one egg met the fate that this one is about to meet.

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Easter Part 2

The next day we actually hid a few eggs outside and prompted Connor to find them. He did a pretty good job collecting them and putting them in his basket. Next year I think he’ll have even more fun!

Eggs!

Eggs!

Eggs!

Eggs!

Eggs!

Eggs!

Eggs!

Eggs!

Eggs!

Eggs!

Candy!

Family Picture

After the egg hunt [...]

Spring Break with Selia

The week of the flood was also the week of Spring Break for the nieces. Selia came back to Moorhead with us for the rest of the week where we went to a movie and stayed in a hotel with a water slide.

Sadia made this hat for Connor and this is the one and only [...]

Christmas in Dickinson

On January 2nd we made our way to Dickinson with Marlowe to celebrate Christmas with Chris’s grandma and aunt. The drive was relatively uneventful, though the weather was a bit unpredictable.

I broke out my camera (with the pretty lens) on January 3rd as we opened presents.

Playing with the box of classic [...]

Happy New Year! Connor took his first steps!

That’s right folks! Connor took his first steps today, walking after daddy who was holding my camera while he took the following pictures!

Emma snoozin in the sun.

sitting like a big boy.

Before taking our tree down we wanted [...]

A visit from the girls!

Sara, Sadia, and Selia visited on December 27 and 28 for Christmas and to celebrate Sadia’s birthday.

Since I had just gotten the lenses from Tyler, I was still playing with them (he also borrowed me his wide-angle lens too). Here I was trying to show Sadia the difference between full zoom on a wide angle [...]

Christmas at my mom’s

Upon returning home from Wadena we immediately set out for my mom’s house to celebrate Christmas with her.

Uncle Joe and Connor

Star Wars toys!

Discovering all the goodies in his stocking.

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Christmas with the Skalmans

On Christmas Eve we continued the tradition of eating dinner and opening presents with my dad’s side of the family. Apparently I did not take any photos at that celebration On Christmas Day we went to Wadena to celebrate with Janelle’s family.

The bag sings!

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