the withers family

February 13, 2011

be my valentine...

be my valentine: bobby and i ventured to gale woods farm for a valentine's sleigh ride and eats. Here are some pictures from the evening...

at our table

this was the illuminated trail to the sleigh ride (you could even take a sled down the hill)...it was beautiful in the moonlight!

waiting for our sleigh ride to begin ("jake" and "mack" were our horses)

the only "good" picture of me from the evening (hee hee...) on our way to the gray house for dessert and hot drinks.

before we made it to gale woods, we stopped off and had a drink first at the chanhassen legion. i couldn't resist taking a picture when i saw their temperature sign (no, it wasn't that cold, but it felt like it during the previous week!).

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a BIG "thank you" to my parents for taking the girls for the evening (sorry for the unexpected sick child, dad!), and "thank you" to my best friend, bobby, for being a willing participant in some of my crazy ideas. it was a fun evening...i love you!

February 12, 2011

build-a-bear and bowling...

build-a-bear and bowling: last weekend we decided to take a trip into the cities to use the girls' build-a-bear gift cards (thank you, sederholm family!). Here are some pics from the experience.

sophia putting stuffing in her puppy

rubbing their dog's heart on their ears to make sure their dogs listen

making a wish (look at livia!)

cleaning their puppies

princess and pinkie (thank you, sederholms!)
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friday evening we decided to take the girls bowling. This was sophia's first time, and she loved it! I wish I could say that the experience ended well, but we had some crying as we left the bowling alley...we'll try it again in a few years (sigh).

sophia next to her bowling ball on alley #8

waiting for her ball to make it to the end of the lane

livia trying to use the ball with her three fingers

what's the score? oh, that's right...mama won!

February 5, 2011

fancy nancy...

fancy nancy: we celebrated "grandma nancy's" birthday today at our house. It was a lovely day filled with lots of great food, fun, and family. Here are some pics from the day...we love you nancy pancy!

fancy nancy on her "day"

(actually her real birthday was on thursday, but who doesn't mind extending their birthday wishes a little longer??)

the decann family and nancy

(michael, jenny, laura, caleb, jim, and matthew)

the withers family

(susan, jenny, nancy, and bobby)

great grandma nancy with great grandson, caleb

the family took in some mariocart wii before supper

mom to sophia, "open up your eyes when i take your picture."

this is what i got...

we love you, nancy!

February 2, 2011

a little behind...

a little behind: it has been too darn cold to do anything around here except eat, sleep, and well, you know...two weeks ago we had a lovely supper over at the withers' household. Here are some pictures from that weekend. enjoy!

sophia and livia after eating their "fun-dips"...thanks, auntie susan!

late christmas gift for uncle jim

okay, okay...so we bought up the entire liquor store for the decann family ;)

livia, grandma, and sophia playing with the play-doh

livia "close-up"

January 16, 2011

cold, january saturday...

cold, january saturday: what do you do on a cold, january saturday when you can't go outside? Well, you dress UP and you boogie on DOWN, of course! Here are some pics from our Saturday. Hopefully these pictures will make you smile and bring some warmth to this cold day! Stay warm, Minnesota friends...

tinker bell #1

tinker bell #2

hula girl (as sophia called it)

kitty cat named, "polly" ( i have no idea where she got the name!)

dancing to "just dance kids" on the wii

(we had a good time dancing together, esp. to the wiggles song, "do the monkey")

January 8, 2011

"like living in a park"...

"like living in a park": when bobby and i were first looking for a house we found an ad from our realty company that had the caption, "like living in a park". Bobby and I giggled and said that it sounded lovely, especially the part about the homeless guys asking for change and dogs pooping on your lawn. Our realtor smiled and added, "I wrote that caption." Whoops! Well, anyways...today's adventure to Edinborough Park reminded me of that. The Park is located inside an apartment complex, so people actually live in a park - minus the homeless people and dogs, of course ;).

It was really fun! Take a look!

scooter fun

this is REALLy high up...can you see the people's balconies behind their heads?

sophia by a small waterfall

this is one of the facilities in edinborough park...and of course, the favorite of all the kids!

one of the girls' favorite slides (steep and fast)

liv loved the rock climbing hill!

sister had to follow, but then realized she couldn't do it as well as livia...

tired out after all that fun...notice the cracker partially eaten in her hand?

January 2, 2011

happy new year...

happy new year: we have had a terrific break! We were able to have 3 christmases at our house, as well as 2 others. Here are some pictures from our holiday break. thanks for the waffle cone maker, grandma leonice!

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we had the urbanski/johnson/withers christmas on new year's day at our house

shawn -nesha - leonice - stephanie

all the cousins - danyka, avery, cailyn, sophia, livia, and brayden
(it was too difficult to get a "nice" picture, so I opted for the "silly" shot)

robes from the urbanski's

sophia and grandpa

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bobby and i didn't make it to a wedding in renville because of the freezing rain, so we decided to have supper at zellas instead. Thanks Auntie Susan for babysitting!