Thursday, October 23, 2008

Summer Fun in North Dakota

We're back in the saddle again! I haven't posted anything since last May....so I thought it was about time to go through some great pictures and reflect back on our wonderful summer!

We spent a little over 3 weeks in North Dakota with Matt's side of the family. Most of our time was in Bismarck while Matt worked on a rotation and part of our time was spent about an hour away at Lake Tschida. It was a special time where we celebrated Steve and Donna's 25th Anniversary with only the immediate family and grandchildren. Ian and Miah had so much fun with their cousins that they didn't want to leave. Peyton, Zane, Sara, and Ian had fun being pulled on the big tube. Ian sure loved tagging along with the older kids!Grandma Donna loves her girls, Zoe and Miah!

Who needs the water?



Happy 25th Anniversary!




Work hard....Play hard....and sneak in a nap when you can. :)





Waiting and waiting for the big one. Ian didn't have much luck that day. He didn't want to quit until he caught a fish. After 4 hours we had to call it a day.



Kicking back at the cabin. Good times!





We enjoyed the Heritage Center in Bismarck with Grandma Jan and Aunt Amy.



There is a fun amusement park in town that we love visiting. Ian is finally tall enough to try out the go-carts and bumper cars.




Miah loves the inflatables!




Ian loved taking the boat out with Grandpa Hamar. He still talks about how he misses life at the cabin. It's hard for him to understand that we all had to go home to our regular lives...I think he believes that everyone is still there playing in the water, making smores, and laughing.



Ahhh...This is the Life!



Grandma Jan is such a good sport.

Miah liked pretending they were in jail at the Heritage Center.




Dakota and Miah spent many hours playing in the pool at Grandma and Grandpa Hamar's!




Roasting marshmallows and sitting by the fire.


Miah and Zoe had fun playing on Grandma's piano.



Ian, Peyton, and Sara




Grandpa has a captive audience while he works on a fish.


Fun times at the Zoo.



Summer and Smores!

We had so much fun spending time, catching up, and really getting to know each other again. It was sad to leave and we can't wait to spend time with each other again.








2 comments:

Our Family said...

That looks so fun. The family, boating, and fishing. No wonder you guys love it there so much.

Criscell said...

Yippee!!! You're back to the blogging world! What SUPER FUN pictures! It was so fun to look at them all and see what you guys did while you were home. Looks like you had a great time. I love the one of Miah kicked back relaxing in the chair.