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When asked, “Who are your friends?” our li’l Coley promptly answers, “My Lily Friend.” And he refers to her this way (“my Lily friend”) when talking about her. We did get to take our Lily Friend on a couple of … Continue reading →

When we woke up this morning, everything outside was covered in white. Then it kept snowing all morning. And it kept right on all afternoon (during the Vikings wins over the Bears!). And the flakes are still falling into the … Continue reading →

Our poor blog has been a bit neglected in the past few months. It’s not that we don’t have a lot to share, or even that we are very busy. It just kinda slipped from our priority list for a … Continue reading →

Here’s Mater (Carson) and Lightning McQueen (Coley). We just made one quick trip around the block, but you’ll see they amassed quite a bit of candy…

We thought Carse and Cole might be old enough this year for enjoying pumpkin carving. I think we were right. Daddy carved two big pumpkins—one to look like Cole and one to look like Carson—and then we also did two … Continue reading →

Daddy learned a new meaning of labor this Labor Day Weekend — the labor of watching twin toddlers round the clock for a whole weekend. Kinda like what Mommy does 9-to-5 five days a week. Overall, it went well, and … Continue reading →

There is so much to catch up on. But for now, we will mark this week as “to school” week. Our new “big sister” Brittney started college Monday. (Brit is Meg’s cousin who is currently living with us). Carse and … Continue reading →

Despite the name, Fargo’s not as far a go as we thought it’d be. Just about three and a half hours each way, add a little for the stops. We left Saturday morning, to take in Cousin Mason’s sixth birthday, … Continue reading →

Today is the twins’ 2nd birthday. Wow, we can’t believe it’s already been two years since that memorable July 1 in 2010. Here’s are the individual and together birthday videos for 2012: Coley: Carson: Twins together:

It seems the stars aligned for a big party… The boys turn 2 tomorrow on July 1. We just moved to a new address. It’s summer in Minnesota. We celebrated 5 years of marriage yesterday. The boys are really into … Continue reading →