Family Vacation

This past week we were able to get away to a resort up near Park Rapids for some great family time! Highlights for us all include: 1st tractor show/pull, some great biking, Scott cooking the WHOLE week so I didn't have too:-), watching Soren's love for the pool/lake just explode, some great food, Mongolian BBQ, visiting family and friends, Itasca State Park, lots of ice cream, playing games, uninterrupted reading, visiting a winery, browsing many cute shops/stores and best of all just spending time together!

For some reason the regular website that I use for pics wasn't working tonight....so I had to download all the pics as you see below. Because I'm not so tech-saavy you'll have to view our images below in three posts-sorry!!

Pure JOY!!!

Eating donuts, OJ, and coffee for Soren's birthday breakfast!

Father & son....

Sletto cousins!

Soren and cousin Nick!

part two

Taking a break in our 12 mile ride!


Attempting chopsticks!

Just hanging out near the river.

We spent MANY hours at the parks!

Birthday greetings from Grandpa Gary!

part three..

Sun tanning-Soren style!


Mixing us 'muffins!'

Itasca's headwaters.

Loving the lake!

Checking out all the equipment!

Happy Birthday!!!

We are going to be out of town for the next week...so I'm early on celebrating Soren's birthday but enjoy the photos of the last three years!

3 years old

2 years old

1 year old

His BIRTH day!

It's hard for us to imagine where the last 3 years went. Today, Soren is a tractor loving, out-going, smiley little boy who is loving life! What a joy!!!

Birthday Party:Newberg Edition

It's hard to believe...but Soren really doesn't like chocolate, cake, toppings on his vanilla or anything likewise! So....he got what he loves for his birthday-a BIG bowl of vanilla!

The AWESOME table from Loren & Sue!

Hot wheels are a hit!

Our family of three.....for our 3 year old!! Which is SO hard for me to believe! Where did three years go!

Harvest Days

This past weekend Soren & I got to spend some time with my folks. Their town was celebrating Harvest Days....and so we got to participate in some of the activities!!Grammie Sue and Soren checking out all the creepy, crawly animals!

Grammie Sue & Soren checking out/touching the snake!! I really hate snakes....so thanks Mom!!

Having a great time on the train before the big kids behind him starting bouncing up & down....then Soren got really scared and didn't get to enjoy the ride. Bummer!!!!

He did enjoy the bounce houses~for a little bit!

Breakfast on the driveway....

As we prepare for preschool we recieved an activity calendar for the month of August and days in Sept leading up to the start of it. One day last week was to eat breakfast on the deck....well we had to improvise as the deck was wet, wet, wet! Soren LOVED it and has asked to eat on the driveway almost daily since then!

3 yr old pics...

My friend Emily took Soren for the morning and took his 3 yr pics for us!!! We think she did an awesome job...check him out on www.schuelers.blogspot.com

This & That

We decided since Soren will soon be three....he needs a preschool haircut!!! It sure is cooler on these hot, hot, hot days!!!

This morning I asked Soren to grab a FEW toys to play with during quiet time while I showered. I'm not sure he understood the FEW part of my request!!

Family pic at the cabin!

Como Zoo

On what was quite possibly THE hottest/most humid day thus far....a group of us went to the Como Zoo!! Cold Stone on the way home never tasted so good:-)!!! A good time was had by all....Soren has been trying to convince me that Sparky the Sea Lion would fit well in our bathtub!! Hmmmm.....I'm not quite sure about that one!!

Double the size!!

This weekend our house doubled in sized if you are measuring occupany! We got to have friends Ayden, Aubrey and Abram with us!! We enjoyed the many parks, yummy food, the lake, board games, the wonderful outdoors and just playing together!! I love looking at a table full of kids or van filled with carseats!! What a great group of kids! But I do have to admit....I'm tired:-)!!