Pumpkin Patch

Hello- Today we went to the Pumpkin Patch with the Zorman's. We had a blast. We brought our own lunch and ate there first then we started with all of the fun.We even took home some pumpkins for front step. Here we're on a tracker hay ride.
Ava sitting on a large pumpkin
Braden and Jason on the tractor ride.
Scarecrow Ava
Scarecrow mom.
Framer Braden
Jason, Ava and Braden with the rabbits.


Here they are at the beginning of the corn maze.
Here we are half way.


Seven acres of the corn maze.

The dads having fun.
Cori and Max on the barrel ride.Braden
Here were chunkin' pumpkins.

Here is the giant target.

The summer fun has come to an end.

Today we finished our beachfront by putting washed sand down. It did not take us long at all. Just a few loads from to bob cat and all of us spreading out the sand we were done in no time at all.

Does this look great or what?!

Doug, Jason and Braden moving the sand.

Kent with his bob cat dumping sand on the shore.

Jason and Braden moving more sand.

Doug and I just moving the last bit of sand.
Here is Braden and Ava enjoying the new sand.
Ava with the leaf pile.
He are all of the kids enjoying the leaves.
Ava helping Jason put way the dock.

We have now official closed up the cabin for the winter.

Beachfront

Hello-Some people like to close up the cabin in the fall and usually leave until spring each year. The Grinde's do it a little different. We like to close up the cabin and then start doing some landscaping! That is correct we did a little landscaping at the cabin on Saturday. We have 120 feet of lake shore and we added out ten feet of sand and rock. This is the end result of the day. And we need to and washed sand to the top next weekend.
Here is Daren and Doug after they put cinder blocks in the water.

Here is Braden and his big Bass he caught off of Harry's dock. He caught his fish after fishing for only 10 minutes.
Daren and his first load of sand.

Braden and Ava resting at the cabin.
More sand!
Jason smoothing out the sand.
Jason, Haley and Doug moving sand.

Braden and Haley moving rocks.
Here I am moving rocks!

Ava and Mommy

Here is some cute photos of Ava and I this morning. Ava likes me to brush her hair and put ponies in her hair. Today Ava asked if she could brush my hair and well I could not pass that up. Braden took all of the photos for us. Jason was outside at the time checking out all of the rain we received that past couple of days.


Look at my clips! She did a great job.

Football Photos

Hello all, Here are some photo's I took last weekend while we were in Grand Forks visiting Papa Doug. These photo's are taken in front of Doug's house. Don't these kids look cute!?

This is of Jason and the kids playing catch with the football.

School update.

Braden is still enjoying going to school each day and he loves the bus ride there. He has met a few new kids and enjoys staying after school to play with them.

Ava does not mind that Braden is going to school now. She is wanted to be a BIG kid now that Braden is. She has been trying hard this summer to use the bathroom. But now that Braden is in school she is trying even harder to be a big kid. They are both growing up so fast.

Kindergarten!

Today is September 2nd 2008 and it was Braden's 1st day of Kindergarten. Here is a couple of photos of Branden getting ready for the bus and his little sister Ava with him. She was very excited to see him off to the bus. Braden had a good time and even remembered his lunch number. He had a blast making new friends.
Side note: Ava did just fine without Braden at Annette's house today!

Labor Day Weekend!

My big catch! Braden's first Northern! Wow!Braden and Ava getting ready for the squirt gun fight!

Hello Everyone! I hope you all had a safe and happy weekend. We did! We were planning on heading off to the cabin after work on Friday but, I got that dreaded phone call from Annette (my favorite daycare provider) your daughter is sick and you need to come and get her. Oh crap! What a great way to start off the long weekend. My little girl was throwing up all over. But come bed time she was feeling better. She slept all night and Saturday we headed off to the cabin and we were there by noon. We fished, swam, ate and did all over again.



Here is Jason, Ava, Halle and Braden fishing off the end of the dock.


Here is Ava once Jason got her home from Annette's.

Jason, Ava and Braden fishing off the pontoon.
Ava enjoying a boat ride.
Look at my BIG Bass.
Halle and Braden after the squirt gun fight with Jason and Haley! The kids did not even have a chance with the buckets Jason and Haley were using. Everyone had a blast. Grandpa even got into it at the end.

OH NO!