After two weekends in a row without the kids, we were ready for some good family time. On Friday night we took the girls out to eat, something we haven't done in 4 months! In fact, I think I can count the times we've eaten out as a family on one hand! Anyway, now that Brinley is older and can eat the food it's a lot easier. We went to Noodles and company and "carbo loaded" for our 5K the next day. (ha ha, ok, you don't need to carbo load for a 5K but I'll take any excuse to load up on carbs I can get!)
After dinner we walked down to Cold Stone to continue carbo loading. (Are there carbs in ice cream?) Teya picked blue ice cream to match her blue shirt. She's such a funny girl.
The next morning we were up bright and early for the Pioneer 5K and breakfast put on by our church. The course wrapped around a couple small lakes and was really pretty. Teya got to do the kids fun run too and did a good job for someone running in pajamas and crocs. (She's obsessed with her jammies and when we have to be out the door before 8, odds are we're not going to be able to get her out of them!)
After the 5K we cleaned up and headed to St. Paul to visit the Como Zoo. It's one of only 4 free zoos in the United States. I thought it would be kind of lame since it's free but we were surprised and how many cool animals they had (including Lions, Tigers and Gorillas!)
Teya on Daddy's shoulders at the zoo. Doesn't she look so grown up in this picture?
After the zoo we drove out to Burnsville to meet up with our friends the Hogges, who just moved out to Minnesota from Michigan. We took the kids to Chuck E Cheese and let them run wild while we caught up with each other. Their daughter is only 6 months older than Teya and the two got along great. She even convinced Teya to put on dress ups, I was impressed!
And the final highlight of the weekend was Sunday night's dinner. Taber decided to be ambitious with the grill and made his first attempt at cooking ribs. We were both amazed at how well they turned out. Every other bite I had to stop and say, "WOW!" I hate to admit it but now that the grill has come into play, Taber might just be a better cook than me. ; )
After dinner we walked down to Cold Stone to continue carbo loading. (Are there carbs in ice cream?) Teya picked blue ice cream to match her blue shirt. She's such a funny girl.
The next morning we were up bright and early for the Pioneer 5K and breakfast put on by our church. The course wrapped around a couple small lakes and was really pretty. Teya got to do the kids fun run too and did a good job for someone running in pajamas and crocs. (She's obsessed with her jammies and when we have to be out the door before 8, odds are we're not going to be able to get her out of them!)
After the 5K we cleaned up and headed to St. Paul to visit the Como Zoo. It's one of only 4 free zoos in the United States. I thought it would be kind of lame since it's free but we were surprised and how many cool animals they had (including Lions, Tigers and Gorillas!)
Teya on Daddy's shoulders at the zoo. Doesn't she look so grown up in this picture?
After the zoo we drove out to Burnsville to meet up with our friends the Hogges, who just moved out to Minnesota from Michigan. We took the kids to Chuck E Cheese and let them run wild while we caught up with each other. Their daughter is only 6 months older than Teya and the two got along great. She even convinced Teya to put on dress ups, I was impressed!
And the final highlight of the weekend was Sunday night's dinner. Taber decided to be ambitious with the grill and made his first attempt at cooking ribs. We were both amazed at how well they turned out. Every other bite I had to stop and say, "WOW!" I hate to admit it but now that the grill has come into play, Taber might just be a better cook than me. ; )
5 comments:
Wow! You guys are all never ending balls of energy! That weekend might have actually killed me! Good job on the ribs Taber! I've never been brave enough to try cooking at that level. :)
That is a fun-filled weekend for sure! You're family is just too cute...I can't get over it. I am pretty sure your whole fam should be in those ads for General Mills with Taber. :) Oh and the picture of Teya dressing up is priceless...it's like she is thinking, "What the heck am I doing??"
BECCA--you don't even look like the girls mom, you look like a big sister...amazing.
I love family days/weekends like that! I can't believe what a running family you guys have turned into - that's so awesome. I love how Teya does it right along with you (and she did look very cute running in her jammies and crocs). Also, I love the Teya dress-up picture - her expression is so great! All of a sudden she is seeming super, super old. When did that happen?
Okay ... this is actually for Helen ... if Becca looks like the girls' big sister, what does that make Taber????? ;-) LOL
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