Minnesota

Minnesota was one of those trips where you walk away feeling refreshed & longing for more. We spent a week with our dear friends the Tisor's & it could not have been better. It was refresing to spend time with those friends who truly know you. It was so much fun to see the kids play together, Hallee & Asher got along so well. Hallee called Asher A-chew, it sounded like she was sneezing, love it! They are 5 months apart & Evan & Zoey will also be 5 months apart, so fun!

Of course we visited Mall of America,

lets just say WOW!

They have a theme park inside

gotta love the carousel

Love that Asher & Hallee are

making the same face

Taking a bus ride

Stood on home plate

Hallee's new favorite thing is to ride

up & down the escalator

Mike's new favorite coffee shop!

We got Hallee her first American Girl

doll from her little sister Zoey, too cute!

Noodles & Co! Lets just say I might have

to make a trip to Encinitas, CA soon

Flying Peter Pan

Turning chopsticks into drum stick

Journeyed to the Zoo

The kids has so much fun checking out the animals!

Gotta get as close as possible!

Holding hands!

(Hi turtle)

Too cute!

Looking at the penguins with daddy

We did a lot of hanging out around

the house enjoing each others company

Trying to melt a chocloate cigar...Oh Gregg!

Sweet Evan!

Enjoying some chocolate

Tickle fight!

Watching some Mickey Mouse, Hallee

found a MM buddy!

Playing in the snow

Of course eating the snow!

Culver's...YUM!!
Love this little man!

We drove around Minneapolis

Visited Target Field

(2 things I enjoy, Target & baseball)

This is what happens when the boys

end up with the camera

We walked on a frozen lake at sunset

This is again what happens when the boys

end up with the camera...lake running...safe!

Love this girl!

This was an amazing trip & we anticipate the day when we live close again!

18 Weeks!

Little One!

This week has been a lot of going going going for us. We were getting ready for a trip & then taking a fun plane ride. We spend 3 days in Seattle & we had such a great time. We were able to see a many different sights as well as eat delicious food! You are the size of bell pepper this week & I can't believe how fast you are growing. I hope that one day we can take you back to Seattle because it was a beautiful city with lots to offer. I pray that you love to see other places because we would love to travel with you & your sissy. I think that the world has so much to offer & it is enlightening to see how others live.

Sweets I pray that you know how much you are loved. I am blessed to be your mommy & look forward to sharing this beautiful life with you. Stay healthy in there, it is flu season out here so I'm hoping to steer clear of any flu. Love you very much Zoey!

Mom

Seattle

Seattle was wonderful!! We had such a great time making some fun family memories. I have to say that if the weather was like that year round I would move there in a heartbeat. We did not encounter one sign of rain, it was sunny & clear our entire trip. Everyone we talked to said we must have brought our CA sunshine with us.

Seattle has been a place I have always wanted to visit & I am so glad we were able to make it happen. We visited all the best places, eat at delicious & had many laughs. We will definitely make a trip back there in the future. We will pray that we have such great travel babies again because we could not have asked for better girls!

Your first plane flight, you were awesome! I think I took this picture during the only 10 minutes you slept. You were such a trooper with all of our travel. Much of our time you were either in the car site seeing or in the stroller site seeing & didn't make a peep.

We visited Pike Place Market where they have delicious fresh seafood & produce. We got there just in time to see a few fish flying & the energy it produces.

You have to make sure that you are safe when you cross the street! The sign says 74 people hit by car not carrying the flag & 0 hit with the flag...love it!

Mike was SO excited when we came across this Turkish Delight deli. He has always wondered what Turkish Delight tasted like since reading Chronicles of Narnia. It was delicious!! I think my favorite was lemon & Mike

Of course we stopped at the first ever Starbucks!

You know you can't visit Seattle without stopping by the Space Needle. The weather was perfect & the visibility was amazing & clear.

Always looking so cool!
I was craving fresh fish & chips with clam chowder so we visited Ivar's @ Pier 55. After we walked around & visited some of fun shops & did some people watching.

YUM!

This sign made me laugh because in San Clemente the signs on the pier all tell us not to feed the birds...I guess their Seagulls are different :)

We stopped by Gasworks Park & really enjoyed the uniqueness of this location. It used to be gas pump plant that fueled the city, but has been closed & you can walk around the old pumps. Hallee really loved being able to run around in the fresh air. It was fun to watch the boats & planes come in & out on the lake.

Of course we had to stop by the Freemont Troll! This was a funny site to see, it is literally a huge cement troll carved under a bridge. It was hilarious!

The Ballard Locks were one of my favorite places! It was such a different thing to experence & was nothing like I had imagined. It was fun to see the boats pull in, tie off & wait for the water to fill up! Then the water would flood to the other side of the wall, so much water!

Lucky for us this little girl only visited once when we skipped your nap & got you back to the hotel too late. Thank you Hallee for being such a fun traveler!!

Hallee Jane!

Big sister!

You are becoming so independent!! You are such a sweet & easy going little girl. You truly do love life & the world around you. Right now you can not get enough of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse & anything else Mickey. You will ask for MyMo right when you wake up & anytime the tv is on, you think he should be on. You have such an extensive vocabulary for a 15 month old. You chat ALL day long & to anyone who will listen to you. You also love to be a greeter, you say Hi to everyone & Bye guys to those leaving. You are very polite & say cheeese (please) & than tu (thank you) when you need something.

We have been telling you all about your little sister that will be coming in a few months. You call her E-E (Zoey) & it is so sweet. You come up to my belly & give it kisses & tell it Yha-you (Love you) almost every day. The great part is that you have been pulling up your own shirt & saying baby while pointing to your belly! I think it is too cute I can't correct you. We know that you are going to be the best big sister to little Zoey.

You are a caring & sensitive little girl to those around you. You are extremely observant to the mood in the room. If someone is sad you want nothing more then to fix it. At Zoey's gender reveal when everyone was cheering in excitement that it was a girl you got scared at the yelling. You are such a sweetie!! Thank you for being such a joy to our life. We pray you have that same love & passion for Christ in the years to come. Love you so much Hals!!

Baby Blues!

You would not think it is winter here

we have been spending a lot of time

at the beach...gotta love little footprints

Always enjoying your beep-beep!