Friends and Butterfly Wings

Ryan and Mike had a fantasy football draft last night so we invited Amy and Lauren over for dinner and playtime. The girls had a great time as usual...Allison was barefoot outside and Lauren wore Allison's shoes - another usual at our house! :) Lauren loves shoes!

Allison had some butterfly wings that both girls put on and they "flew" around the yard. It was a gorgeous evening and we all enjoyed every minute of it.

Mmm Mmm Good!

We have had an abundance of tomatoes in our garden and Allison of course wanted some...she got mad at us when we said we would cut it - she said "I want to eat it like an apple!" Sure enough she did...

A Walk (or run) through the Garden

My mom and I took Allison to the Munsinger Gardens in St. Cloud and enjoyed a fun day in the sun. Allison enjoyed running through the individual gardens!

As you can tell she also enjoyed the water fountains - I think she could have stood there for a few hours. She did keep asking for her swim suit and silly me kept saying I forgot them :)

We stopped and posed for a picture by my favorite - the hydrangeas - they were so pretty!

Allison kept looking in the Wishing Well and singing Snow White songs - but I don't think the prince was in there :)

Bonnie Beach

Once again we went to Bonnie Beach at good ol' Clitherall Lake for a week of fun and sun! We went with the Witter's again and had a fabulous time! Allison wasn't too sure of the water but totally loved playing in the sand and building many sand castles!

Allison also felt totally relaxed on many boat rides...

She even enjoyed fishing with Daddy and thinking the worms and fish were "soooo cute!"

It was a fabulous vacation and we were all quite tired by the time we got home!

Naked in a tutu!

Allison received a tutu for her birthday from my talented friend Jana. Alli loves wearing it - especially when she wants to dance to music. The other day she was running around naked - which is a regular occurrence in our household - and she wanted to put her "princess tutu" on...well she did and briefly danced before being distracted by my purse...she didn't find much in there of course :) but she had fun!

What a great day...

We went to the MN Zoo today and had a wonderful time. Andrea, my Mom, and Ryan's Mom all came down and we arrived at the zoo about 9:30. Allison had a great time! She enjoyed seeing all of the animals and walking around and leading the way - I think her favorite part was the many tunnels and caves to crawl in :) Ea was a great sport and climbed with her - what a great Auntie! Needless to say she was quite tired when she came home - so I let her be spoiled and nap in our bed today...she is still enjoying that nap! :)

Just thought I would post a few of our favorite pics...enjoy!

Ryan Skydives!

Ryan and his sisters took their dad skydiving for his 60th birthday today! They had a great time and were all ready to go again...My dad was able to ride with in the airplane as an observer so he was able to get pictures right in the action - Dad said that everyone was all smiles and each time someone went out they would scream - he said it was awesome!

Don't worry they all landed safely and Allison was so happy to have her Daddy back on the ground...