My new car!

The lease on the Maxima ran out earlier in the year so it was time to shop for a new car. 

Guess what I'm driving now......????

I'm so excited! :)  This has been my dream car forever!!

Senior night

Have I mentioned that my baby boy is a SENIOR???  The time has just flown by.  It seems like yesterday that he was digging up worms in the backyard in his Batman costume.  :)  Oops, sorry Garrett......that might have been a secret. 

Sweet Maci showed her Senior pride as Garrett's number one fan!

Happy birthday, TT!!

March 1st was Tracey's birthday!!  Woohooooo!!! :)  This chick looks amazing.......not a day over 29. 

We made an entire weekend out of it.  The MS Walk was Saturday, March 2nd so it was terrific timing!  Charlene made her this yummy red velvet cake.  Doesn't it look like a professional made it?  I love how the candles lined up in this photo to say Happy Day (pure coincidence).  It was definitely a happy day!

Gotta give Michael an extra shout out for helping Tracey blow out her candles.  Haha! :)  Look at him in the background above.....I bet he didn't even realize he was "blowing". 

We all met at Joe's Crab Shack (that's "Crow's Jab Shack" in Denise-speak) for the celebration.  The staff created Easter Bunny ears on Tracey and had her hop around......hilarious! :)



Winter Carnival

Delanie and I had so much fun at the Winter Carnival.  We drove to Saint Paul and walked around for hours.  Kudos to us for braving the below zero weather (no joke!).  :)

An entire park was dedicated to ice sculptures and another was full of snow art.  This one was my favorite.  It's a six feet tall statue of a piano lesson.  Every detail was so clear.....even the teacher's eyelashes!

Minnesota is the home of Charles Schulz (creator of the Peanuts cartoon) so there are statues everywhere!

Tubing

Since we are supposed to get six inches of snow today - on May 1st!! - I thought I would share our tubing adventure with you.  :)

Elm Creek Park Reserve is about five minutes away from our house so we went exploring a few weeks ago.  There are tons of things to do there:  tubing, skiing, hiking, snowshoeing, etc.

Check out the video....

Can you tell that Delanie was tired of having a camera shoved in her face?  One of these days she's gonna appreciate looking back at these memories! :)

Thankfully we didn't have to trudge up the mountain after sledding down.  There was a lift that we could ride! :)

Yep, this is my husband! Sorry ladies, he's taken!! :)

Calendar

To celebrate the upcoming year, I created a calendar with some of my favorite photos from 2012.  It took FOREVER but I really like the way it turned out. 

What do you think??

Already April

My first post of 2013!  The time got away from me......I can't believe it's already April.  It's been crazy at the Richardson house. I have so much to tell you! :)

Let's start off by welcoming in the new year.