Merry Christmas!

 Merry Christmas! We had a nice, quiet Christmas at home. Landon didn't quite know what to think of everything! He wanted nothing to do with unwrapping gifts. Got some cute pics of him though :)
A lot of the ones of Sophie ended up blurry but here's one when she first came down stairs and was super excited!

A field trip to Cabela's :)

The Saturday before Christmas we took a little trip to Cabela's. That place was BUSY!!

The kids loved the animals

Santa :)

Sophie was beyond excited to see Santa! Landon on the other hand, not so much. We'll see what next year brings. :)

Here they are:

Here Sophie was waiting anxiously in line to see Santa.

Decorating for Christmas

Landon is walking!

This is a little overdue, but Landon is finally walking! Here's a few of him in action! (The last one is my favorite :) )

Halloween

 A couple quick pics from Halloween! Sophie was so excited about her vampire teeth!  Landon mostly rode along in the stroller since he's not too steady on uneven ground.
We went and visited a couple of the single older women from church, and the last picture is of the kids with Avis.

A trip to the pumpkin patch

We went to Farmer John's Pumpkin Patch a couple weeks ago, and I am finally getting around to posting the pictures! At this point Landon was learning how to walk but refused to wear shoes (note his poor little scab on his face from where he fell into the corner of our entertainment center), so this is why he was in the stroller. The kids had fun even though it was a little muddy!

Landon's haircut

My friend Alissa helped teach me how to cut Landon's hair this week. He was not a happy camper (mostly I think from the hair cape). 

New neighborhood playground

Our neighborhood got new park equipment, so we went to check it out!

Sophie loved climbing on the rock wall!

Here she is swinging!

Landon wasn't as thrilled to say the least... When he starts walking, I'm sure he'll be happier!

A little summer fun!

Enjoying some time at Albert Lea's city beach!

Our garden

Here's our garden toward the beginning. Now there's hardly any walking space. I'll have to put some updated pictures on here. 

Zoo Man

Our library has had lots of activities this summer for the kids. Here is Sophie with a snake (can't remember what kind.)

Fourth of July

Catching up on some photos from the Fourth of July. Here's some from the Third of July Parade we have.

 

Landon's saying, "Get this hat off of me!" :)

Jason's birthday!

 

Jason turned the big 3-5 last week and got to celebrate by having a toenail surgery. :/

Miscellaneous

These are some random photos I've never uploaded of the kids that were either taken on my phone or didn't fit in with another post!

Here's Landon cruising around!

 Sophie saw this turtle while we were walking on the Blazing Star Trail  here in Albert Lea. She was excited to say the least!

Little mischievous Landon :)

Landon and Sophie in the Home Depot cart back in March!

A visit to the zoo

We had the chance to visit the Como Zoo this week with our friend Terri!

Here is Sophie posing for a photo after a mouthful of blue cotton candy :)

 Giraffes :)

 Here is Terri with Landon! We were cooling off under this tent while Sophie and Jason went to ride a few rides in the amusement part of the zoo.

 One of the gorillas in the new gorilla forest.

 Terri and Sophie before we went to see the seals.

A polar bear.

Jason and I were a little camera shy apparently :)