School Pictures

 Oh My Goodness. How often do you get pictures like this? School (Daycare) has a photography studio come in every 6 months. I took pictures of the pictures. :) Last time around, we got a good one of Andie, but look at this time. How are we going to pick?? We sure have photogenic kids!

I have no idea why this one won't rotate. It looks like it is right on my pc.

Labor Day Weekend, 2011

We spent Labor Day weekend in Chetek, WI at Jen's parent's cabin.  It was a little chilly this year, but that didn't stop us from getting out on the lake and catching a bunch of fish!

Before we left, Nate had them try on their new Viking's appearel.  He wanted to make sure they had the right mindset before heading into enemy territory (WI) for the weekend.

Grandpa Dreger holding baby Harrison

Out for a little pontoon ride



Andie trying out her new Barbie fishing pole



Daniel just fishing. He just loves it. 



Hanging out with Grandpa

Jen's idea of some creative photography...

Nate was put to work

Working on getting some of the docks out

Got my workout in for the day



Summer Fun

The weather was great this summer, and we sure had fun breaking in our new boat. 

Andie having a sandwich.... I made sure she picked up all of her crumbs :)

Hanging out with Grandpa Q. on lake Marion in Lakeville

Andie trying to find the right bait for the big ones

Daniel is becoming quite the accomplished angler

Andie helping Nate drive

Fourth of July Weekend at Chetek

Nate and Fran drove straight from Canada to Chetek to meet up with the family for the 4th of July weekend.

Andie staying cool (and looking cool)

Daniel showing off the new T-shirt he got from Daddy's trip

They sure missed Dad.

Quist Family Camping - Baraboo, WI

The Quist family (including the Hoffe's, Racki's, and Bleckwehl's) went to Baraboo Hills campground this June. It was a very family and kid friendly campground, and we had a great time. The weather was very hot an humid, we weathered an overnight thunderstorm in our tents, but we all had a great time.

Grammy, Andie, and Brooklyn on the big bounce pillo

Daniel riding one of the sweet bikes

Playground fun

Off to somewhere....

The mini-golf course was tailored for kids

Just trying to stay cool

Andie was tuckered out after a long hot weekend in that cast.  She got it taken of a couple of days after we got back home.

Nate went to Canada

Nate went to Ontario this year with his father-in-law and a couple of other in-law guys for a week of fishing.  He didn't have the best luck with the walleyes this time, but he did catch an incidental 40" muskie while smallmouth bass fishing.  He had a small 12 inch northern grab a crank bait and this muskie grabbed the northern as he was reeling it in.  The muskie never let go.





Sorry!

What an eventful summer so far! We've been soo busy. And, now since we have cameras on our phones, I can't keep track of where our pictures are.

Nate and I celebrated our 6yr anniversary last month. What an amazing, blessed life we've had together so far! Can't wait for more fun stuff to come. We had a sitter come over and we went to dinner. We finished the night with smores :)

We've been on the boat a couple of times. Not as much as we would like, but having to stay out of the water for 3 weeks because of Andie's cast, kept us off the boat! We all know it's been super hot...we knew if we were on the boat, we might as well jump in. But, now that the cast is off and her arm is doing great, we're trying to get in plenty of boat/water/fishing time. We even managed to get Nate's parents on it with us!

The kids have been to the Como Zoo with Grammy Q, the Anoka County Fair with Jen, had some fun themed days at school (Magician and bugs), and been to a couple of Nate's softball games. Our neighbor Josh plays on the same team as Nate. His kids (Grace and Eva) are best friends with Daniel and Andie. So, here are a couple of pics of them playing last night.

Andie and Eva (Eva turned 2 in Jan)
Daniel and Grace (She will be 4 next week!) Daniel is hunched over, but she's a very tall girl!! :)
We've even been to a couple of Twins games. Andie and Daniel both got their first experience at Target Field. Jen took Daniel with her friend Sara and her boy Chase on a Monday afternoon. Then the following Thurs evening, we all went as a family.

More will be coming...but these are the pictures on my phone...need to get the ones off the camera now :)