Daycare Christmas

Nadia's daycare had a holiday party last night for the kids and all of the parents. We are very lucky to have such a great person to watch Nadia for us while we're at work! She is always doing fun things for the kids and last night was so much fun for all of us! Julie had her house all decked out and even had an ice sculpture! She closed the night with a video of the kids throughout the year and all the fun activities that they did.

Julie had Santa Claus stop by to hand out gifts and we found out that Nadia is not a 'Santa Baby.' :) She wouldn't have anything to do with him!

For the past month, Darren and I have been wondering how Nadia was getting so good at Christmas songs. We found out last night! Julie had the kids sing songs for the parents.

Terrible TWO'S!!!

It's official...we have a 2 year old! It's only been a few weeks, but Nadia seems to be a natural at the terrible 2's! The good news is that a 2 minute time out seems to snap her out of it!

We went to Devils Lake for Nadia's birthday and were able to spend some time with Darren's family. It was an action packed weekend with a bday party, baby shower for Amanda, Thanksgiving and Toy Story 3. It was a great weekend!

Nadia and Uncle Dustin watching Toy Story and hanging out with Aunt Amanda...

Darrell, Dion and Jamie were excited about the hats...

Aunt Dana made Nadia a puppy cake!

Great Grandma Maggie...

Grandma Kuhn, Darren and Nadia

Fall

Dion and Laura came up to see us before we went to Colorado. Darren restored an old farm mower and had Dion help hoist it up. It was pretty heavy!!

Darren missing his snowmobile...I'm sure there will be one soon enough...keep shopping Dion!
Nadia had fun playing with Uncle Dion...

We went to a birthday party for one of Nadia's friends that was in the hospital at the same time as her. Parents and children were encouraged to dress up so Nadia was a cow and Darren and I were cowboy/cowgirl. All of her little baby friends were there and are getting so big! Nadia will be the last one to turn 2.

Our little cow driving the john deere tractor!
Nadia and her friend, Howie...

Our preemies have all gotten so big!!

Colorado

Darren finally got to experience Colorado Elk hunting! He was supposed to go 2 years ago for the first time but Nadia had other plans for both of us!

We managed to squeeze in family photos before the guys left for hunting camp. The girls were so cute in their outfits!

While the guys were in the mountains, the girls enjoyed a few days of laziness! We didn't cook at all and watched chick flicks every day during the girls' afternoon nap. It was awesome!

Our trip home was a long one! For anyone who saw the weather breaking wind storms that MN was getting...that was the day we were trying to get home. We sat in Salt Lake City for 5 hours before they finally cancelled our flight. Nadia did so good and was the entertainment for many people that evening! We finally made it home the next day.

Nadia made Darren sit down with her in the hallway...

Watching for a plane...

Pumpkin Patch

What kind of parents would we be if we didn't take Nadia to a pumpkin patch? We found a great hobby farm in the middle of Andover that had pumpkins and hay rides. It was a fun day!

Nadia loved looking at all of the animals and even pet a goat...

We decided to be festive this year and decorate for the fall season. Aren't you proud of us, Lisa??

Paintball

I was invited to play paintball with a few coworkers and thought, why not? Our Services organization decided it was time to take out some frustration on our Sales team and paintball was the best way to accomplish it!

Let me just say OUCH! I was the only girl who played and the guys took equal rights very seriously. I managed to escape with only 6 bruises...one that took up the majority of my right thigh.

Here are a few pics from the day...

My boss won the award for worst war wound...

Iron Girl Duathalon

Lisa and I survived the duathalon! For some reason, we make rash decisions about doing events to 'motivate' ourselves to exercise and possibly lose some weight. This was an Iron Girl event where we ran 2 miles, biked 22.7 miles and then ran 2 at the end. The course was EXTREMELY hilly and it hurt pretty bad when we had to do the 2nd loop of the bike course.

Lisa and I stayed in a hotel the night before to relax and save ourselves a few hours in the morning to get to Bloomington. It was a fun girls night/day and the race...now that it's over...was a lot of fun!

I made shirts for Nadia and Nora to cheer us on. They loved watching all of the runners/bikers and danced to the music. It was fun!

Daddy's Helper

Darren is on to his next project and Nadia has loved helping him. She loves to ride in the wheel barrel and play in the dirt!

Our neighbors have a 9 year old girl, Lauren who Nadia adores. They were going for a walk the other day.

Palooza!

Our friends, Lee and Shelly have a summer get together every August at their home in Wisconsin. This year was a blast! The weather was perfect and the company was even better. Nadia enjoyed playing with her friends Nora, Kendall and Ava. Here are a few pics from the day...

Darren bought a VW Bug for Nadia from our neighbors. She LOVES it and also loves when someone rides with her...

Muddy Buddy

Our old neighbors, Andy and Jenn talked Darren and I into doing the Muddy Buddy. For those of you who haven't heard of this, it's a 6 mile race where you partner with somebody. One person starts out riding a bike and the other runs. After about a mile, there is an obstacle course and then you switch with your partner. At the end of the course there is a 30 foot mud pit that you and your partner have to army crawl through to finish. It was a blast, but very hard!!

The event took place at a ski resort in MN which should have been my first clue. We went straight up the ski slope for 2 legs of the 4 leg race. It was so steep that the bikers had to push their bikes up the mountain...ok, we do live in MN so it was more like a very steep hill!

We hadn't hung out with Andy in Jenn in quite a while and made the mistake of staying up a bit too late the night before and possibly having a few too many cocktails. It made for a tough race, but was well worth it! :)