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...