Monday, July 20, 2009

Fun at the Park!

Olivia and her baby were all ready for a walk to the park!
Grandpa Larson was ready with his baby too! :)

Cloe looking all cute and comfy! :)

Grace loved the horsey!
Olivia enjoying the train...

Grace had a great time on the merry-go-round too! :)

Even Dave was entertained! :)

Cloe's awake! :)


Swinging!


Then it was time for a well deserved ice cream and coffee break!

What a cute family! :)
With a scene of Lake Waconia in the background...

Sunday, July 19, 2009

Ordination Day!


Dave's Ordination and Installation Day was absolutely wonderful. We couldn't have asked for a better day! We loved spending the day with our family and friends. We felt so welcomed by our new congregation. Here are a few pictures from the special day...
The santuary...
All the pastors... Us with Seymour friends Mark, Katy, Olivia, and Cloe...
Grace with her buddy Olivia... Dave with his parents and Grandparents (who came all the way from Arizona!)...
Dave with his Dad...
In the message, Dave's dad wanted to assist Dave in fitting in... :)
The message from the service can be heard by clicking this link:
http://www.trinitywaconia.org/church/?page_id=65

Dave with his parents...
Dave with Becky and "Big" Grace :) Becky was our wonderful hostesss while we were in Waconia house hunting!
"Big" Grace showing "Little" Grace around Trinity...our new church home! :)



Most of Heather's family were also able to attend, but unfortunately had to leave before picture time!

Following the service was a wonderful dessert reception. Unfortunately we didn't get pictures of that...but, hope to get our hands on some soon! :)

Saturday, July 18, 2009

Rice County Fair!

Grace was ready for a day at the fair!
The crew! Minus Dave...
Friends: Mark, Olivia, Katy, Cloe
Grandpa Greseth
Heather's sister: Kim, husband Chad, and their two boys Carson and Ryan

We saw lots of animals!

Carson even got to milk a giant plastic cow! :) (It was pretty cool!)

This picture was right before Grace tried to take the poor little chick's head off! :)

An interesting looking guy...

Grace enjoyed riding on Grandpa's shoulders!

We saw horses too!

Ick!
Carson found a new toy!
Dave thoroughly enjoyed our Colorado/Minnesota Mudd Pie! :)

Friday, July 17, 2009

Fun with Friends!

Dave and Grace...
A wonderful and generous man from our vicarage congregation provided a trip for our Seymour friends Mark, Katy, Olivia, and Cloe to fly up from Indiana for Dave's ordination weekend. It was so great to have them with us for the weekend!
Katy and Cloe...

Mark and Olivia...

Olivia trying out the "big" swing...

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Lovin' our new place!

Grace loves of the new space to move around in the house and outside!
Here's Grace sporting her new "I'm a little Gopher Tee"...
This was a .25 cent shirt that mommy found at a garage sale :)
And...going with the "updo" today! :)

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Moving Day!

Everything we own was in the pod! We were happy to see when it arrived...and on time too! :)
Grace had a good time playing today!
Happy to be in her new home!
Unloading the pod...


A delicious lunch provided by members of our congregation!
Yay! Our first box was unpacked! Many...many more to go!

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

We're Here!

After traveling from Saint Louis, through Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska, and Iowa...it's great to finally be here! :) We are staying at Heather's parents house tonight and will head to Waconia tomorrow! We have the final walk through at our house tomorrow and close at 10:00 AM! Big day! :) We will stay with a wonderful woman from our congregation tomorrow night and plan to move into our house on Thursday!

We have lots of pictures from the Larson family reunion that we will work on posting (hopefully soon!) Keep checking back! :)

Sunday, July 5, 2009