Cousin Time

On our way back to Minnesota, we stayed one night at my sister's in Iowa. He had a great time seeing Kari, Roby, and the kiddos!

Grace with Cousin Noelle...

Cousin Adam and Eli...

(Can you believe Eli is almost 5 months younger than Adam?!?)

Cousin Kyle!

Grace had SO much fun playing with her cousins!

Can't wait to see them again in June!

BBQ!

We spent our last night in Fort Wayne

with a good ole' fashion BBQ! :)

A very quick attempt at a picture with Grandma and Grandpa Larson...

All the Larson grandkids except Baby Joy...

Sweet Cousin Brennen!

Eli enjoying a ride in the moby with Auntie Megan!
Grace and Daddy...
And a great big Gracie smile to finish out this post! :)

Fort Wayne Zoo

Today we headed to the Fort Wayne Zoo with Danny, Megan, Patrick, Brennen, and Grandma and Grandpa Larson!

Eli's first trip to the zoo!

(Can you tell how excited he was?? :)

It was a beautiful day! Perfect for a visit to the zoo! :)

Our darling Grace! :)

Checking out the fishies with Grandma...

Gracie...looking over Grandpa's shoulders...

More animals! :)

Cousin Brennen... Cousin Patrick...

Gracie petting the goats with Grandpa...

Call Day!

The main purpose of our trip was to be there for Fort Wayne's Call service, where Dave's brother Danny, received his first Call.

Dave's brother Danny and his wife Megan before the Call service began...

Eli all cute...looking over Grandpa Larson's shoulders...
Us! (Minus Grace- She stayed back to play with cousins Patrick and Brennen.)

Danny received his first Call to dual parishes in Sidney and Chappell, Nebraska. They will be living just three hours away from the Larson side of the family...so they are very excited!

So happy...

Talking about how the churches are just an hour away from where Danny, Dave, and Eden grew up...

Us with Megan and Danny...

Their faces say it all... :) Eli and Mama! :)

Night at the Dells

We planned to travel as far as Madison our first day...

We stopped an hour earlier then planned and stayed the night at Great Wolf Lodge in Wisconsin Dells. We had a wonderfully relaxing stay! :)

The outside view...

We spent quite a bit of our evening in here...

Grace had a blast!

The giant wave pool...

Eli thought this place was pretty cool too...

Taking a little break from all the water fun... :)

Grace had the greatest time sitting here...squirting daddy on the back!
Lots of giggles!

One of the giant slides Dave and I took turns going down...

The little speck at the top of the slide is Dave... :)

It was fast!

Here's Grace showing the world her tongue...

And Eli taking a snooze! :)

A few more views of the water park...

On Our Way!

Today we left for our six day trip! We traveled through Wisconsin, Illinois, to Indiana, back through Illinois, Iowa, and home to Minnesota! It was a lot of time in the "Responsibility Mobile" (Dave's name for the mini van...) But, the kiddos did great! :)

Grace was more than willing and ready to drive for a bit... :)

We borrowed the Kreagers portable dvd player for the trip!

Thanks Kim and Chad! :)

Grace's eyes were a bit glued to the video...

Ready for naptime! :)

Grace still uses her paci just during naps/bedtime and sleeps with her George's...one in each hand! :)

5 Months

Can't believe how Eli is already five months old! Our little guy is growing so fast!

He's such a happy and content little guy...

He reminds us a lot of Grace when she was this age!

Eli loves to chew on his fingers and play with his little toes...

He giggles when he's tickled and has the cutest little laugh...

He still loves to play in his exersaucer and jump in his jumperoo...

He likes his rice cereal and will soon discover the joys of eating his fruits and veggies! :)

We love our little man! :o)

A First!

Eli tried rice cereal for the first time today!

At first he wasn't too sure about it...

After just a few bites...he decided this stuff was pretty good! :)