Mac's B-day

Mac had 4 friends over for her Sleepover Party! We started out by tie dying our own t-shirts!

Next, it was time to hit the spa! Pedicures, facials and foot massages!

Time to relax with a few cucumbers!

Happy 9th Birthday Mackenzie!

It was very hard to cut this cake! The girls each ate themselves - some of them couldn't eat their heads and took them home with them!

Breakfat the next morning - pancakes with strawberries, chocolate chips and whip cream!

Cole was very excited to give Mac her gift. He was very proud of decorating and wrapping her gift all by himself.

A new camera from Mom & Dad!

Mac's B-day Cake

My friend Lisa and my Mom came over to help create Mac's sleepover birthday cake. We found an idea on the net and then started to create our own. We started with a slab cake covered in icing.

We then added the heads which were made out of fondant(icing sugar & marschmallows) and the bodies which were made out of Twinkies!

Next, we tucked everybody in with a cozy blanket of fondant!

Then it was time to do some decorating! We rolled out some more fondant and used cookie cutters to make the little shapes on the blanket!

To make the hair we used a garlic press! We tried to colour the hair to match the girls at the party.

And here it is . . . the finished cake! Mac is the girl in the middle! Thanks again to Mom and Lisa for all of your help!

Cole's Birthday

To celebrate Cole's birthday we headed to the nature pond for a lunch picnic.

Mackenzie was very excited to give Cole his gift - a Trackster race car - which is a race car version of Webkinz. I think she was just as excited as he was to play with it.

Cole was also very excited about his new skateboard and a Star Wars Lego kit from Mom & Dad.

Later in the afternoon our yard was invaded by 8 Jedi Knights. Armed with their Lightsabers, Master Yoda (Mackenzie), took them on a scavenger hunt for Metorites that had fallen in our front yard, Jedi sword training and a Jedi obstacle course.

The Lightsabre cake made with fondant icing - by the time the boys were through with it there was only 1 piece left! 8 boys can eat a lot of food!!! Happy Birthday buddy!

August Long at the Jeffrey Farm

August Long weekend we headed out to the Jeffrey Farm for family camping. One of the highlights for the kids was tubing down the river. There seemed to be an endless supply of food so we also spent alot of our time eating! Thanks for the great weekend!

Happy Birthday Grandpa Bern!

Detroit Lakes

Our next stop was Detroit Lakes! Right beside the campground was a BMX race track where anyone could join the races. The kids decided to give it a try! Cole wiped out on the first practice round and decided that we has done! After a little chat with Dad, he got back onto his bike and off he went. Both kids did amazing and raced against kids who do this all the time! In the end they both placed 3rd in their age group and recieved a trophy for all of their hard work!

The kids also had the opportunity to go tubing at DL! Mac couldn't get enough of it and went for a ton of rides!

Bemidji

Our next holiday time was spent at Bemidji State Park. If you've never been there it's work the trip - a beautful campground! We did alot of relaxing while we were here - biking, hiking, reading and watching movies.

The kids really wanted to go see Paul Bunyan's Animal Land again. Cole was a little braver this year and actually got close enough to a deer to take a picture. Mackenzie on the other hand could have spent all day feeding and petting the deer.

We found a nice little golf course close to Bemidji and took the kids for a round of golf. Mac was very excited to use her new clubs and Cole golfed the whole course with his little iron loving every minute of it!

It started to rain, actually pour, when we were on hole #8! Cole & Elroy kept golfing - Cole had a blast running around in the rain! Mac & I stayed in the cart where it was nice and dry!

At Bemidji State Park we had the opportunity to try out Geocaching!. Once we had the GPS figured out we set off through the woods looking for treasure. At each treasure we had to answer a nature question and then use our answer to unlock the final treasure box!