Izzy's 7th Birthday at Marleys

For Izzy's 7th Birthday we travelled to the Dells and stayed at the WIlderness resort. With 3 waterparks, two arcades, and a fun play fort, there was plenty to do. Daddy had to help Zoe thru the playland so she wouldn't get lost, but she is so fast he could hardly keep up. We also had fun playing mini golf with our friends Deena and Tamar. For the birthday dinner we went to Marley's and Bela got a special hat and got serenaded with a special birthday song. she was so happy and we had great time.

Here are the photos from Marley's:
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Playing in the leaves 2010

The leaves finally fell and the girls had some fun jumping around and helping daddy rake them up. Here are the cute photos of the girls:


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Zoe's 3rd Birthday

For Zoe's 3rd birthday we travelled to the country inn and suites in Verona to spend the night and play in the waterpark. Zoe had an absolute blast and loved swimming as you can see in the photos. She has no fear of the water and swam around in her life vest all over the place.

Also in this album are some photos from the zoo.

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House on the Rock 2010

Our annual trip to the House on the Rock went great. Zoe was really excited this time and had a fun time. Bela had many things she wanted to see and wanted to build a house on the rock at home after the tour. Photos:

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At Andy's Ultimate Game

Izzy and Zoe have been having fun attending Uncle Andy's ultimate frisbee games. Andy is the superstar of course. Here are some photos from one of our adventures:

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Izzy's First Day of First Grade

Here are photos from Izzy's first day of school. She's in 1st grade now and doing great. There are 11 girls and only 2 boys in her class!

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Silly Zoe Videos

Zoe is a little ham. She loves dancing and playing the guitar. Here are some cute videos.

Editor's Note - The views expressed by Zoe in the viking helmet in no way reflect on her allegiance to the Green Bay Packers

2010 August - Silly Zoe Videos

August 2010 - Elgin's Visit

The Elgins (minus Tristan) flew in for a visit. It was great to see everybody again. We went to the cave of the mounds on a day trip.

August 2010 - Elgins Visit

Back to the Fair

Here we are back at teh fair Again. Bela and Zoe are both very brave ride riders!

JULY 2010 - Back to the Fair

Our new Cat - Fairy

Courtesy of the Town of Maple cat conservatory - Bergstten Branch. Thanks guys! She's awesome and eveybody adores her!

JULY 2010 - Our New Cat "Fairy"

July Trip to the Dells

We took a little weekend trip to the Dells in July. Tried the Paul Bunyan breakfast for the first time, very nice!

June 2010 - A trip to the Dells

Zoe's 4th of July Parade Party

In July, Zoe had her annual 4th of July Parade...
She's a great marcher!

Zoe's 4th of July Parade

Bela's Last Day of Kindergarten

Here is the little big girl on here last day of Kindergarten, playing with her best friends and posing with her teacher- Miss Grindrod.

June 2010 - Izzy's Last Day of Kindergarten

June- Bela's Lemonade Stand

In June Bela made this Lemonade stand with a litle help from daddy... see, it pays to hold on to scrap lumber...

June 2010 - Izzy's Lemonade Stand

April - Trip to the Fair

In April we went to Auntie Michele's for Easter and visited the fair in Madison...

Pictures:

April - Easter / The Fair

Visit to the Lamb Farm

Today we visited a little lamb farm in Oregon. It was very cute, lots of fun for the girls. Bela made a special friend - she wants to write a letter to the pony telling her how nice she was.

3-28-2010 The Lamb Farm

March Troublemakers

Here are photos from March, most of these are the girls getting in trouble, must be the terrible twos kicking in, but normally they are pretty good...

Misc March 2010

Great Grandpa Popple - July 6th, 1924 - February 6th, 2010

We love you Grandpa Popple and we will miss you so much.

Grandpa Popple

Bela and the Eagles

Bela went with the Goodman Community Center on a field trip to Sauk City to learn about Eagles and Birds of Prey. She took along her new camera and took these photos and videos. Looks like she had as much fun in the van as she did at the rescue center!

The world thru Bela's eyes:

Bela and the Eagles

Bela's First School Concert

Bela had her first concert at school in February. The kids sand 5 songs - it was great. Bela is in the second row on the left hand side (when facing the stage). She is the one in pink doing all the dancing and bobbing! So cute.

Pics and Videos:

Bela's First School Concert

Christmas Photoshoot 2009 - "behind" the scenes

Here are some backstage shots from the annual Christmas photo shoot...

Christmas Photoshoot 2009 - "Behind" the scenes

Christmas Time at Grandma Ericksons

We spent Christmas 2009 up at Grandma E's in Poplar. Luckily, we avoided the big snowstorm, at least driving wise, and got about 3 straight days of snow after we got there. it made for some excellent sledding and we had a fun time creating the toboggan run into the valley behind the house.
We stayed busy working on puzzles, a gingerbread house, and making homemade pizza with the whole gang.
Thanks to everyone for all the great presents!
Here are the photos:

Christmas at Grandma Ericksons 2009