waiting

quinn fell asleep while waiting for ryder to come home from school

c-o-h-e-n

we went up to minneapolis last weekend to watch cohen wrestle, the kids LOVE watching him! cohen did a super job, and has such an amazing sense of true sportsmanship....we were all extremely proud of him!

after the tournament we headed into uptown minneapolis for the mangerson tradition of finding a sweet coffee shop, playing at the walker, and the newest addition to our uptown tradition, burgers at burger janes.....such a fun day!!!

on the car ride to mn we worked on a few signs for cohen....and cheers:)

"c-o-h-e-n, cohen, cohen, get the pin"

ryder trying out a few of his moves....ha ha:)

quinn coming in for some love:)

the weekend flew by, and was way too short. both the boys were in tears when we had to leave, wishing we lived closer to eachother. here's to having awesome cousins!!!

fun, again...no way!!!

tessa came to visit us before she went back home to san francisco, and as usual, it was epic!

game night: popcorn, pictionary, and some competition!

then we moved onto the "popcorn toss". we were all throwing and catching popcorn like crazy....it was hilarious!!! now, that's good stuff right there!!!

quick winter update

although it seems like winter vacation is long gone, i can't help but let my mind wander down memory lane and giggle about all the fun we had together:) all the wintery games we got to play while in birchwood: sledding, snow shoeing, ice skating, four-wheeling, ice bowling, snow ball fights, ice fishing, bonfire....i mean, it was excellent!!! then off to rhinelander for the packer game, more sledding, indoor bowling, yummy dinners, fancy office tour (congrats again grandpa mark), and then, finally, back to madison.

whew!!!

costume change

pictures from the memorable "nutcracker" evening! quinn is so excited to go back to grandmama and grandpapa's house to try on all the costumes again!!!

i think they have this move perfected....no one puts baby in the corner!!

strike a pose

and again.....i think she's a natural, huh:)

dance. dance. dance.

a little clip from the recital day at ballet. i love her posture here:)

talk about after dinner entertainment!! this was one of my favorite nights with the family, for sure!!! so impressed with everyone's dance moves:)

then we found our bin of ballet costumes...so glad grandmama held on to these:)

we think you're SUPER!!!

jesse and i dug deep into the creative vaults, trying to find a super awesome gift for the kiddos...and i think we did it:) one simple tutorial, a trip to the fabric store, hours up in the studio together (which i must say was pretty fun), a trusty sewing machine, a pinch of luck, and wah-lah! a super cape, for our kids and our super nieces and nephew!