Kailtyn's Very Own House!

Our latest house project is building Kaitlyn's playhouse in the front yard. It's taken over a month but we're almost finished. Andy started out by putting a paver patio in the corner of the yard. He had lots of help "leveling" the sand from Kaitlyn. He had to do that several times, every time he would walk away a cat or dog would walk through it and he'd need to start over. Andy put most of the house together while Kaitlyn and I were having a girl's weekend at the cabin. The pictures above are from the night we got home when she saw it for the first time. Now that the door is on she likes to lock us out and wave out the windows. We just need to put up one more shelf, a bench seat, the toy box and the mail box. Andy will be thrilled when this is done!

Riley's 4th Birthday

Swimming

Target Field

Today Rachel and I got to do one of the coolest things in our lives, we went to the second Twin's game ever at the new Target Field. The new outdoor stadium opened last night for the first exhibition game, Twins vs. Cardinals. The stadium is incredible. I wasn't sure I would like the outdoor stadium but it was great. Our seats were in the section right above the suites in the first row, between 3rd and home. We had an awesome view of the city directly in front of us. We took the bus to the game and got there early so we could explore everything the stadium has to offer. Fortunately we were seated right in the sun, probably won't be so great there in the middle of summer, fans were bundled up in hats and mittens in the sections in the shade while we sat in t-shirts soaking up the sun. I even had a chance to get sunburned, in April!

First Hair Cut

OK, I can't figure out how to flip it, this is the final hairstyle, pigtails!

We finally took Kaitlyn to get her hair cut over the weekend. Her hair was still short but we wanted to get it all trimmed so it looked better and was the same length. They only took off about 1/2 an inch but that was enough for me. She did great, no tears and no screaming. Kid's Hair does a really good job of keeping them entertained while getting their hair cut.

First Swimming Lesson 3-13-10

Kaitlyn had her first swimming lesson over the weekend. Since we spend so much time at the cabin and we live near the lake we think it's really important that she isn't afraid of the water (like her mom). She was really hesitant at first but by the end of class she was having a great time. She actually cried when we left. Her class meets every Saturday until the middle of May. I have a feeling she'll be trying to jump off the dock this summer.

Cancun

Rachel, Leah, and Lindsey before going out on our last night in Mexico.

This is a view from our balcony (on the 2nd floor). It was considered ocean view, you had to stand on the railing and look then you could see the ocean!

One of the many pools.

Getting ready to go on our catamaran cruise to Isla Mujeres

Feb 13-16 Rachel took me on a trip with American Family to Cancun. A friend of mine from college, Lindsey also made the trip, she works with Rachel at American Family. The three of us roomed and played together all weekend. We got there on Saturday and it was cold (for Mexico, not for us Minnesotans, the temps were in the mid 60s-70s all weekend) so we stayed around the hotel and relaxed. Sunday morning we got up early and went on a catamaran trip to Isla Mujeras, an island near Cancun. We did some snorkeling, went shopping downtown, had lunch at a yacht club and resort, then sailed back to Cancun in the afternoon. We had wonderful weather all day and the tan lines to prove it. Monday morning we left early for Puerto Morelas where we went on a snorkeling adventure on the Mayan Reef, the second largest reef in the world. We did two stops, the first was mainly looking at the incredible reef, the second was in much shallower water and we saw tons of fish. We got to see 3 huge stingrays, 2 baracudas, 2 see turtles, and many more. It was great snorkeling. Monday night we had dinner with the other insurance agents and their dates then went to show with latin dancers. It was a short trip but we had a lot of fun.