The Minnesota Twins

Friday, August 29, 2008

Flowers for Our Daughters On Their 2nd Birthday

We love you Lucy and Marigny! xoxo Mama & Dada

Linnea Borealis, The Twin Flower

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Thursday, August 28, 2008

We were getting ready to sit down to a nice, quiet lunch when it got really noisy outside.

Mama said there are some sick trees that need to be cut down so the other trees can stay healthy.

We watched the whole show from our porch.

There is goes! It was so loud and the ground shook when the tree landed.

They cut it up.....

And loaded it into a truck.

Even our UPS Guy had to watch for a bit. Mama was so happy to see our UPS Guy because he delivered a very important package....

Screws for to finish our fence! Dada used his big brain to finish the gate. Can you see what he did here? Those grown ups sure do things the hard way!

Mama and Dada finally figured it all out and we have a beautiful fence. Did you know our Papa handmade all of our pickets? Well he did. Thanks Papa, for all your help.

Mama on the outside.

Total fence construction estimation: 4 days
Actual job time: 86 days

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Summer Fun

We took some time off from blogging and have to catch y'all up on our Summer. Let's kick this post off with a shout out to Peter, our good buddy from across the alley.

Lucy, Peter, Marigny

Lu-lu Mae

Our Summer project (which we finished yesterday, more pictures of that later).

Horses and posts, what more could we ask for?!
Lucy, Marigny

This summer, our Grandpa Art and Dot-Dot turned 80! That kind of birthday deserves a big party. We drove all the way to Menomonee Falls for this gala.
Grandpa Art and Lucy

They even had a pinata, we picked up lots of candy.....
Lucy, Marigny

And some crazy lady put that pinata on her head.

Three words.....NAKED MOTORCYCLE TIME!

Then we hopped a plane to Boston. Caught a bus, rented a car and took a little drive out to Concord to see more relations.
Gigi, Grampsi, Uncle Jonathan, Nana, Grandpa
Marigny, Dada, Mama, Lucy

Nana read us lots of stories.....
Marigny, Nana, Lucy

Grampsi gave us rides.....
Grampsi
Marigny, Lucy

AND we went to see the big blue ocean!
Dada and Marigny

Our favorite part had to be the tidal pools.
Marigny, Lucy

Marigny, Lucy

Lucy, Marigny

Lucy

Marigny

Dada and Lucy burying themselves in the sand.

Alas, our beach day had to end....

Uncle Jonathan may have missed beach day but he was there to read to us....
Marigny, Uncle J, Lucy

And to teach us how to listen to his I Pod.

Did you know we have cousins out in MA? Well, we do, and two of them are twinkies, just like us.
Marigny, Lucy, Daniel, Rebecca, Elizabeth

The Massachusetts-mind-meld.
Daniel and Marigny

We had another party in Concord, this time to celebrate Mama and Dada's anniversary, Gigi and Grampsi's anniversary, our birthday, and Dada's birthday. That called for balloons!
Lucy

The balloons kept escaping...
Marigny

Way up to the ceiling.
Marigny

We checked out another beach on our trip, this one was a lot smaller.
Marigny at Walden Pond

Lucy and Mama on the Walden Pond beach.

Thank you Grampsi and Gigi for such a nice visit to Concord!

After an afternoon of travel, poof, we were back in Wisconsin. Our Great-Great-Uncle Roberto was visiting from San Diego. Our Great-Great-Aunt Sophie made some delicious enchiladas for all of us. Actually, we fell asleep before dinner was done but Mama and Dada said they were the best.

Marigny, Uncle Roberto and Lucy

Sophia, Lucy, Perla, Roberto, Mama, Marigny & Dada

Summer is almost over but we have a birthday to celebrate first. Hugs and kisses to you all and keep en eye out for us. You never know, we might show up at your house next..... if we ever figure out how to start this darn thing.