Tyler "Holding" Luke.......

Friday night we watched Luke overnight and Brenden, Tyler & Maddie for a few hours. We took them to Culver's for dinner & while we were eating our ice cream, Brenden said, "This is a good uncle, aunt, niece & nephew moment." We thought that was pretty cool coming from our 7 year old nephew. :)

Tyler wanted to hold Luke so I told him he could if he sat on the floor. Here he is "holding" Luke. It worked for him & he was pretty excited about it. :)

Luke likes to show off his flexibility by sucking on his toes. I thought I'd better get some pictures to prove it to him when he is 13 & denies the fact that he ever sucked on his toes. :)

Castles & Dress-up.......... :)

Wednesday night, we watched our friends, Mark & Leah's twins, Jude & Estella for a few hours. Todd & I decided that it would be a good time to make a cardboard castle that I got at work.

First you have to color the castle panels...........

...........and color the panels some more.

Then you can put the castle together & play in it. :)

Estella & Jude having fun dressing up for playing in the castle.

Todd & Estella............the Strawberry Shortcake hat was the only one left, so Estella told Todd he could wear that one. :)

I think she said they were going to a wedding. :)

Luke Can Sit Up On His Own

Last weekend, we watched Evan & Luke overnight on Friday.

Luke is 6 1/2 months old & can sit up on his own now. :)

Luke..........what a cutie!

Todd came in the living room & saw Evan & Luke both laying on the floor playing. He thought it was cute so he took a picture.

Exploring the Rocky Shore of Grand Marais

We drove up to Grand Marais on Friday & spent the night there. On Saturday, we went shopping at the shops & walking around on the shore.

Grand Marais Lighthouse.

The lighthouses & Lake Superior.

Sonja sitting on a rock by Lake Superior.

Oh.............that's high!

The lake is beautiful.

Todd & the crashing waves of Lake Superior.

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Below are more pictures of the crashing waves.......

Split Rock Lighthouse's 100th Anniversary...........Our 4th

Thursday, May 6th was our 4th wedding anniversary. We went up to the Grand Superior Lodge for a couple of days.

We saw a lot of ships go by on Lake Superior this year. Apparently it is a busy shipping season.



We decided to go to Split Rock Lighthouse because this year is the 100th anniversary of the lighthouse.

Split Rock Lighthouse

Lake Superior

Todd & Sonja at Split Rock State Park.

A beautiful view of Lake Superior.

We thought this sign was pretty funny. :)
A view from the other side of the lighthouse.

A closer looks reveals..............yes, it is a cave!

Another beautiful view of Lake Superior.

We thought this was a great advertisement for the 100th anniversary.

We went to Betty's Pies in Two Harbors for our anniverary dinner.

Mmmmmm.........Chili Cheese Fries!

Justin's Box Lacrosse Game

On Sunday, May 2nd, Todd & I went to Justin's box lacrosse game.............lacrosse played in a hockey rink. During one of the periods, Justin played goalie. I don't think he had enough pads on for protection from that hard little ball fired on the goal. He got hit in the thigh once & it hurt him pretty bad...............I almost started crying for him. :) They won, but I don't remember what the score was.

Wooddale Spring Choral Festival 2010

This was our choir's 3rd year of singing in the Wooddale Spring Choral Festival. We were one of 5 choirs. Each choir sang 3 songs themselves and as a mass choir we sang 5 songs..........each of the 5 directors chose one of the songs we sang & directed the 300 voice mass choir. There was also a full orchestra to play for the choirs. We had a great time last night!

The Mass Choir.

Our choir from North Heights.

The mass choir again directed by our director, Mark Williams.