Heath's wedding weekend

We headed to Brandon last weekend to celebrate with Heath and his marriage to Janelle. Welcome to the family, Janelle! The hotel had a very cool waterpark that Ethan and Daddy enjoyed. Micah was terrified of it so he hung out with Papa. It was a warm weekend but still beautiful weather for the outdoor wedding and reception. Mommy and quite a few other girls got a nice sunburn. We are home now and done traveling for awhile. You know you have been gone alot when your 4 year old asks if we can be done being on vacation and just stay home.

Enjoying the pool with Daddy and Andy.

All dressed up for rehersal. Uncle Heath would have worn a shirt like this for his wedding if Aunt Janelle would have let him so as kind of a joke we got them for the boys to wear.

The happy couple, Mr. and Mrs. Heath Daum
Off to the reception
Siblings

ALASKA!

We have traveled to and from Alaska and now have many memories. We were able to celebrate with Dave's sister, Deborah, and her marriage to Joe. Welcome to the family Joe! We took the week after the wedding to do some sightseeing in the Alaskan wilderness with Dave's family, minus the bride and groom. The boys experienced many firsts...plane, boat, train and bus. It was a wonderful trip and we'll share a few highlights with you here. We flew from Sioux Falls to Minneapolis and then to Anchorage. The boys did great on the flights. We helped with wedding prep and wedding things for three days and then the Alaska adventures began. We spent a day on a boat trip seeing glaciers, and lots of wildlife. Took a train ride to Denali National Park and spent time hiking and seeing wildlife in the park. A bus took us back to Anchorage and while on a stop for more passengers we were able to see Mt. McKinley. It was too cloudy the day we were in the park to see it but we had a clear day the next day and got to see the summit between clouds. We have over 3200 pictures with all the cameras so getting it down to just a few for the blog was very hard. Enjoy!

6:00 am ready to fly on their first airplane from Sioux Falls.
Two cute ringbears.The happy couple, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hughes
Family picture by a glacier on our boat trip.

Watching the train pull into the station. Ethan got to say "All Aboard" when it was time.
A view from our train car toward the engine.
Sea lions.
Mom Grizzly and two cubs from the bus in Denali Nationl Park.
Mt. McKinley

planting peas

We headed over to Vermillion this week to spend a day with GG (Glady) and help plant peas. Ethan loves peas so Glady said she would let us know when it was time to help her plant them in her garden. It was a fun filled day!

Ethan getting the row all ready.Ethan, Micah and GG

Getting the peas in just right.
Don't forget the water.
A picnic lunch after planting and some outdoor fun.

After naps we went on a gator ride with Heidi when she came home from work. We had a very fun day and the weather we perfect for our day outside.

2 year old

4 year old

Ethan riding his bike

Ethan asked Daddy to take off his training wheels on Thursday. Dave also took off his pedals and they went around the block with Ethan balancing. Dave put the pedals back on and off Ethan went. He asked for the training wheels back on a few times but we didn't and he is now a wiz on his bike!

another birthday party

Grandpa and Grandma Carlson came over Memorial Day weekend to help Micah celebrate his 2nd birthday. We got to do lots of fun things.

Birthday boy with his soccer ice cream cake from DQ.

Presents!!

New helmet from Dad and Mom.

New school bus from Grandpa and Grandma.