Olson's Feb/March Birthdays

The Whittingtons hosted the winter birthdays this weekend.  We had yummy pizza, dessert, presents, played outside, and visited some fun shops in Hutch.  Thanks for having us over guys!  It was a great day had by all.

The fam comfy and cozy

The birthday girl and me.  Love her!

Avery and Max opening presents

The Olsons are great at picking out interesting cards

Hacky Sack, bikes, and roller blades

The birthday kids (missing Julia)

Avery, Emily, and Ben

Caleb torturing Max with tickles.

Jerins Reveal their Secret!

Heather and Ben are expecting their first bundle of joy in August.  They found out the gender of the baby on Ben's birthday but kept it a secret for the family to find out together.  They hosted a great gender reveal party for the immediate family members.  

The black poster is the old wives' tales.  The white page was for us to guess boy/girl

The mama to be and the baby's aunties.

Jocelyn, Me, Heather, Megan, and Emily

The cousins couldn't wait to bite into their cupcake to see pink or blue frosting.

AND.... It's a boy!!  so many peeps thought she was having a girl.

Charlie and Claire are excited to hold their new cousin!

Spring Break 2014

The boys were so great during most of our spring break while I cleaned closets etc.  So we were finally able to go to the Science Museum and the awesome dinosaur exhibit.  We had a great day, lunch at Cossetta's and fossils!

Charlie brought his journal and wanted to take notes of the dinos that he didn't know much about.

Future news reporters

Disney on Ice - Lets Celebrate!

We were fortunate to go to Disney on Ice this year with the boys.  It was a great time and fun for Mom and Dad to see the classic Disney characters again.  Because the theme was "Lets Celebrate", we saw Mickey's birthday party, Valentine's day, Christmas, and Halloween.  The characters ranged from Mickey and Minny to Lilo and Stitch.

Ready for the action to start

Let the fun begin

Mickey's birthday

Halloween

Valentine Sweet hearts

A luau with FIRE

Christmas

The cast send off with Santa's sleigh

Polar Plunge!

Tim, along with his BMI coworkers, took the polar plunge to support the Forest Lake Rotary.  They raised around $1,300 for the cause.  The boys were so nervous watching Daddy be cold but he lived to talk about it!  

   

It was below 0 with the windchill!

The BMI jumpers - Tim in the orange hat

Families got together for pizza and drinks afterwards

The Bolton & Menk Polar Plunge Team 2014

Brrr for the Cure 5K + cousins!

Faye and the cousins visited for the Valentine's day weekend.  We were busy the whole weekend with lots of activities.  Faye and I were able to go to the women's expo in Minneapolis with Heather, while Tim babysat ALL 5 kids.  We are so lucky he gave us a girls' day.  Then we participated in a Relay for Life 5K in Forest Lake called Brr for the Cure.  It was about 17 degrees, windy, but wonderful.  We decided to buy snowshoes for the boys because Tim and I love ours so much and want it to be a family activity.  So we were all on our snowshoes and pulled a sled for the ones who get tired.

I couldn't be more proud of the kids.  We didn't have any expectations when we started and we were overjoyed at the end with what they accomplished.

Our group ready to go!

Tim and his sons snowshoeing on the frozen lake.

Faye pulling her girls

Charlie leading the group.

Linc took the word "race" literally.  He wanted to finish as fast as his little legs would go.  

HE IS A MACHINE!

Charlie and I talked to Nama while we walked.  Charlie continued to say:

"Nama, I'm cold and tired but I will finish for you!"

So proud of him for some many reasons!

Tim put a bungee cord around his waist and pulled Sophie and Max most of the way.  Izzy and Linc were his anchors.

Izzy and Charlie following the lights 

Faye, Soph, and Izzy.

Congrats on your first race with Mom!

The Olsons do their 1st 5k as a family for a great cause.

Time for hot chocolate!

Retired the snowshoes for the night

My friend and coworker, Dorothy.  She ran the race in 30 minutes (snow packed trailed).