Fun day with the bros.

Jeff, Sara, Justin, Mandy, Abby, Nicholas, and little baby Norstad came over last night to spend today with us. We had such a nice time! The men played in the neighborhood poker game last night, and all came home with more money than they left with. We had a nice breakfast, then the men played golf while the ladies entertained the kids. Then the men watched the kids while the ladies went shopping and got manicures. (We think we got the better deal!) We loved having you all!

I didn't take many photos, but here is a really nice one of Amelia and Mandy:


And I discovered that Amelia knows how to climb the stairs! So here are a couple of photos of her making her escape with her "partner in crime" Nicholas!

"Come on, Nick! They are gaining on us!"

"Oh, no! Where did my partner in crime go?"

A clean "getaway."


We've been patching Mira's left eye for a couple of months, just a couple of hours a day. I heard about this site (patchpals.com) that sells cloth patches that go on over the lens of kids' glasses. Mira picked out the fairy one. It's much nicer for her than having to take off that sticky patch every day, plus a bit cheaper!

We hope you all had a good weekend. Lindell family book club is tomorrow!