Rory & Jackson visit Como Zoo

Chris and Ellen were in town a few weeks ago, and we met up with them at Como Park. Most of the animals were inside because it was still unseasonably cold for April, but the kids got to see lions, tigers, and...plastic giraffes.

Busy Month = April 2008

Sorry for the lack of new photos. It's been a little nuts around here. Here are some quick shots from the last month or so.

Here she is on her way to the new Nickelodeon theme park at the Mall of America. She's still too little to ride on any of the rides, but she loved seeing the life-size statues of her Backyardigans friends...

...she still loves textiles of any size, shape or color...

...some random shots of cuteness...

...here she is attempting a pyramid of Pablos..

...and on her new trike (she pronounces it

'triiiiiiiiiiiike' - she loves the long 'i' sound)...

...and with her new pigtails...


...and spiking one pigtail with gobs of chocolate frosting.

Phoenix for Easter

Bob & Karen invited us to join them in Surprise, AZ, for Easter this year, just as their six-week stay there was drawing to to a close.

It was Rory's first time on an airplane (she did great, thanks to Daddy's iPod!), and she loved spending so much time with Grandma & Grandpa. Her only complaint was that it was too "nunny" (sunny) sometimes. She got to go exploring in the mountains, touring around Phoenix, swimming, on an Easter egg hunt, and shopping in Scottsdale. She also got to enjoy all the Goldfish crackers she could eat, so she was one happy little girl.

Here we are exploring a playground on a trip through the White Tank Mountain Regional Park.

Here she is with Daddy & Grandma in front of the Wigwam Resort.

At the Sugar Bowl soda shop in Scottsdale, Grandma & Grandpa treated her to a yummy ice cream sundae and gave her the new horsie purse that we found at a nearby gift shop.

Early Easter Celebration 2008

Because of our Arizona trip, we celebrated Easter in Gibbon on Palm Sunday this year. Thanks to everyone in the Guggisberg/Buerkle families for accommodating our schedule -- it was great that we could all be together!

March 2008 - 15 Months

Here are some random shots from the past month or so. In the first two, she's just recently realized how much she enjoys the frosting end of a cupcake.

Here she is in a cute little western dress that she got as a baby gift from the John Sweeney/Jenni Lilledahl family. She's a big fan of horses right now, and shouts 'neigh, neigh' any time she sees one on TV, in a book, in her Little People farm, etc.

Her hair's getting so long -- love the curls!

She still has a bit of a kitchen towel habit. The drawer has been babyproofed, but she can still get the first 2-3 towels from the top of the stack. She wanted to wear this cute hat/scarf set LONG after she got home from school that day.