Friday, December 24, 2010

Watch Joe Dance

Joe got a musical card from Grandma Turtle. You can see how much he likes Jingle Bells and dancing in general.

Saturday, December 18, 2010

Sam on the piano

These are two videos from Sam's recent piano recital.




Sunday, October 31, 2010

Happy Halloween - Part 2



Nick is ready to go tackle some candy.

Happy Halloween



Jenny went in Micheala's outfit this year.

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Toy bin



Joe decided to throw everything out of the you bin so he could climb in.

Working



Joe stopped by my office to type up a few status reports.

Silly bands



Sam decided to organize his silly bands in color order.

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

First day of school.



Sam headed to 2nd grade and Nick headed to Kindergarten.

Sunday, July 18, 2010

Fish story





First fish from Potato Lake. Sam caught it. It was 3 inches long and weighed less than 1 pound. Needless to say we brought it back for Jenny to prepare for us for dinner.

Fish story





First fish from Potato Lake. Sam caught it. It was 3 inches long and weighed less than 1 pound. Needless to say we brought it back for Jenny to prepare for us for dinner.

Sunday, July 11, 2010

Soccer anyone?



Nick is teaching Mia how to play soccer.

Cousins



Sam and Mason in Rochester.

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

New lounge pillows



Sam and Nick showing off their new lounge pillows.

TV



How does this remote work?

Sunday, July 4, 2010

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Mowing the lawn



Joe helped mow the lawn this evening.

Location : 1470 Juneau Ln N, Minneapolis, MN 55447,

Lounging



Joe is relaxing after a tough day.

Location : 400-498 3rd Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55402,

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Baseball



Sam, and his best friend Caleb, discuss strategy on the bench.

Getting ready for soccer



Nick is all set to play tonight.

Getting ready for soccer



Nick is all set to play tonight.

Saturday, April 17, 2010

Bonus week

This was a bonus week at the Empson family household. Nick learned how to ride his bike without his training wheels, Sam lost his first tooth and Joe turned 1!

Thursday, April 8, 2010

Sam's small moments writing

Sam has been doing lots of writing in first grade. He just finished his small moments writing exercise where the students are asked to pick a topic and then write about one specific piece in detail. Sam's overall topic was our trip last summer to the cabin at Potato Lake. His small moment that he chose to write about was catching a fish. You can listen to his story here. Enjoy!

Monday, March 15, 2010

Tapping Maple Trees


Jenny was out of town this past weekend so the boys, all 4 of us, needed something to do. We decided to join a group of folks at the Wayzata Big Woods to learn how to tap a Maple tree. Here you can see one of our buckets. We need to check every few days to see if our buckets are full.

Monday, January 25, 2010

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