Watch Joe Dance

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

Sam on the piano

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

Happy Halloween - Part 2

Nick is ready to go tackle some candy.

Happy Halloween

Jenny went in Micheala's outfit this year.

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.

First day of school.

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

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.

Soccer anyone?

Nick is teaching Mia how to play soccer.

Cousins

Sam and Mason in Rochester.

New lounge pillows

Sam and Nick showing off their new lounge pillows.

TV

How does this remote work?

Parade

It finally started.

Waiting for the parade to begin

Chanhassan parade

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,

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.

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!

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!

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.

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