Tricia comes to visit

We had my college roomie, Tricia, come visit on Wednesday and Thursday this week and had a great time with her! Miriam's favorite part about Tricia's visit was digging in her purse. She's not allowed to do that with my purse, so she took the opportunity to raid someone else's. We went on a walk, went shopping, showed her the church and took her to Pizza Del Re. She loved it as much as we do! Here are some of the pictures Tricia took while she was here:

When Papa and Mama are away...

Miriam has had the privilege of staying at both my parents' and Matt's parents' houses over the past few weeks. She was in Owatonna with my parents while we were in Colorado and in Stanley with Matt's parents while we went to a wedding in Fargo. We got a few pictures from our parents from some of the things she did while we were away... and we clearly had nothing to worry about :) She was in great hands and obviously had a wonderful time! We're so thankful that we have such great parents that love spending time with Miriam as much as we do!

4th of July

We had a great 4th! My parents and sister came up for the weekend and we spent a lot of time outside: playing badminton, playing Polish horseshoes, watching Miriam swim in her pool, and relaxing. We grilled out the evening of the 4th and topped off the evening with root beer floats. It was a perfect summer evening! My mom, sister, Matt and I all went down to watch the fireworks. We managed to find a better spot this year than last year (where we got caught in the automatic sprinklers and stared at a street light the whole time...) and even played some "500" before they started. It was a good show! Here are some pictures of the weekend...