2 years ago...

It was this time two years ago that we brought Grace home from the hospital (finally). In honor of this I want to share a few of our favorite photos from that time in her first few weeks of life.

Grace Lauren

TWO!

We had such a great weekend. Grace turned two on Saturday! We had Grandpas and Grandmas and Aunties over for lunch and cake. Grace really enjoyed opening presents this year. She would open one, and point to the others and say "mo" (more).

Grace entertained us all day. She has WAY too much personality for one kid!

Sunday included three year olds and Third graders receiving their Bibles, and Teacher Installations. It was a busy morning, but also one of my favorite Sundays of the year.

How old are you going to be?

That is a favorite question we ask Grace these days. Her response is "2". She's right, she will be 2 on the 23rd of September. I wanted to tell all of you about a very interesting conversation I had with my almost 2 year old today.

I handed Grace 2 M&M's
Grace: Bowl!
Mom: No, you don't need a bowl.
Grace: Why?
Mom: Because you can only have two M&M's.
Grace: Why?
Mom: Because we are going to have supper very soon.
Grace: Why?
Mom: Because we are hungry and it's time to eat.
Grace: Why?
I gave up and left the kitchen.

The picture I am sharing of Grace sums up her personality really well. She plays hard!

Camping

We went camping over the long weekend. We headed out to Turtle River State Park on Friday at 4:30 p.m. and came home Monday at noon. Our friends the O's and the N's came too. We had a blast hiking, playing games (it rained Saturday), eating great camping food, and campfires almost all day long. The kids were so funny! They were trading acorns for rocks, finding walking sticks and setting up souvenir stores in the woods.

The N's and the Hanson's had tents, the O's have a pop-up that kept us warm and dry on Saturday. Curt and Grace went back and forth from home, as she is still a little, how should we say it "out of control!". Thankfully TRSP is only about 20 minutes from Grand Forks. We are hoping next summer Grace will be more accomodating.

My Mom and Dad and sister came out on Monday morning with my Dad's FAMOUS biscuits and gravy! YUMMY!!

The worst part about he whole trip were the ferocious bees! 3 adults were stung, no kids. Surprising, as one landed by Grace and she crushed it promptly with her pointer finger.

Camping is such a blast! I can see it becoming our favorite family pastime. We are very novice at this point, but I learned a few things from the O's and N's and I think next year will go even better!