Prized ham from the fair

My lil' guy is such a ham! He just was a great trooper at the fair. He didn't get to sit on the John Deere tractors due to the rain that came in as we were in the animal buildings, but Malachi hit it off with many people at his first county fair. Mike, not a huge fair goer realizes he cannot keep me from at least the county fair. So we went with our awesome friends, the Amborns. With them by our sides Mike even had a little fun :).

We also had to get Malachi his first Sheriff's badge! I know he was pretty proud of it. Mike and I enjoyed some Gyros and a nice Cherry Limeade and of course Cheesecurds! Yum!

Love the DuFrenes.

Catching some Zzzzz's!

That's right folks! We have a sleeper! Last night Malachi slept for 10 hours! He made a few squeaks in the night, but overall slept from 9:30p.m. to about 7:30a.m.! Woo-hoo!

Love,

Thiessen (who is very happy the baby didn't cry and wake him up)

Cabin 2012

Siren Wisconsin held the crew for this year! We all headed to the Nelson (Rachel's mom's family) cabin for a weekend of swimming and hanging out! Malachi was fashionable with his swim gear and hit the water too.Thiessen, our little water pup, was in the water within 5 minutes of getting to the cabin.Begging for the frisbee to be thrown 1 more time.

We missed the Reeds as they weren't able to make it, but the 6 of us had fun. We gathered at the cabin and watched a movie on Saturday night. Sunday was spent with a relaxing morning of egg sandwiches and goofing off.

We then proceeded to spend the majority of the day at the water. The boys managed to swamp the canoe with a dog on board! The Twins couldn't pull off a win for the boys as they relaxed and watched the game. We concluded the whole-group events with dinner at a Mexican restaurant! It was wonderful and our server was a Maple Grove native. We definitely feel blessed by fun times with friends like this! Malachi also enjoyed his time in the water a little more this time than his first experience.

Much Love,

The DuFrenes!

P.S. the prayer request update. We have boughten a new vehicle! We broke down and are now stereotypical parents with a minivan!

My pride was hurt a little when we got it, but this weekend proved that it was a great idea! (I, Amy, named it Louise).