Labor Day MinnesOta Style

This was our first holiday all the way over here in Minnesota...we have no family close and no one we know really, so it was QUITE a treat for us when our good friends from BYU-I, Dalan and Kristy made a road trip up here from Minneapolis to come for a visit! Now we won't take credit for their success as a married couple, however we will say that it was super fun to reflect that over three years ago we doubled with them on their first date and now here we all were happily married chasing after our one-year-old boys! Time flies, but enough jibber jabber and on to the fun...PICTURES!!!!

Saturday started off with a trip to the Sha Sha Resort- yes I know it looks like it should be pronounced simply how it is spelled however it is correctly pronounced Shay Shay (Dalan suggested maybe it is because of the accent...there may be something to that)

anyway this is a little place to stay that has a really large, several level deck and small restaurant sticking out into the waters surrounding Voyageurs National Park- it was beautiful and is known for it's mass amount of chipmunks that supposedly walk up to you and eat nuts out of your hand...
This was pretty much the only one WE saw...maybe they lied?

Then there was this giant birdcage with a swing in the middle...we just liked the fact that we could put the boys in it and keep them in one place for a while! The seemed to enjoy it too...

Ethan decided to put on a show...this little boy has the funniest little personality!

After the boys had a nap...and yes I do mean ALL boys, we went to the city beach...it was pretty overcast but still a decent enough day for playing in the sand

When one crawls in...the other crawls out

It was so funny to watch them play...Carter's calling for the day was to dig holes- he just kept at it, and Ethan ran around, dug a little, fell, etc. in that continuous cycle

As always, a struggle to get him to pose with me for a picture...this didn't turn out too bad!

And even though it wasn't warm enough, once Dalan decided to go for a swim, the little boys decided the water was calling them as well...Carter would crawl straight in on all fours and Ethan would walk straight in and fall on his face once the sand started to move! They were hysterical!

Dalan decided to swim out to the far waterslide and both little boys seemed very concerned...I love their faces in this one

And here you go...our first family picture from minnesota...yes it was a hard one to get as Ethan kept trying to faceplant in the water!

We had a great Labor day weekend...it was so relaxing to cook over the firepit and sit out on our back patio  enjoying good food, great company, and a cool summers evening! I guess bring on the fall...we're getting ready for it!