Our Trek Up North

Rewind a few weeks ago...we made our first trip to Sioux Falls, SD to visit Dave's sister, Kristin and her hubby, Dan for the first time since they were wed this past October 30th. It was a quick trip, but we had a great time, and it was fun to see their new "world." Dan has owned his home for some time now (and we saw it for the first time back in his bachelor days), so it was fun to see how Kristin has helped the transition to turn it intotheir home :) Dan has always had great style, though...he prefers the vintage look, and has a good eye for it. To further my point, the guy wore Converse high-tops on his wedding day...can't get much cooler than that ;-)

We spent a portion of the day on Saturday walking around a local park area...there were some waterfalls that the boys loved, and we ventured up the lookout tower. Dan and Kristin took us to their downtown area, and we opted to eat at a really fun diner for lunch. For the remainder of the evening, we decided to chill at their house. Dan busted out all of his old matchbox cars and trucks, so Will was on cloud 9. It was cute to watch Dan and Will playing together with the cars :)

Sunday morning Kristin made us a yummy pancake, egg, and bacon breakfast. Then, after we were all dressed in our Sunday best (errr, not so much), and we filled our coffee mugs, we ventured off to church. I always enjoy seeing where people worship on Sundays, and Dan and Kris seem to be part of a really great group of people. I love the space where their church meets...it's in an old warehouse, but somehow it's not sterile in the least. One wall was floor-to-ceiling windows, and the other walls were exposed brick. Throughout the space were these huge wooden columns that really warmed up the room. Rather than having pews or even rows and rows of chairs, they had several tables set up...it was so cozy.

Back at home, we've been having fun with little projects to bring us through the last few weeks of winter. Dave bought Will a truck casting kit, and he thought that was really fun mixing all the ingredients and watching the truck "set-up." Those 30 minutes of waiting was agony for him, so when it was ready to paint, Will got right to work.

Graham's personality is coming out more and more. He is such a little ham...always making us laugh. Dave flipped our table upside down to tighten the legs, and Graham proceeded to make a fort out of it. And here he is making a piggy face with the lid of a container...silly kid :)