Surprise GG!

Great Grandma (GG) Dixie turned the big 7-0 this year and the family was quite pleased with ourselves that we managed to pull off an afternoon surprise picnic party for her.  Complete with more good food than you could shake a stick at, lots of laughs and even some yard games the afternoon was a success!  GG was surprised, which is a feat within itself, and everyone left with bellys aching.  I'm not sure if it was from overeating or too much laughing, but either way it was a wonderful day!!

Happy Birthday Gram - We love you bunches!!

Trick or Treat!

Tehya and Ada invited their friends Leah and Jonah to go trick or treating with us. We also had Mercedes and Dominick from across the street join the party. Six kids in the yard trailer pulled by a four wheeler - now how come I didn't get that luxury when I was a kid?
Ada was thrilled with her Elmo costume. She was an absolute hoot all night saying "I Elmo Mom!" Tehya chose to be a witch this year, and decided that a pillow case is a way better way to collect candy than a plastic pumpkin!

I Elmo.

Elmo like Candy.

Mom got dressed up again this year too. Some of us adult ladies celebrated Chantel's birthday after trick or treating and had a blast! All in costume for dinner at Chino Latinos in uptown, and then the local bar crawl through Hugo. Good times!

Club Just Jump

We had a party to celebrate Tehya and Ada's birthdays this weekend. We rented out Club Just Jump in Woodbury for a couple of hours and had a blast! We are so glad that so many friends were able to come jump around with us!
The birthday girls both got to go in the cash cube. Good thing it wasn't real money because it was blowing around so fast they could hardly grab a piece!

Everything at Club Just Jump is an inflatable, and they are all so much fun! There are jumpers, slides, and obstacle courses. We explored every inch of that place!

Everyone had fun playing today, even the adults. We were all laughing because the only injuries from the day were on the grownups! Dan ended up with a skinned up knee, and I have some pretty good rubber burn on my elbow. We were all exhausted too!

Tehya liked the idea of sharing a birthday celebration with Ada, but she insisted on having her own birthday cake. Dan and I thought that was a reasonable request, so we did in fact have two birthday cakes at the party!

Tehya had a funky Hannah Montana themed cake, and Ada had a super cute Hello Kitty one. What a fabulous day!

Club Jump

Tehya and Ada were very excited when they got invited to their friends Brittany and Ella's birthday party. The party was held at Club Jump in Woodbury, and according to Tehya "That place is totally awesome!"

Daddy went with the girls for the party, and I think he had just as much fun as the kids did!

Northern New Years - Bayfield, WI

Northern New Years Party

Bayfield, WI

Dan and I were invited up to our favorite getaway town, Bayfield, for a weekend bash celebrating the new year. It was a formal 'fun' party that we were quite excited to be a part of! I got to wear one of the bridesmaid dresses from our wedding!
The Dan's all went in matching outfits and were the hit of the party!

The Dan's with their newest member Jay

Me obviously enjoying myself

Dan and I together

New Years Eve- Milbrandt Style!

New Years Eve Celebration

Our House

Angie and Cameron Feulner
Dominick our neighbor boy entetaining himself

Me with Tehya and neighbor girl Mercedes showing our support for the "band"

The boys playing Rock Band - obviously appreciating our support from above!

Some New Years affection between Dan and I

Applefest 2008

We had another great Applefest celebration up in Bayfield. Dan and I left town early and had almost 2 full days at the cabin to relax before everyone arrived and the partying began! We had 8 people this year, which was a blast!
Dylan and Alicia, Beth and John, Jake and Mona and Dan and I had a great weekend. Lots of great food, plenty of cocktails, and a ferry ride over to Madeline Island where we rented mopeds and had our own "bike gang" helped to make a memorable time.
This is what happens when Dan has control of the camera - we get pictures of me growling at him! :)

Girls Fun Adventure Trip

In celebration of my moms 50th Birthday, and as an excuse to get a bunch of gals together there were 8 of us that took a Mystery Bus Tour weekend trip through a company named Girls Fun Adventures.

With no idea where we were going, the 8 of us boarded the bus in our matching Princess gear (our groups theme) and headed out for a weekend of lots of laughs.

Above is my cousin Oni and I modeling Vikings helmets at the carrousel in Storybook, Iowa. Personally I think we look pretty hot.

Here is the birthday girl on her white horse

And all 8 of us in front of the only remaining swing bridge in the state of Iowa.

Group pose at the worlds largest pitchfork...now come on - where else are you going to find this sort of fun?!?!

We had a great time laughing until we cried a few times...and spit marshmallows out of our mouths a few others. We shopped, explored, played games, had a few cocktails and so much more...all in all a great trip!

Ada's Birthday Party

We had Ada's birthday party on Sunday and had a great turn out! All of her friends and family were there to celebrate her special day...
Ada did really well opening her gifts, and oh my goodness were there a lot of them! She got some adorable new clothes, lots of fun new toys and a couple of gigantic fuzzy animals! Uncle Jake got her a big hot pink fuzzy teddy bear that she fell asleep on in her crib Sunday night. It was the cutest thing I had ever seen, that is until she woke up Monday morning with a mouth full of pink fur!
Ada's very own birthday cake. She was much more tentative with this than she was with her cupcake a week ago...maybe she learned her lesson that frosting up the nose isnt so much fun?
Tehya picked out Ada's cake for her. It was decided that care bears was a good choice because it came with toys on top that you can keep!

Happy Birthday Ada!

August 21 - Ada turns 1 year old! We had a special dinner for her with fun birthday cupcakes that Tehya picked out for desert.
It didn't take long at all for Ada to decide that she really likes cupcakes!
I have to say, this is one of the cutest pictures of Ada I have to date - how can you not smile when you look at this face? (ok, I admit, a little bit of mommy bias there!)
Um, nope. Sorry. Not going to pick you up right now!
All done! The cupcake is demolished and frosting made it into enough places to call this mission a success! Happy Birthday Ada!