Olmstead Family News

more pics.

noreply@blogger.com (Yetta) — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 07:00:00 +0000

Dad, Mom and the groom ;)

three little girls in their pretty dresses.

Dancing.

the bride and her sisters in law.

the bride and her grandparents in law.

Dad and Tovala at the rehearsal.

Here is Mrs. Carden, Jennifer, Aunt Joyce and Grandmama at the bridal luncheon that Aunt Joyce planned.

Aaron and Jennifer

noreply@blogger.com (Yetta) — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:59:00 +0000

Saturday was the big day! Aaron and Jennifer are finally married! We are all so happy for them!

Hannah and I were both bridesmaids and Nathan and Abram were grooms men, however I failed to get many pictures of all the guys.

Here is Hannah, looking very beautiful.

Tovala was the flower girl! Jennifer is absolutely beautiful and Aaron was equally handsome!

They danced.....! Actually almost everyone danced! It was a lot of fun! The music was great!

Mom and her two sisters...

Congratulations Aaron and Jennifer! I love you both and hope you have a wonderful honeymoon!

Family Time at the Texas Star.

noreply@blogger.com (Yetta) — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:50:00 +0000

On Wednesday our extended family started arriving at the Texas Star.

Grandpa Don and Grandma Polly drove in on Wednesday morning... we spent the day with them painting, swimming, playing tennis and walking.

On Thursday morning Uncle Matt and Uncle Mike arrived!

Thursday afternoon, the Christophers got in... right before all the boys went to the Bachelor party and us girls went to the bachelorette party.
Jennifer came in On Friday morning! We missed you David, Liam and Paul!

On Friday, after the bridal luncheon, the Thomson family and Madeline and Adam arrived... (Aaron, we missed you also!)

and Mimi, Jason and Viggo.

Everyone had a great time together! It was nice to have most of the family together!

Madeline and Aaron's little boy, Adam and Sylvia had a fun time playing together!

Here is the whole gang... (after Aaron and Jennifer left.)

It was a great time to spend together! I think everyone enjoyed it very much!

It was so good to see you all! I am glad it worked for you to come!

A Little Sneak Peak of Texas.

noreply@blogger.com (Yetta) — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:41:00 +0000

I am not going to give put up too many pictures, because some of you who will be seeing this will be coming.... So I don't want to give away all of the surprises of this great place! :)
-there are lots of fun animals...

Here is Ash. hanging out by the pool.

Everyone has been playing lots of mini golf... right now Mom, Eli, Joel, and Noah are playing a game.

There are some very beautiful places!

Mom and Dad played a game of tennis just a few minutes ago...

I don't know who won. :)

The pool is beautiful, but it is still too cold to enjoy. (but we are not complaining being that when we left, it was snowing!)

Talia and Tovala.

The bunk houses are great! Everyone slept really well last night!

This is one of my favorite spots so far, the green house! It is an old, kind of run down green house... very pretty!

We can't wait to see you all who will be joining us in the next couple of days! And we miss you all who won't be here....

Thank You!

noreply@blogger.com (Yetta) — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:43:00 +0000

A while back Mrs. Carden and Jennifer gave Mom, Hannah, Talia and I gift certificates to get manicures... we had decided to save them and get our nails done right before we go to Texas. So last night the four of us went and had our manicures! It was a lot of fun! Thank you both for your thoughtfulness! :) :)

Let's Go!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Yetta) — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 02:42:00 +0000

Sylvia is all packed and ready to go to Texas!!! ;)

Happy Birthday Behn!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Yetta) — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 02:17:00 +0000

Today was Behn's 8th birthday! I still can't believe he is 8! I was just remembering the day that he was born... it was mid afternoon and one of our barn cats had kittens that same day, but despite all of the excitement that would normally be had over baby kittens, no one had any interest in finding them(until later of course)... we all wanted to see Behn! :)

One of Behn's gifts today was a big lego set from Eli, Joel, Noah and Seth... they had fun putting it all together! Then later while the boys were at soccer practice, Behn took it apart and put it all together by himself!

Happy Birthday Behn!

Sunday.

noreply@blogger.com (Yetta) — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 18:13:00 +0000

...actually this is from Saturday. Everyday we get to see lots of eagles flying over the river and even catching fish sometimes! On Saturday there was one perched in a tree pretty close to our house! They are incredible birds!

Yesterday afternoon we all went into the park and played kick ball, climbed trees and played in the leaves.

Sylvia decided to try climbing the tree also, but I think she got a little scared once she was up there...

It was a lovely way to spend a Sunday afternoon.

First of the Birthday Celebrations...

noreply@blogger.com (Yetta) — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 01:41:00 +0000

Dad had a meeting this morning with an old friend that he has known since highschool... he offered to bring Dad and a couple of us up in his airplane!

So, Dad, Behn, and I went up and flew around for about an hour and 45 minutes...

It was a lot of fun to see our home and town and river from above!
(On the left you can see our home! and yes, this is our beautiful river!)

Here is St Croix Falls and Taylors falls from the south...

Behn and I had the back seat! We had a great view!

so much fun...

This is where we often go swimming- under this bridge...

Here is Chisago City... lots of lakes...

This was the first part of Behn's birthday celebrations...

It was a lot of fun!!!

Fall Days and Soccer Games...

noreply@blogger.com (Yetta) — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:26:00 +0000

This past weekend I think the leaves reached their peak in color!

It was beautiful... and still is, but they are falling...

Yesterday, the boys had their last game before their tournament... They did great! Eli got a goal; Joel got an assist... and they won!

We enjoyed watching and cheering!

The little ones really enjoyed exploring!

This is Talia! :)

It is pretty chilly here... yesterday, during the game everyone was a little cold!

Behn, Tovala, Asher and Sylvia have really been enjoying playing in the leaves in the back yard.

This afternoon they made a big pile in the back yard and took turns burying each other in it!

A Few Pictures....

noreply@blogger.com (Yetta) — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:17:00 +0000

Yesterday we went to some friends farm for an all church annual potluck... we visited the calves...

and there were hay rides, one pulled by a tractor and the two others were pulled by some beautiful horses... Here is our tractor driver, he was a lot of fun!

A few of the kids got to have horse rides... Mr. Hill tried to get Sylvia on the horse, but she was a little worried!

This is from below and to the side of the dam right in front of our house...

It was beautiful!

On Friday I took family pictures for our good friends, the Naegelens...

We had a fun time and got some good pictures, I think!

Weekends....

noreply@blogger.com (Yetta) — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 02:19:00 +0000

For the past week Behn has had his trap up, hoping to catch a squirell. Yesterday after church, with Seth's help, he caught him! Shortly there after, Behn let him go...

On Friday we went and watched the boys soccer game and Hannah brought Ava (the little girl she nannies) to watch also!

The boys had a hard game, they all played very well, but lost. :(

On Saturday, Dad, Mom, Hannah, Eli, Joel and I went into town to do some shopping... In preparation for Aaron and Jennifer's wedding.
Eli and Joel waited very patiently outside the womens dressing room. ;)

For the past several months - probably about 6 months - we have been having a lot of trouble with our washing machine. Some days it will take nearly all day to get through one load of laundry... Well, on Saturday evening it completely quit working. So after church we brought 5 loads of laundry down (one block) to the laundromat. Dad found the piece that we needed replaced on the internet and ordered it. A $100 piece... Anyways, after ordering that, Dad and Joel took apart the washing machine and found where the problem was and Joel soddered it back together! Now it works beautifully! After 6 months... We are very thankful that we will not be needing that part that Dad ordered!

Little Birthday Girl...

noreply@blogger.com (Yetta) — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 04:52:00 +0000

Mom measured her last night and she was 33.5 inches! She is going to be the same height as me: 5ft 7in!! ;)

Today, on the 2nd of October, Sylvia turned 2!! She had her golden birthday today!

Sylvia and I took a little walk together and got some fun pictures to remember as two with!

Please excuse the unladylike position, but she is only 2 and I thought it was pretty cute!

It was a very nice afternoon walk. :)

a few other pics from the walk...

Sylvia had no problems getting used to opening presents, she caught on quite quickly! lol

Grandpa Don and Grandma Polly came to visit Sylvia today also!

Mom made Sylvia a chocolate cake! :)

All of the excitement wore her out!!!

Happy Birthday Sylvia!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Yetta) — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:44:00 +0000

It's a picnic!

This afternoon while everyone was doing school, Tovala, Asher, Sylvia and I decided to go on a picnic!

We packed our food and then started walking(and running)!

Then we found a nice grassy area...

where we ate our lunch!

We had fun!

noreply@blogger.com (Hannah) — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 03:28:00 +0000

Sister Yetta!

Yetta took these pictures of herself using her fancy remote for her camera. I liked them so much that I wanted you all to see. :) (She doesn't know that I'm posting) :) She has been learning all kinds of new things lately with her camera and computer/video recorder/ cows/corn/tractors and whatever all her photography work brings her in contact with. ;)
I thought you would all enjoy this! :):)

noreply@blogger.com (Yetta) — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 04:56:00 +0000

Chipotle and Baseball...

This evening Dad, Hannah.... everyone in that picture... and I decided to go to a Twins game this evening! Nathan, I have to tell you, we almost decided to do what you said and get the hot dogs and root beer, just to get the full experience... but when someone mentioned Chipotle, somehow the $5.00 hot dogs did not sound nearly as good! (we found out after dinner that it was $1.00 hot dog night at the metrodome... but we were all very satisfied by that time) :)

We met a friend of Hannah's, from her Colorado trip last fall, at the game... The Twins played the White Sox tonight.

past Twins players.... a few friends of Dad's ;) Kirby Puckett bought a trailer from Dad and he sat next to Tony Oliva one time. :) :)

Hannah stole my camera... :)

I found that I could see the game much easier through my camera lens! lol We were pretty far away from the game! I am excited to get a telephoto lens some day... it would be very helpful!

Hannah... :)

Yay!! The Twins won! 3-2

We all had a fun time! It was nice to be out together doing something a little out of the ordinary.

noreply@blogger.com (Yetta) — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 02:38:00 +0000

Happy Birthday Stephanie!!

Last Friday Dad, Mom, Hannah, Eli and I went our friends birthday party....
everyone was suppose to be dressed formally as you can see! :)

here you can see Eli a little better! :)
It was a fun evening... a little dancing, a couple of games, some good food, and lots of fun company!

Happy Birthday Stephanie! :) :)

noreply@blogger.com (Yetta) — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 01:36:00 +0000

Dinner in the park...

This evening since all the boys were at a soccer game and Dad and Mom were gone on their date, we decided to have dinner in the park. So I put a pan, a jug of water, a few bowls and spoons and some ramen noodle soup in my backpack and we headed to the park (and some matches).

Talia, Behn, Tovala, Asher and Sylvia helped find sticks for our fire and I boiled the water on the fire and made our soup! :)

Hannah has been doing way to much studying, so we thought it would be a good plan to get her out of her room and away from her books...

Romen noodle soup has never tasted better... ;)

We had a nice little hike to and from "the cabin" in the park...

Sylvia is very funny; when she is being carried she says "I want to run" and when she is running she says "Hold me"!

It was a very nice way to spend the evening!

noreply@blogger.com (Yetta) — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 01:30:00 +0000

Hamburgers and French Fries.

This afternoon Mrs. Sutton and Justin came over and made hamburgers with us!

Ingredients:
2 Vanilla Wafers (hamburger buns)
1 Chocolate covered mint (hamburger)
Red and Yellow frosting (ketchup and mustard).

and miniture french fries.

Very fun! :) :)

We all had fun! They were very tasty! Thanks for the fun treat Mrs. Sutton!

noreply@blogger.com (Yetta) — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 20:39:00 +0000

Como Zoo...

Yesterday afternoon we (everyone in this picture and Dad and Mom) decided to go to the Zoo!

Hannah was working on school and the boys were at soccer, so Mom and Dad took the rest of us to the zoo.

Asher was very excited to see the lions and tigers, but a little disappointed that the bears were not around because of construction. :(

I think Sylvia's favorite were the monkeys and gorillas.

It was a perfect afternoon to be out! A very beautiful fall day... when everyone else is at work and school - makes for a quiet zoo.

We went to the conservatory also.

It was very beautiful! There were nearly every kind of plants in there... from fig trees to banana and pomegranate trees (with fruit growing on them) to pepper plants and incredible flowers.

Since I was there last, they added a section to the zoo... kind of like a jungle with snakes and spiders and even a sloth sitting in a tree. It is very nicely done!

We all had a lot of fun! It was a great day to be outside!

noreply@blogger.com (Yetta) — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 16:38:00 +0000

Soccer!

Last week the Eli, Joel, Noah and Seth had their first couple of soccer games!
that is Eli - #16

They all did very well! There is Joel -#15

Eli again.

I was not able to get a good shot of Noah or Seth, they were both subs and on the other side of the field.

They are off to a great start-they won both games!

noreply@blogger.com (Yetta) — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 16:02:00 +0000

The Mall of America...

Last night Jamie had to fly out... and some friends had called earlier in the week asking if I could drop them off at the airport, so we all piled in the van and drove to the airport. We dropped our friends off and then we went to the mall of america for a few hours since Jamie's flight did not leave until late.

It was fun to hang out... we wandered through lego land.

we considered going on a ride... but never quite got around to it. :)

then we went to caribou coffee and chatted for a while.

Since Jamie was here, we decided to call Dave who Hannah and Jamie met at Summit (who lives in Duluth) so he drove down and brought us all out for dinner! Then we brought Jamie to the air port and said good bye. It was a very nice afternoon! :)

noreply@blogger.com (Yetta) — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 15:28:00 +0000

Wings and Wheels

On Saturday, after Hannah and I picked Hannah's friend Jamie up (a friend she met while she was at Summit Last year), we went to Wings and Wheels (Osceola Town Days)...

Here Hannah and Jamie are... :)

Joel and Noah were both very excited to visit the osceola airport because they have been working for a man who owns a plane and so they have been able spend a lot of time around there. Joel also was offered a job at the airport a couple of weeks ago as a air craft mechanic assistant... It is a pretty exciting opportunity for him!

We had a fun time wandering around looking at planes and watching them take off and land...

Jamie has a cool camera too - so we had fun taking pictures together. :)

exploring an airplane...

Asher and Behn.

We learned about this glider - and the little ones got to sit in it! :)

after looking at all of the airplanes, eating some mini donuts, and visiting with some friends, some of us went and looked at the water fall! it was very beautiful!

when we got home Dad made brats and we had a bon-fire. Then we watched the Scarlet Pimpernel. :) It was a very nice day!

noreply@blogger.com (Yetta) — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 04:26:00 +0000

A Late Summer Day...

This afternoon, after church, our friends, the Suttons, came and brought hamburger makings and chips and everything we needed for a very nice lunch! It was great! After lunch we all went to Sand Lake and went out on the lake with their boat...

We went tubing...

three boys... :) :)

Sylvia rode in the boat too! I think she is sleepy!

it was a lot of fun watching everyone's attempts at water skiing, water sledding, tubing, and what ever else we could try!

It was a beautiful afternoon to be out!

Eli, Joel and Noah all got up on the skis very fast! Here is Eli, I don't think he knew who his driver was...

until he had safely landed back by the dock.... lol Way to go Asher! (with a little help from Justin) :)

A great way to spend a Sunday afternoon... Thank you Suttons for your thoughtfulness and generosity! We all enjoyed the day very much!

noreply@blogger.com (Yetta) — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 04:18:00 +0000

First Week of School - A Success!

This past week Mom started school with everyone! So far everything is going great! Tovala is catching on to everything very fast... as well as everyone else.

For science class on Thursday they were studying cat tails... so they did some fun projects together!

On Friday, when I got home from work, the kids had been playing all afternoon... they were making forts and having lots of fun!

Talia Joy, in hers and Seth's fort...