....AND A GOOD TIME WAS HAD BY ALL!
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Viking Fest!!
Awww....Viking Fest! I love you, but you always leave me tired! V-Fest is always such a fun-filled, jam-packed weekend that has us running around watching Norwegian dancing & marimba performances, parades, races, and if the kids are lucky, going on the rides. This weekend was no exception and it has taken me a full week to recover to write about it-ha! Anyway....here are some(scratch that) ALOT of our favorite moments in pictures.
Friday, May 7, 2010
Gotta Love this: SWAGGER WAGON Official Toyota Music Video
LOVE this video! Wish I would have thought of it! I could have bought a few vans with my millions....
....And What Was In It?
Well, I think I have now made you wait longer than I had to wait and although it is kind of fun-I don't want to be mean!! First off, we got another personalized letter from the President saying he was glad that we were okay and that he loved Greta's letter and he keeps it on his desk. I thought that was so fun to imagine Greta's letter on his desk; her picture and message really was cute and we had nothing to do with it.
But you are more interested about what was in the box, right? Well, there were three packages and two of them contained three different Toyota bags. One, a really nice gym bag, and the others are totes that the girls were excited about. As they opened the second package, the kids were all like, "Another bag? He said they were sending toys!" Ha ha! (BTW, before we opened it, Greta guessed incorrectly that it was a WiiFit!) Then, in the third package, there were a bunch of Toyota paraphernalia: 5 pens, 5 stuffed orange cars, a few stuffed koala bears and frogs(with a Toyota logo), a couple key chains, a flashlight, a money clip, a blanket, a travel coffee mug, a biodegradable water bottle and three Toyota hats! Woo hoo!
Was that worth the wait? Hee hee? Sorry. I swear if it were keys to a new car I would have posted right away! It really was so nice of them to send all of this stuff. The kids were SO excited to open it when they came home from school. So now, be honest, what did you really think would have been in there?
Okay, so I have been debating whether or not to post the video of the kids opening the box, but I think I will because it was so funny how bummed they were when there weren't toys, until they found the 'toys'! They started fighting over the key chains and money clip...hee hee. Easy to please, I guess! Watch if you want. (I hate my voice-do I really sound like that??)
But you are more interested about what was in the box, right? Well, there were three packages and two of them contained three different Toyota bags. One, a really nice gym bag, and the others are totes that the girls were excited about. As they opened the second package, the kids were all like, "Another bag? He said they were sending toys!" Ha ha! (BTW, before we opened it, Greta guessed incorrectly that it was a WiiFit!) Then, in the third package, there were a bunch of Toyota paraphernalia: 5 pens, 5 stuffed orange cars, a few stuffed koala bears and frogs(with a Toyota logo), a couple key chains, a flashlight, a money clip, a blanket, a travel coffee mug, a biodegradable water bottle and three Toyota hats! Woo hoo!
Was that worth the wait? Hee hee? Sorry. I swear if it were keys to a new car I would have posted right away! It really was so nice of them to send all of this stuff. The kids were SO excited to open it when they came home from school. So now, be honest, what did you really think would have been in there?
Okay, so I have been debating whether or not to post the video of the kids opening the box, but I think I will because it was so funny how bummed they were when there weren't toys, until they found the 'toys'! They started fighting over the key chains and money clip...hee hee. Easy to please, I guess! Watch if you want. (I hate my voice-do I really sound like that??)
Thursday, May 6, 2010
What Is In This??
Hmmm....what is in this box??
To give you a little background, after we were in our car accident, the kids decided to write letters to Toyota thanking them for making such safe cars. A few weeks ago, Greta ended up getting a personalized letter from the USA President of Toyota replying to her letter. It was awesome!! It definitely wasn't a form letter as he addressed many of the things she wrote about in his letter to her, and he signed it. I was so amazed that he actually took the time (with everything else that is going on with Toyota right now), to respond to the kids. We were, however, a bit perplexed by part of it. It was just regular letter head in a regular envelope and he mentioned that he included some toys in the 'cubbies' for Greta to share with her siblings ??!!! Huh??? (Greta had mentioned in her letter that she loved the cubbies in the van to put her toys into) Ha!! What was he talking about though? We didn't have a van anymore! Honestly, for the next couple days, I kept looking outside to see if a new minivan was pulling up...uh...Kristin, YOU HAVE WATCHED TOO MUCH REALITY TV!!!! Btw, no minivan came. Then, I just laughed it off that they wrote the letter, but forgot to put in the little toys he mentioned, but that was no biggie, as it was already cool enough that they wrote the letter to Greta in the first place.
But---much to my surprise, I came home today from my women's Bible study group, to this box!! I can hardly contain myself with excitement to see what is inside it, but we are waiting for the kids to get home. Ughh..Definitely Daron's idea. I thought we could open it and tape it back up! What kind of toys do you think are inside? Little minivans? Toyota stickers? It really doesn't matter. I just think it is super cool of them to follow up on our letter with this-THANKS AGAIN TOYOTA!!! YOU HELPED SAVE OUR LIFE!
To give you a little background, after we were in our car accident, the kids decided to write letters to Toyota thanking them for making such safe cars. A few weeks ago, Greta ended up getting a personalized letter from the USA President of Toyota replying to her letter. It was awesome!! It definitely wasn't a form letter as he addressed many of the things she wrote about in his letter to her, and he signed it. I was so amazed that he actually took the time (with everything else that is going on with Toyota right now), to respond to the kids. We were, however, a bit perplexed by part of it. It was just regular letter head in a regular envelope and he mentioned that he included some toys in the 'cubbies' for Greta to share with her siblings ??!!! Huh??? (Greta had mentioned in her letter that she loved the cubbies in the van to put her toys into) Ha!! What was he talking about though? We didn't have a van anymore! Honestly, for the next couple days, I kept looking outside to see if a new minivan was pulling up...uh...Kristin, YOU HAVE WATCHED TOO MUCH REALITY TV!!!! Btw, no minivan came. Then, I just laughed it off that they wrote the letter, but forgot to put in the little toys he mentioned, but that was no biggie, as it was already cool enough that they wrote the letter to Greta in the first place.
But---much to my surprise, I came home today from my women's Bible study group, to this box!! I can hardly contain myself with excitement to see what is inside it, but we are waiting for the kids to get home. Ughh..Definitely Daron's idea. I thought we could open it and tape it back up! What kind of toys do you think are inside? Little minivans? Toyota stickers? It really doesn't matter. I just think it is super cool of them to follow up on our letter with this-THANKS AGAIN TOYOTA!!! YOU HELPED SAVE OUR LIFE!
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