Put Your Shades On...

Posted are tid bits of the past few weeks. We have had great fun with friends and family this summer. Woo Whoo!

The boys jet skiing at the cabin

We stopped in St. Paul to stay with Kari, Aaron and Lilly. While there we went to the Children's Museum and the Farmer's Market. It was so great to spend time with them and catch up. Thanks for everything, Wings!!

Connor dressed up like Clifford and crawled around barking!
Novak and I chillin' in the Bug Room.

I take this picture every time we visit and it's amazing to look back and see how much they've grown! Our family of FIVE.

First on the list when we arrived in Omaha was the big slides in the Old Market. So fun to share things with the boys that I loved doing as a kid =).

How perfect is the new addition to the Omaha Childrens Museum?

We took the boys to my grandma's cabin for a few days with Mary and Mark. It was probably my favorite part of the trip because we relaxed, had camp fires, slept in and got some sun.

These days Liam is never far behind Connor. Auntie(thats what he calls her) and Liam

It just so happened that the neighbor's yard was being filled in with dirt the morning after we got there. Both boys camped out and watched the crusade of dump trucks and one busy skid steer most of the day. You never know what you'll find in my Grandma's closet...

Is this the biggest marshmallow you've ever seen?!?!?! My dad made a slip 'n' slide in our backyard. Again, so fun to do things with the boys that I grew up doing(nice form huh?).

Daddy T watching a movie with the boys. My little Tree Hugger!!

That's it for now. Enjoy the rest of your summers!!!

Just text

No pictures just a brief update from the past week...
St. Paul Children's Museum
Awesome park with 2 story-high slide!! and then a yummy BBQ
Farmers Market
Helm Wedding(I finally met Flip Saunders)
Family dinner/Anniversary celebration
Big slides
Omaha Children's Museum
Volleyall Reunion at my parent's house
Hockey, hockey, hockey...for Dan and my dad.
Pipal Park with the Knutsons
Omaha Childrens Museum x 2
The CABIN(both boys fell in the water-more lives saved by lifejackets!)
Around the Bend Steakhouse
Godmother Erin
still to do...
Golf Quarry Oaks
Hot yoga

More later...plus pictures!

What's "A gust?"

Connor asked me that the other night...shocking it's already here!!

We have been surprisingly busy around here. Dan and I have to laugh that as a stay at home mom and an unemployed dad we some how aren't finding the time to finish projects, refuse to wake up any earlier than our children(usually 7:30!), can't remember what day it is or month and never feel like doing the routine chores! What we have been finding plenty of time to do is spend time with each other and enjoy the time Dan has at home right now.

Connor got a two-wheel bike from his Godmother Erin for his birthday and has learned to ride quite well. He can ride all the way around the cirlce with little help. The boys and I went to Chester park Wednesday morning with our good friends to play trucks in the sand and get some sun. Lest week I took them to Wednesday Night at the Races(Dan was at an interview)and Connor decided he wasn't going to run the race, but walk really slow(literally 30 yards behind everyone as you can see from the picture above!!). We came in dead last of all the 4 and under runners...I laughed the whole time!! This week he ran the whole thing with his cousin Audrey and greatly improved his time-ha! Then Audrey stayed the night and we played out back, had ice cream and then a hot tub. I took the boys to the cabin Thursday morning(by myself!) to play in the water and soak up more sun. Dan and I celebrated our 4th wedding anniversary this year with the theme, "Four wonderful years of marriage, three beautiful boys, two lays offs and one new house!" We walked the Lakewalk, had supper at the Brewhouse and then Blizzards(thanks for watching the boys Kathy!). Connor had his first dentist appt. and loved it. He has great teeth and even got to hold the drills.

Novak is doing awesome. He gets up twice a night and is now eating and then going right back down-yes! He can focus more on your face or a toy and is smiling all the time. He likes to be held(I don't mind this one at all!!) and still seems to be pretty content. It is amazing how quickly he is growing out of the newborn, and even 0-3 mo., clothes. What can I expect?!?

As the shirt reads...Life is Good!