Here Fishy, Fishy, Fishy!!!!

After fighting the life jacket, Titus eventually fell asleep in Daddy's arms in it!

Here Fishy, Fishy, Fishy!  Yep, that's three fish because over the 4th of July, we had a blast watching three little fishes!  The first one was Evie Cate who we couldn't keep out of the water if we tried!  She loved to go down the slide into the water, then keep her head under and swim about 5 feet to Grandpa.  If she wasn't using the slide, then she would dive down to the bottom of the lake to grab a golf ball, or have Grandpa count while she kept her head under water (8 seconds was her longest time)!  She loved every minute of the water!  Our other cute fishy was Titus.  Although not quite as capable as Evie in the water, he loved going down the slide and also had no problem putting his face under to get a ball.  He is also a natural and can kick as well in the water as Evie (although can't quite move the way she can).  Titus loved spending time as well on anything that moved, especially Bumpa and Grandpa's boats.  He also loved Auntie Enie's kayak and Grandpa's 4-wheeler!  The third fishy was the Northern Chad caught while fishing with Grandpa Dave.  Although he was pretty ugly, the kiddos enjoyed seeing how big he was and especially liked setting him free again into the lake!   Quite a whirlwind week from Alex to Chaska to Merifield!  We loved every second of it and were thankful for great weather and family to celebrate with!  Evie is already looking forward to starting swimming lessons back up again in the fall!

Fire Cracker #1






Second Cousin Ella came to play in Alex!



King of the Kayak!

Fire Cracker #2

18-Months Of Fun!!!

June has been quite a busy, fun month at our household!  Most importantly, a very handsome man celebrated a very important half-birthday:  On June 22, Titus turned 18-months!  He loves to chase his sister, go down slides, swing in his swing, "vacuum," eat, rock in his rocking chair, is beginning to talk (about 30 different words, although ball is still the most common) & understands about 85% of what we say (although that doesn't mean he does anything we ask him!)!  We enjoyed a weekend with our neighbors, the Bulls in Duluth) thankfully before all the flooding) & celebrated Father's Day there!

Krista and I ran Grandma's Half Marathon for the first time!  This makes our third half-marathon in 8 months!  Time for a break!  At the time of this picture, we were about 9 1/2 miles in and just came up "Lemon Drop Hill."  Our gallery was definitely a sight for sore eyes at that point!

Guess who loved the water slides:  Titus and Evie!  Titus kept Chad and I on our toes going up and down, up and down!  He even went down a few himself!  After talking Evie into it for two days, we finally got her to go down the big slides, which she had to do on a tube with me.  Once she started, she never stopped!  I loved going down with her but taking the stairs all the way up to the top a day after running 13.1 miles was not the most enjoyable part of the weekend!

The resort we stayed at had the kids make shirts for the parents running in the marathon.  Jackson and Evie mostly just blobbed paint everywhere on their shirts, but had fun!

Evie's first (and hopefully ONLY tatto)!  She wanted a pumpkin!! :)  You can never start celebrating Halloween too early!

This Handsome Boy is 18-Months Today!

It took a good day before Titus decided he liked getting the water splashed all over him!  Not sure if I ever decided I liked it!

Part of the pictures we took for our Father's Day Present to Chad!

Chad and I just changed all the bulbs in our house to energy efficent bulbs and Titus became obsessed with helping Chad change the bulbs.  He would climb the ladder and twist his hand like he was twisting the bulb into place.  Now, whenever he sees a light fixture, he will do the same hand motion!

Memorial Weekend!

Putting her swimming lesson skills to good use!

We spent a restful and enjoyable weekend in Alex for Memorial Weekend.  Although Mother Nature did not cooperate a majority of the weekend, we were still able to get outside to feed the ducks at Noonan's Park, attend the Memorial Day Parade in Downtown Alex and get a nice swim in at the pool (which we learned the hard way, had not been heated quite yet)!  Evie is getting pretty comfortable and capable in the water and Titus would still rather feed himself the bread rather than the ducks!  All in all, a good weekend!

First smore of the summer!

Letting our manis and pedis dry!

Waiting so patiently for the Memorial Day Parade to start!

Reading a book with "Pops"!

How many Batteys does it take to make a fire?

Double Tantrum!



Guarding her marshmallows so closely!