Labor Day Weekend 2012

 

We kicked off the long weekend with Uncle Matt's arrival on Thursday night. Bubba arrived late Friday night. The Iowa crew arrived on Saturday and we had our golf outing on Sunday with everyone else. We even got to see the Andersen's new house on Monday before taking Bubba back to the airport. We packed in lots: golf, eating, neighborhood party, and lots of celebrating and catching up!

Headed out for shakes at Leo's!

Matt brought over birthday doughnuts for Evan on Saturday morning

Look at all those sprinkles

Evan was so excited to pick out cake pops for his birthday

Taking care of his new puppies

Dancing card

Focusing on cutting all the foods

Looking for frogs

Bean bag toss

Relaxing after golf

Bean Bag Champs

Future golf buddies, Evan and Max

Adam and Owen playing football

Cheeeeeeeeese!

Such a beautiful weekend to be outside!

Snuggles before bed

Petting Zoo

 

The boys and I met up with the Maher crew at a petting zoo.  It was pretty cool. The kids were able to see so many animals up close and could feed them. It was so strange to turn around and have a deer or a goat standing next to you!

Evan feeding the deer and the geese

Evan loved all the animals

Evan trying to get the baby goat to eat a carrot

Adam feeding a calf

Checking out one of the ponies

All of the kids

Petting a fox!

Evan running after a bunny or some chicken:)

Pony ride!!

Adam's Camping Adventure

 

When preschool ended, Adam and I made a list of all the things he wanted to do over the summer. One thing he really wanted to do was go camping and he especially wanted to do it after Aaron returned from his fishing trip where they slept in tents. We picked a night to do some backyard camping and unfortunately it rained that day so the ground was pretty wet. The boys decided to move their adventure indoors. I guess there are some benefits to not having a dining room table yet as that is where they set up camp. Aaron has been snoring lately due to allergies so I think Aaron moved him to his bed around 2AM so he could get some sleep. Adam had a blast and even made a pretend campfire outside of their tent.

 

Lakefront Park

 

Each summer, we plan an outing to Teddy Bear Park followed by a pizza lunch on the river with Grandma. Adam remembers this throughout the year and will ask when we are going to do it again. They love to watch the boats and throw rocks into the water. Even with the breeze on the river, it was a hot one this year. Check out these rosy cheeks!

 

Keeping Busy...

 

Aaron went on a week-long fishing trip, so the boys had I planned lots to activities while he was away. We met up with some friends of mine for a picnic and park time. We had so much fun catching up while the kids played and played. We also participated in many of the PepperFest festivities in North Hudson, including watching the parade with some of our neighbors.

 

Braylen and Adam at the park playing pirates

Madeline and Olivia - Evan was so sweet to them

Two goofballs at the parade

Waiting in anticipation for our neighbor Kara to pass by - she was dancing in the parade!

Summertime favorite...

We met our former neighbors for a fun outdoor concert featuring The Okee Dokee Brothers. Adam cannot get enough of them!



He sat front and center

They do a great job entertaining the kids



Evan loves their music too



Dancing to his favorite song!

Aussies

My friend Jeanine and her family have been living in Australia and she decided to come home for two months with the kids. This was so unexpected, so I was thrilled at the opportunity to see them.  Adam and I made the trek to Alexandria to celebrate Jaisa's golden birthday and enjoy time together. After knowing Jeanine for so long, it is so bizarre to hear her and her kids speaking with their Aussie accents! 

 

The kids were so entertained by the hammock

Pretty proud to catch this all on his own

Not afraid to hold it and throw it in

Friends since grade school