Dinosaur!

Beau gets a little antsy when he isn't able to be involved in the things that Brody is doing... He finds his own ways to amuse himself!

Sunday adventure!

After church on Sunday we decided to head over to Zorbaz for lunch since mom wasn't having her usual Sunday dinner. The kids had a blast checking out the fish in the water before the restaurant opened and even got a little pool lession in after we ate!

Watching the fish - I can't believe how clear the water was!


1st picture of the 4 of them I have taken... Whoops! :)


Pool lessons from Josh!

Bumbo...

My sister-in-law asked if we wanted a bumbo chair for Braxton that she was getting rid of. I told her we would try it and I am so glad we did! He LOVES to be sitting up and checking everything out so this is perfect for him...

Brody's Surgery

My baby had to go under the knife last week! We have been noticing how large his tonsils are (as well as everyone that looks in his mouth - from doctors to dentists...) and after many rounds of strep this winter, it was decided that it was time for them to come out. We set up surgery for the end of August, but were lucky and they had a cancellation for this past Wednesday, so off we went to the surgery center. Brody was a champ and didn't seem nervous at all. He talked nonstop about the popsicles and ice cream that he was going to get and that seemed to cure it all! He has bounced back wonderfully and is already trying to run around and do his normal activities. He still has a few days of needing to stay kind of quiet and I think that I will be hard pressed to keep him down! :) (Mom did fine too... Only started bawling after I walked him into the OR and they put him to sleep. It was way too much to see my baby's body go limp and them laying him down. Booked it out of there fast though just in case he wasn't all the way asleep. Hey - I stayed strong when he was watching... :)

In the waiting room. We had to be there by 7:15 am - 6:00 came way to early for all of us!


Right before surgery...


Blood pressure time...


Getting some loving from daddy after he came back...

Camping with the Kiser's!

We got to head out camping for the weekend again last weekend with Reg, Laura and their kids and it was a blast. It ended up being one of the hottest weekends so far this summer, so it was great that we had a lake to spend a lot of time at. The kids had so much fun with all the toys that we available at the campground we stayed at. We were pretty much the only ones there that weekend so we didn't have to fight for space in the water at all!

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A Present for Grandma

Cindy was over for supper the other night and was holding Braxton... He left her a great present that she was not so excited about! :) Oops...

Big Brother Brody

Brody LOVES helping with Braxton! He started with trying to hold him all the time, feeding him, just hanging out. He has advanced to even more helping lately. He will get him out of his playpen for me in the mornings, get him a pacifier whenever he needs it, carry him around when he is fussy... Mom's a little nervous about this, but he hasn't dropped him, yet! :) The other day he even advanced to the changing of the diaper - WHAT?? You heard it, he wanted to change Braxton's diaper! He is too cute!! I think we will stop at just the pee diapers though, no matter how much he wants to help! :)

Our 2nd home...

The weather this summer has been all over the place in MN, but that hasn't stopped us from hitting the pool, pretty much on a daily basis! The kids are having a blast and becoming little fishies! Braxton usually heads over to his grandma's or great grandma's for the afternoons, but every once in a while we drag him along and he LOVES the water!!

Bella and Uncle Luke


Happy Camper Bella


Braxton - Chilling...


Brody, Kenzie, Gavin and Uncle Rusty!


Rusty and his girlfriend Lindsay made it home for the weekend and joined the whole fam at the pool! I don't think that they were alone for more then 2 seconds the whole time we were there...


Brody


Beau

T-Ball season!

Our t-ball season has come to a close for the summer. I can't believe how fast it went and how much fun Brody had playing this year. He got to play on the older kids field this year and did a great job and didn't have to use the tee once! Hopefully he continues to enjoy playing and he will be ready for next year again...

Covering 1st!


Ready for a hit...


Swing batter, batter!


There has to be at least ONE picture of him playing in the dirt at this age! :)


Brody's team...

4th of July

4th of July was time for our yearly get together at my aunt and uncle's house and then off to my cousins for fireworks. It was a ton of fun, even though it was hotter then heck all day! We played a lot of bean bag horseshoes, spent a lot of time together and got carried away by mosquitoes during the fireworks... It was a fabulous day!

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Catching & Sliding

Brody love being catcher during his T-Ball games... It's definitely where the action is at! He also has been practicing his sliding technique. He slides into every base that he gets to, other then first! :) Cracks me up the whole time!!

Fielding the ball...


Covering his bag...


Ready to catch the pitch!


Sliding into home!

Dower Lake Camping

Our family tries to get together at least once a summer and go camping with all my brothers and sisters... It is a great time back at one of our old camping haunts from when we were kids. The water was a little chilly, but the kids made it in quite a bit and spent A LOT of time playing in the sand. They loved biking around the campground, heading to the pier and just having fun together. Besides my niece Ellie busting her chin open and requiring 4 stiches, it was a pretty uneventful weekend... This weekend was a little crazier then our normal weekend though - I threw in a surprise birthday party for Josh since he just turned 30. It was great fun, the weather cooperated and we all had a fabulous time!

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Grandma and her MN boys

Grandma Cindy made it over to our house today for lunch. While Bella was taking her nap Grandma got to hang with her boys and learn a little bit about Mario Brothers...

Ready to Run...

Brody is still loving playing T-Ball. He likes to be in the infield the most (what kid doesn't in the little grades when the ball doesn't usually make it to the outfield! :)