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! :)