molars

Oh two year molars, you have been the worst ones!

Baby

So tonight when bath was complete, Audi asked me..."me be baby tonight?" I said "sure" not knowing what she meant. What I learned is that she was was not going to walk anywhere tonight, she had me carry her or else she crawled. :) She even let me rock her before bed. Oh the memories!

Rues come to visit 2012

I think we've started a tradition that the Rue's come and visit Roseau once a summer. Last summer, Hayden & Bray, stayed with us while Mitch/Becca went to a concert in Winnipeg and then stayed with us for a few days. This summer the Rue's came up for the 4th of July week and we had a blast. We stayed at our house in Roseau for a night before heading to the cabin for the rest of the week. The boys left to go fishing right away in the morning while the girls did a little shopping, playing, packing, and headed for the lake. The weather was absolutely perfect the whole week. Two days out of the week, it rained in the morning but cleared up by the afternoon and evening. I think the little kids definlty created some memories. In the pictures below you will see what some of the highlights were for the kids. They played by the beach a lot, went on many many ranger rides, had a campfire, went to a parade, had many man snacks, visited the candy store at the resort, and many other things.

It truly is so much fun spending time with your family. I stop and look at how lucky we are, Kenneth & I, to both have such wonderful families. We spend a majority of this last week with his parents and my parents, Mitch, Becca, and Kids...we get along so great and it's always sad to see everyone go there own ways. There were many of times I wished my sister and brother could be there with their families, but I'm fortune we get to spend other times with them. Many times I stop and watch how much fun Hayden, Braylee, and Audrey have together....they are so close in age and have so many of the same interest. Yes, don't get me wrong, there are times when Audrey is hitting or pulling Braylees's hair or vise versa, but it's all in the name of love. I wished this week could have went on for longer.

For the 4th of July we hung out at the cabin for the morning and nap time then headed to Warroad for the parade and Kenneth's baseball game. It was hot, sticky, and humid. The Royals won their baseball game 12-1. Dan, Ruth, Mitch, Becca, Hayden, and Braylee stayed in Warroad for the fire works. My parents, Kenneth, and I headed back to the lake as it wouldn't of been any fun for Audrey to stay for the fire works (to late). The rest arrived to the cabin about 11:45 to find us all asleep.

My mom bought some fun yard water toys for the kids to play with. This way they didn't have to be down at the lake the whole time and plus the water was kind of green...this way the kids got to play in the water up by the cabin and we could sit and visit on the deck.

My "big" family normally get's together for the 4th of July, with the 4th on a Wednesday we post poned it until Saturday the 7th. I always feel blessed to be able to enjoy and attend these get together with our family and catch up with each other. We all live so close together, but don't see each other enough. It's days like these that create memories.

Leisure activity

When I find a good book, I can not put it down. Growing up, I never enjoyed reading...it was always a struggle. Since getting married, I've ready about 5 books because "I want to." With these books I find, I simply can't put them down once I start. Coffee is one of my favorite hobbies. About a week before we were headed to the cabin for the week, I thought I'd like to find a good book to buy and bring with. I visited amazon and checked out the top sellers...this book "becoming sister wives" was one of them. I'm truly intrigued by these types of books/religions. I've had numerous people ask about this book while I was reading and all I can say is...it truly captures my mind and I'm so curious about other religions and cultures (not all religions or cultures but specific ones). Along with this book another type of books I truly enjoy are Amish. When we lived in Morris there was a religion around the area called Apostolic Christians...I also read and researched a lot about the religion. I'm about 2/3s done with this book and it's definitely a book I'd recommend. It's a book that truly opens yours eyes to another type of family dynamics.

First Cucumber Crop of The Year

Today we returned home from the lake, where we had been for the past week. I was a little worried what had happened to our garden while we were away with the 90 degree weather we'd been having. Once we arrived home Kenneth told me I better go check out the garden...wow! The corn was waste high or higher!! Kenneth left for his baseball game. I told Audrey we could have mac and cheese for lunch as she hadn't had that for over a week. I thought we'd check the garden in-case any cucumbers were ready, I honestly didn't think there would be any ready...but to my surprise there was! Audrey and I were both excited for lunch when we could have cucumbers!!

Weekend # 1

Of many busy ones to come.

This past weekend, June 30th/July 1st, I headed to MSP for a Twins game for work. We took a charter bus filled with 50 people, young and old! We stayed at a hotel, I think most of the kids had more fun at the water park in the hotel than at the baseball game! Ha, but the Twins won while we there. While I attended this event for work I had planned, Kenneth had a baseball tournament in Nimrod, so Audrey stayed in Ada with Dan and Ruth and the Rues' were also there visiting. It was the fair in Ada and form what I heard-- Audrey loved it.

This week the Rues and Dan/ruth are up here and we'll spend the week up at my parents cabin.

Next weekend we'll spend the weekend at Mark & Margs cabin...always a good time!

The following weekend we will be in the cities.

The next weekend is a golf scramble I'm putting on for my job, and my friends wedding. The following Monday we will leave on a 10 day vacation to see HEID, plus my family in Wisconsin and Michigan.

2 year photos...round 1

Here is some work with my camera and my new photo program.