He is such a story teller!

Colton loves to tell stories and sometimes what he says just amazes me! He is growing up so fast and it so much fun to watch him develope into such an amazing little man!

We are always up to something!

On Thursday we went to the Edinborough Indoor Park with Melissa, Eva, Isaac and Jaxx! Colton had so much fun playing with his cousins, and I must admit I had a great time too! Melissa and I crawled up into the tunnels and went down the slides too, it is nice to be a kid again sometimes!

On Friday night my cousin Sheila and her 4 month old son Jonathan came into town. Colton was so excited to have a baby in the house. He helped me set up his pack 'n play for the baby and he even gave up his Nemo blanket for Jonathan to use. He was such a helper with the baby and he even told me this morning that he wants his own baby! Now if only we could find a way to afford to have another one (daycare is just so expensive)!! Saturday monring we went to the Farmers Market in St Paul with Grandma Yvonne! Colton thought this was pretty cool and has been asking to go the market again all day today!

Today Colton convinced me to set up his slip 'n slide! He really didn't understand how to use it but he still had a great time! If anyone wants to come over and demonstrate how to actually use a slip and slide let me know and we will pick a date!!

Happy 3rd Birthday Colton!

I still can't believe that Colton is 3 years old, it seems like just yesterday I told Frankie we were pregnant and we both looked at each other as to say "How in the world are we gonna raise a child"? Now here we are 3 years later and our baby has turned into such an amazing little man who we just can't get enough of. There are many days I just sit and watch Colton with complete amazement and love, I just can't imagine my life without him.

We celebrated his birthday on Sunday with our family and friends. This birthday was extra special because Colton's Great Grandparents were in town from Las Vegas. We miss them so much and it was very hard to say goodbye to them at the end of the party. Everyone was more than generous with the gifts. Colton received lots of cool toys, awesome outfits and even some money for his college fund. We had so much fun celebrating his birthday and we want to say Thank You to everyone who joined us. Tonight we went to Chuck E Cheese for his birthday dinner. He loves that place and I have to admit I was super excited all day knowing that we were heading there tonight! I think I might be a 5 year old trapped in a 28 year old body. Anyways, I will leave you with some pictures from his party, thanks again to everyone for making his birthday an extra special one. I love you Colton and Happy Birthday!

Here comes your Daily Dose of Laughter!

Everytime I watch this video I laugh! I am not sure which is better Colton's Laugh or my brother on the couch totally entertaining himself by trying to "trip the tunnel"!!

Family Time

First some pictures from our day off on Thursday! Colton and Daddy spent some time cleaning up the backyard, including cleaning off the patio, washing the house and watering the garden! Colton loves being daddy's little helper. And speaking of the Garden I am doing a pretty good job at keeping everything alive so far! We planted the following:

* Tomatoes
* Green Beans
* Cucumbers
* Jalapenos
* Bell Peppers
* Chili Peppers
* White Onions
* Cilantro
* Cantaloupe
* And of Course Pumpkins - the regular size ones and some Giant 300 Pound Pumpkin Type!
Okay now on to our busy weekend. Saturday I went to a baby shower for one of my best friends. She is expecting a baby girl the end of July and we got to shower her with all kinds of awesome gifts. Congrats Betsy I can't wait to meet your little one... only 7 more weeks or less if you are lucky! Two of my other girlfriends are also expecting this summer! Kate is due in August and Alicia is due in early September. It is gonna be a baby filled summer!Saturday evening we went to Jaclyn's Graduation party! I still can't believe she has graduated High School, when I first met her she was only 8! Congrats Jaclyn and best wishes with everything in the future! And then today we went to the Wolfe Family Reunion. And we were able to get some pictures off all of the Grandkids together. The first picture is Grandma Yvonne, Great Grandma Gwen and Great Grandpa Len with the Grandkids. The second picture is Gwen and Len with all 5 of their Grandkids and all 5 Great Grandkids.

Weekend exploring the North Shore!!

This past weekend we took a mini vacation to the North Shore! Frankie and I spent a few days in Duluth on our honeymoon and here we are 5 years later already so we thought it would be fun to back and to take our son with us! We had an awesome time! The weather was perfect and it was early enough in the summer that it wasn't crazy with tourists! We left early Friday morning and we arrived at Goosberry Falls State Park around noon. I love this place, it is beautiful (one of Minnesota's little hidden secrets). Colton had to much fun climbing on rocks and dipping his feet in the water. Here are a few pics from Gooseberry:

Our next stop for the day was the Split Rock Lighthouse! We got to climb up to the top of the light house... Colton though that was pretty cool. And then we decided to take the trail down to the lakeside. I didn't know that this trail consisted of several hundreds steps!! Needless to say we made it down to the water and we needed to rest for quite some time! And we did not take the stairs back up to the the lighthouse... we took some side trails that weren't straight up!

Colton was so tired after playing all day at Gooseberry and the Lighthouse! He feel alseep in about 3 minutes in the car. So we headed back to the hotel, had some dinner and then we spent the rest of the night in the pool. We were all so tired by the end of the day, I think we were all sleeping by 9:30!

Saturday morning we headed to Amnicon Falls State Park in Superior, WI. The park was beautiful. We did some hiking and of course took way more pictures than anyone should! Colton is absolutely facisnated by waterfalls... and he has no fear, I think he would jump right over the edge if we weren't holding on to him. After the falls we headed back into to Duluth to tour the William A Irvin. Colton was so excited to go on the big ship but he was not very thrilled about the guided tour. He prefers to do things on his own terms... but we all made it through the 45 minute tour. After that we headed down to Canal park to hang on the beach for a while and play on the playground! We were very tired after all that fresh air so we headed back to the hotel to clean up and relax for a while. That night we ate at Hell's Kitchen - which I would not recommend. The food was okay but not as good as we were expecting! Here are some pictures from Amnicon Falls State Park and the William A Irvin Ship. We had such a good time and we hope to make this little triop an annual adventure!