My Little Outdoorsman!

Colton and I spent the weekend at the lake and despite all the rain and storms we had a great time! It was quite the wild life adventure over the past 2 days. Our Saturday morning started with a long walk jumping in every puddle along the way (it had stormed overnight)! Colton even pretended to be a Tree Frog on a fallen tree along our walk.

Then later that morning when the morning storm passed we decided it was time to go swimming when Colton spotted a frog!! Sharon (our campground neighbor) helped him catch it and then Colton and his new friend Skylar built the frog a new fort and even took it down the water slide a time or two. After about 20 minutes playing with frog they decided it was time to let him go!

Later that afternoon we decided to try our hand at fishing. Colton caught his first fish (all by himself)! He was so excited and so very proud! Of course we were only catching tiny little sunfish off the end of the dock but to Colton this was the best adventure ever!

After dinner Saturday our new campground friend Chippy came around and we got to watch him eat peanuts, corn on the cob and even my homemade Sugar Cookies! Colton thought it was so cool to see a little chipmunk so close to us... he would come within 3 feet of us. My dad says you can get him to eat of your hand but Colton was too loud so the little guy kept a little bit of a distance!

This morning Colton and I decided to do a little more fishing before we headed home. We caught a couple more little sunfish and then we caught a Bass! Colton was so excited to catch a different kind of fish, we had to run all the way up to the camper to show GamGam and PopPop!!

We had a great time this weekend, despite the rain and severe storms in the middle of the night last night (which of course never did hit us even though we were in the direct line of the storm). Here are two Videos from this weekend, hope you enjoy!

Completely worn out!!

I think the busy lifestyle that we have gotten used to this summer has finally caught up with Colton! I picked him up from school today, we came home turned on some Tom and Jerry and sat on the couch to relax a bit! I went into the kitchen to get dinner going and within 10 minutes he was out cold! He never falls asleep on the couch so I think he must have just been plain old worn out!

Also as an effort to get in better shape Colton and I have been going for long walks every night! We leave about 10 minutes after dinner and we walk for about an hour sometimes an hour and a half! Of course we have to make a stop at a park to play for a little bit! It is a great chance for me and Colton to just talk and hang out and a good way for both of us to burn off all the extra energy and stress from the day and let me tell you we both pass out pretty quick when our heads hit the pillow!

Go Twins!

We spent our Sunday afternoon at the Twins game! Thank you Heidi for getting us the tickets and the awesome parking right on the dome grounds. We went early so we could enjoy some of the pregame activities on the plaza. Colton loved the giant jumper, I am surprised he got out of it as willing as he did. Then we got some lunch - corn on the cob, giant turkey leg and lemonade slushy. Yummy! Then we headed inside to find our seats along the 3rd baseline and of course buy Colton some souvenirs (Frankie just can't say "NO" to his son). We had a blast watching the game even though our Twinkies didn't play too well today. Colton loved the game but I will say I think he enjoyed the vendors who walked up and down the row selling food even more. After eating some Fruit Snacks, Cinnamon Graham Crackers and raisins from my purse we had to buy some Cracker Jacks from the first vendor. Of course he really didn't want these when the next guy came buy selling dome dogs (which of course you have to have when you go the Dome). After eating the entire bun and about 5 bites of the dog I figured he was full... but no wait here comes the snow cone guy! Yes we got one of these too and Colton ate the entire thing! I think he was finally full and ready for a nap. We left at the top of the 8th inning (we were losing by 6 when we left and things only got worse) and by the time we hit the highway Colton was out cold! All in all it was a great afternoon, Thanks again Heidi!!

Bachlorette Party!

We had Marissa's Bachlorette party this last weekend and it was so much fun. We started at Tanya's house in Woodbury by having some drinks, cupcakes and opening gifts! Then the Excursion Limo arrived to take us to our hotel in downtown Minneapolis. We stayed at the Marriott Residence Inn in the Penthouse suite! It had a full kitchen and livingroom, two bedrooms and two bathrooms (one with a Jacuzzi Tub)!! We hung out in the room for a while and then headed to dinner at Hell's Kitchen! After dinner we went back to the hotel to have a few drinks (free drinks in the room are always better than $9 drinks at the bar). Eventually we headed out to the bar, we landed at the Shout House (a dualing paino bar) for the night. We had a blast. We got back to the hotel around 1:30am and stayed awake talking and laughing until 4:15 in the morning! The limo picked us up at the hotel the next morning to take us back home. Now only 3 weeks until the big day... it is coming up so fast!

Cascade Bay Waterpark!

Last Thursday Colton and I spent our day off at the waterpark with Uncle Brad! We had so much fun, we swam for hours and played on the waterslide! They also have some big water slides but Colton was too short for those and they have a lazy river but we never made it on there, Colton is too impatient to just sit and float!

Marissa's Bridal Shower

We had Marissa's Bridal Shower on Sunday! It was so much fun. We had lots of women laughing, drinking punch and being overly competive with the shower games! Less than a month until the wedding date, it is gonna be here before we know it and I still need to get alterations done on my Bridesmaid dress. I guess I should really get going on that! Here are just a few pics from the shower!

4th of July - The Park - Overwhelming Garden!

Of course like I start every post life has been crazy lately. We spent the 4th of July Holiday weekend at the lake! We had so much fun. We spent lots of time swimming, grilling, riding the golf cart, watching fireworks and of course laughing! Here are just a few pics from the weekend:

This last Saturday I watched my three youngest cousins and my one of my cousin's. Colton loved having all the extra kids at the house - even if they were all girls! We went for a nice long walk in the morning to 3 different parks. Then we came back home to eat lunch and of course everyone wanted something different so we made chicken nuggets, corndogs, tator tots, french fries and mac and cheese! I realize that cooking for only one kid is much easier. After lunch we headed out to the backyard for some water fun. We had both pools set up as well as the slip n slide! Colton and Emily were worn out after about an hour and were in their beds napping while the older three girls enjoyed some more time in the sun. It was so much fun to have all the kids here and I hope we can do it again soon!

And here is an update on my garden - HELP! I walked out to the garden late last weekend and become totally overwhelmed! Everything is growing like crazy (including the weeeds). I didn't realize what I was getting myself into until recently. But after some help from Frankie and my cousin Chris we have the garden back under control and we are already harvesting some good food. We picked the first round of green beans, some onions and we already have cucumbers coming in the house at a steady rate! Colton loves to help in the garden, although he is not a fan of the little spikes that are all over the cucumbers!! Our pumpkins are also flowering now so I have been out there daily helping with the pollination process, due to the lack of bumble bees we have to do some of the pollination by hand (who knew)!

This weekend is my sisters Bridal shower. Less than one month until the wedding. I still a can't believe my little sister is getting married, it seems like she is too young and yet she is 3 years older than I was when I got married! Makes me feel so grown up and I am not sure I like it!