Busy Busy Busy

Well, Today I went back to school.... Took some time off here to enjoy what was left of summer!

 

So - it's long overdue time for some updates and some pictures.

 

The house - obvious progress!

 

We visited Clear Lake over the 4th - Enjoyed some time with friends! 

So glad my sister introduced us to the Wilson's and their cute kiddos!

It was also Mom and Dad's 35th wedding anniversary

Happy Anniversary! 

 

We enjoyed lots of time with the littlest - soaking him up as he grows ridiculously fast!

Annie and Patrick announced a new arrival coming shortly after the first of the year!

 

I get to be an AUNTIE!!!

The weather was beautiful - so we enjoyed a walk by the lake.

 

And a surprise splash at the splash pad.

More time enjoying the lake

Me and the Hubs

 Soaking up the attention - what a goof ball!

 

Isaac entertained us with his astounding magic skills one night.

Check out the shock on Aunt Annie's face! 

Priceless!

Rounded out the visit with a little game of baseball with great-grandpa.



 

 

 

 

We've enjoyed our summer. 

We put the house on the market.

Sold the house 20 days later.

Switched daycare/preschool

Had inspections and made fixes

Stressed out a lot about the selling of the house

Packed a lot

Moved into an apartment- YUCK!

Unpacked

Swam at the pool - A lot! (Isaac turned into a fish this summer)

Soaked up lots of time with family and extended family.

 

As our families continue to grow - I am reminded of how thankful I am to have my family in our lives.  My children are lucky to have grandparents and aunts and uncles that love them.  It is always a good time when it's spent with family.

 

Here's to you Summer 2013! 

 

 



4th of July 2012

We had a great visit to Clear Lake over the 4th of July.

First we went to the pool in Mason City. 

There was a FMR (Fecal Matter Release) so we had to leave before I got any pictures. 

I think Grandma enjoyed the pool the most though! 

After not such great naps, we headed down to the park for a concert (and yummy gyros - Thanks Dad!)

Isaac loved the music, and danced himself to exhaustion. 

Chilling for a minute with Grandma.

Showing her all his moves.
Pretty sure he was shaking his bum in this one. 

Moving his moves over to Grandpa.

 The morning of the 4th, we went for a 2 mile-ish walk.... a.k.a. almost died due to the humidity. 

I was drenched and exhausted when we got back.  

We got ready for the parade next. 

The morning of the 4th at the parade.

After lunch and a 3 hour nap, Grandma and Grandpa busted out the cool factor. 

They got the slip n' slide (see background) and this giant ball. 

It was  a total hit. 

Look closely under the Toy Story 3 in the clear part... See Isaac? 

Annie's friend from college (well, now I can call her my friend too b/c she is great!) came over with her boys. 

They were just about the same ages as Isaac and Noah so the group doubled to 4 boys and they wore 

each other out!

Pretty cute dude!

 This is Isaac's new buddy - Syrus

Loving the inside of that ball

Peek-a-boo

Later in the afternoon, after all the fun in the sun, the kids were playing inside.
Isaac met/played with Lilly, my cousin's little girl.

She was fascinated by him.

He was showing her how his Roo - bot (aka robot) works. 

Our best attempt at a picture together.  HAHA... She looks scared to death! 

 After dinner, we headed down to the carnival (which we had successfully avoided up until this point!) 

Loves the motorcycles! 

First time in the Ferris Wheel.
This is the ride that never ends.... or so we thought! 

We ended the night and our visit with the fireworks.
At first, Isaac was not so interested, then he thought they were great
 and then he was so over it..... all by about 10:10.... We spent the next 20 minutes changing spots and moving around.

As always, I love spending time with my family.  We missed the boys and Daddy (he had to play military all week so no vacation for him).  I am blessed to have such a great family and now we have a new set of friends too.  Hopefully they will all come visit us soon!

4th of July pics - finally

These are a little out of order.  I just switched over to the new blogger and I am not used to the picture loading system.... much easier though!  (which should... in reality... make posting a little quicker ... thus making it happen more often!)

Isaac's first real fireworks

After naptime, eating the cupcake that he decorated (with red, white and blue sprinkles of course!)

Isaac's new buddy from that weekend - Adam!

Adam is Tristan's (My sister's fiance) nephew who is 3 1/2

At the parade with Adam and Jacob

"Hey Mom, like my new ride???"

"How about this one?"

 "or maybe this one?"

 Lovin' the fireworks

Super fun weekend!  Love spending time with family and watching my boy make new friends!