4th of July

July 4th Weekend....Grandma Hillary is in town and we had lot's of activities planned.

Miriam and the kids planted our new tree in the front yard.

We took the grandma's to the Chanhassen Parade.   Check out the new Prince mural in the background.

Very serious Grandma discussion taking place.

The kids could not smile because the sun was in their eyes.

The Kennedy's met us for the parade.

and the carnival.....Isaac talked me in to riding the Orbiter, which was a terrible idea....I was sick for a few hours after that!

Then we met the Yu's and headed to Round Lake to watch the EP fireworks on the beach.

Days with Just Olivia

Well, while Isaac was at camp we had a few days with just Olivia and had a quite few fun adventures....

Mom and Olivia make Jam

 Olivia and Leah have a sleepover in the tent in the backyard

 MOA trip....Lego store....Olivia with Olivia!

 Dad and Olivia in the Flintstones car....which one of us looks more like Fred?

 Mom, Dad and Olivia ride the Flyover....spectacular!

 WOW....Oli gets her ears pierced!

 Lunch downtown with Dad

1 of 2 Lemonade Stands.....Oli then took her profits and gave them to the homeless in downtown Minneapolis..

 Strawberry picking with the Chu's

 Trip to the library to get some books.

See some more pictures from our time with just Olivia

Lego Porsche Build

On Father's day we spent some time building the Lego Porsche.  I took some pictures as I went.  It took about 15 hours, had 2704 pieces, over 800 steps of instructions and was a ton of fun!

The kids and Miriam helped the first day a lot, especially with the sorting!

Box #1

 Gearbox and shifting mechanism

 Steering wheel and Gearshift

 Box #2 sorted

 Top and bottom of frame ready

Seats completed

Time for Box #3

 Box #3 sorted

 Rear of Car complete...almost

 Dashboard

Drivers side of exterior complete

 Finished!

See some more pictures of the process here.

Trip to/from OSRUI & camp pictures

So on Sunday we drove to Madison to drop Isaac off at Camp on Monday.  We had Sushi in Madison and the host was Alex (neighbor and babysiter Alex)

 The sushi chef made some special apps for the kids....unfortunately the sauce was not chocolate, which was a bit of a surprise!

 Sunset walk on lake Monota

 In line to drop Isaac off at camp.

 Pictures of Isaac's friends

On the way to pick Isaac up we stopped in Chippewa Falls at the Lienenugel Brewery....we wish we were driving the van in the picture.....maybe some day.

Lunch stop

 

Olivia bought a Cheese Head and wore it for almost 24 hours....we are at dinner at Paisan's in Madison.

The pick up.....Isaac bought us all treats at the canteen!

 Mandatory stop at Ella's Deli

See some more picture of Isaac at camp and our travels here.

Father's Day 2016

We celebrated Father's day a day early this year since we were taking Isaac to camp on Sunday.  The kids brought me breakfast and my gifts in bed which was a nice treat.

I got some great gifts!  Miram and the kids made me a beautiful book they wrote and colored themselves.   Olivia made our Family in Lego mini-figures.  Isaac gave me a Porsche.  

Plus I got to wear the special Father's day hat!

See some more pictures here.

First half of June Update

So lot's going on in June already.  Click on the links below for pictures of some of our adventures so far!

Last day of school picnic at the park.

Isaac and Miriam took his friends to Valley Fair

Daddy/Daughter Day

Brunch and Big Thrill Factory!

Daddy/Son Day

MOA and Fly over America

Isaac had Lacrosse Camp

and some baseball

and more baseball!

The team finally got a Win the last game of the season....they played really well.  Isaac led off pitching, had; a Single, Double and Triple and an amazing catch in Center-field. It was a fun season, unfortunately, Isaac will miss the playoffs while his in OSRUI.