Busy Week

It's been a busy week in our house. Tyler attended Lacrosse Camp, and we also had baseball/near ball four nights this week. With the weather being hot and humid it was a tough week to be outside. Tyler managed to make it through three hours a day in the 95+ degrees during the afternoon at camp and then turned around and went to baseball for another couple of hours. He loved camp and was sad to see it end this afternoon. Maybe he will decide he wants to play this sport next spring...time will tell I guess. While he was at camp, Nicholas and Marisa (along with Daniel, one of the boys I babysit a few days during the week) enjoyed time in the sprinkler so I have included some pictures of that as well.

Tyler getting ready to pitch:
Tyler pitching:
Tyler waiting for the pitch:

Nicholas goofing off with the sprinkler in the backyard...he thought it was funny to stand right on top of it.

Marisa playing in the sand and water table:

Nicholas sliding down the slide and through the sprinkler:

Marisa and Daniel playing in the sand and water table:

Tyler at lacrosse camp (he's the one in white just left of the goal):

Hope everyone enjoys their weekend - we are heading to Grandma's in Wabasso- should be a fun time with a trip to a new waterpark.

Wow - it's been a long time since I blogged...I just don't know where the time goes anymore! Here's a quick update on what we have been doing the last two months. (In reverse order because I don't want to take the time to switch them all:)

My iris's at the camper are doing so much better than the ones I left at home:

Our home away from home...we enjoy taking trips down to the camper and I enjoy having a bathroom, microwave, tv...nope, we don't rough it, but we like it.

My pretty girl amongst the flowers:

One night after eating at a local restaurant we walked by the waterfalls in downtown Cannon Falls. We enjoyed listening to the water, watching the ducks and swans (along with two babies) and feeding the trout in the pond.

The kids in front of the waterfalls:

Another picture from downtown, if you look close you can see one of the trout that we were feeding:

Marisa looking at the swan and its babies:

Here's a picture from the last day of school, this is the last time the boys will ride the same bus to SACS so I thought I should take a picture:

On the second last day of school, Nicholas graduated from kindergarten. They had a nice ceremony with cake and juice following. He is growing up so fast and we were so proud when he stood up there and sang with his class and then when he got his 'diploma':

Nicholas' class showing how they play 'cut the cake':

Nicholas walking into his graduation ceremony:

This year, Tyler played on a baseball team through his school. They travelled around and played other Catholic schools in the area. He really had a good time and they took second place in the end of the year tourney (Tyler is the first one in the front row).

Memorial day was our first camping trip this year - some highlights included beautiful weather, first smores and ice cream cones of the year and Marisa sleeping in the big girl's bed. We didn't bring the pack in play along this year, she is sleeping in the bed with a bed rail on the side so she won't fall out. We all had a good time and look forward to many weekend trips this year. If you are in the area or want to come down, let us know!

Marisa in her big girl bed:

Marisa and Nicholas enjoying their first ice cream cones of the season - cotton candy flavored:

Tyler, Marisa and Nicholas enjoying their first smores of the year:

In May, Nicholas turned six so we had a Lego party with him and his friends from school. He had a blast playing all the Lego themed activities and he got quite a few lego sets as presents.

Lego pinata - Yeah it took until the second last string before it opened!

Nicholas and his lego cakes:

The three kids in a Spring picture for Grandma and Mom's coffee mugs:

On a couple of the days when it was 90 degrees outside, the boys had waterfights with the neighbor boys. They all have a blast getting out their water guns and going at it:

One day, I was babysitting Sara (my goddaughter) and had a friend with her daughter come and visit. The girls, ages 4, 3 and 2 were playing up in Marisa's room while we were sitting in the kitchen. Through the monitor I could tell they were up there and that they were having fun. When I went up to check on them, I found that they had pulled out all of the clothes from Marisa's dressers and the bags in her closet to use them as "blankets" in her crib. I needed to go through her stuff, but wasn't really planning to do it that week!

The crib with all the blankets:

Here's a picture with the three girls (if you look real close, you can see Natalie down in the lower left part of the crib) with all their "blankets":
Here's a picture I took of the kids on Easter - they looked so cute all dressed up for church:

Whew - that's what the last couple of months have been like in our house. We are hoping for a good summer weather and I will try and update this a little more regularly!