Summer Sports

It's nice to take a little break from
our rigorous hockey schedule after winter.

This year both boys played baseball.
Wesley loved playing.

Matthew's team only lost one game.

Even I got into the action with a
Mother son game

 (He got me out multiple times and we lost.)


the boys took swimming lessons
and really enjoyed them.

We have also kept up our Wednesdays
with uncle Chad all summer.

Only now they play golf and we added grandpa to the mix.

Matthew also played junior golf with his hockey buddies.


We have been a little busier than I would like.
The boys love every minute of it.

We are in the process of getting back to our hockey now.


~blessings

Brainerd

No summer would ever be complete 

without our trip to Brainerd.

We go every year to visit with

Great grandma and great grandpa.

We feel so blessed to be 

welcomed into their home and 

pampered by all the beauty

of the lake, garden, and love.

Here are some pictures from 

our trip at the bottom of 

the hill :)

He's RUNNING

archery

cruisin' bikes down the hill

We helped Great-grandpa with his garden

fishing

TREASURE CITY!

The kids love it in Brainerd and 

we love visiting with family.

Our summertime happenings

Other than summer sports and vacationing
we have been bumming around...

Kids in Marine on St. Croix

 We have made new friends over the summer
who let us explore there gardens and chickens.
I really miss having ours.  Taggert was enamored
by them.

Other than visiting our friends backyard
farms we go to Foxtail farms kids day.
They get to experience a real working vegetable farm.
And play zucchini bowling of course.

Beach days with cousin Campbell

Catching frogs and turtles are what we are about.
Here a turtle caught Wesley !

OUCH!

The boys got invited to a friends cabin this summer.
Which they enjoyed very much.

wagon rides!!

The county Fair!!

Its been a pretty good summer so far....

Summer vacation

 I had high hopes of continuing on with our lessons 

all through the summer.  All it has amounted to though 

is reading a couple of good stories.  Now we are on

summer time.

 After spending a few weeks letting the dust settle 

and getting into the groove of summer

we took our annual trip to Duluth with grandma

Here are the fabulous highlights...

 On our way up we stopped at Pattison State park

to check out the waterfalls

Tillie built a fairy house at our first park

Burgers at the Anchor bar.

the burger connoisseurs rated it tops

of course the main reason for this trip is to 

swim in the hotel pool!!!

This year we checked out 

Lake Superior zoo .

It was just the right size for the kids to get a 

good look around.

Taggert loved it there.

And He loved all the sea gulls

 We went to Gooseberry Falls 

and hiked all around.

The boys are really into rocks this year

so we brought them to a very unique beach.

Iona's beach is composed of pink rocks so Tillie 

was in too.

On the way home we found a 

rest stop with the strangest echo.

We also went to the trailer to spend the 

day with grandpa fishing and swimming.

I can't wait until next year!

Thank you MOM

we always have fun with you!