Way Back Wednesday

Here is another blast from the past

Collin and Mommy

Shawn and Daddy

Boy have they grown!

Shawn's favorite morning!

Shawn holding his toad Madison

It is Sunday morning and we are getting ready for church. I am doing my hair and Micah is in the shower. Collin is picking out games for us to play and we assumed Shawn was downstairs playing with his animals (mostly being frogs today).

All of the sudden Shawn is running upstairs telling me that he found a frog in the garden and it went under the bricks. I asked him if he went outside, which he responded yes. He was then given a time out for going out by himself. But then I asked him about the frog. Was it a real frog or a toy frog. He said it was outside hopping. So since I was done, we went downstairs and outside to see his frog. He led me right to the garden and bent over to look under the lip of the wood border. "I see him, he is black and white." I saw nothing. I got a stick and poked it under the board and sure enough, out pops a toad. Shawn started jumping and yelling with delight "He is hopping!" I caught the small little toad. Of course Shawn had his bug box ready and we put him in to show Collin and Daddy.

He was so excited to have found a real "frog" in the yard. Once everyone was outside, he took it out and held him and carried him back to the garden. He named the toad Madison, after Kirk and Betsy's dog. He would let the toad go and recapture him just one more time several times,

Shawn's love for animals is very strong. He loves frogs so much. I guess we have to talk to him about going outside by himself a little more...

Way Back Wednesday

These pictures are from 3 years ago!

Collin is not even 2 in his picture.

Shawn is only 4 months.

Elora, Joven, Collin, Shawn and Davanika

We Miss You Guys!

Shawn loves letters!

Shawn has a love for letters. He really enjoys knowing all his letters and is currently working on letters sounds. Of course if you make it about animals he does great! Check him out.

Wisconsin State Fair

Now most of you know that Micah LOVES the Minnesota State Fair. He has gone since he was young with 4-H and with his family. We have also gone as a family several times (we did miss it one year while living in IL).

This year we decided to try the Wisconsin State Fair. It is only 30 minutes from our house and many people have said good things about it. The big thing in Wisconsin is the cream puff.

We did not try one

Shawn of course loved the animals. he was very animated while looking at the animals. Collin went down the big slide and even though he seemed unsure while going down, he said he loved it. One of the cool things we saw were the pig races. It brought a large crowd but it was worth the crowds, the boys thought it was funny. One of my favorite things we had to eat/drink was root bear milk. It tasted just like a root beer float! I think the boys all enjoyed the min-donuts.

All in all, I think we will be going to the Minnesota State Fair next year.

Only a month left

I can't beleive that summer is almost over! Collin starts school on September 8th and he will go 5 days a week! He is getting so grown up and so excited for school to start. Shawn will go to school 2 days a week. He can't wait to start school.

Here are some pictures of the kids.

Collin made a crane with Daddy. (Thanks Kerry for the spools) Micah wanted to cut the piece of wood but Collin wanted it to be big. It is now in his room and he loves playing with it.

We went to Touch A Truck. Shawn is in a mini digger. He was excited to touch all the buttons.

On another note, I am excited to share that I am done with my Masters Project! I am just waiting my degree in the mail.

Cousin Fun

We were so lucky to have some cousins come and visit earlier in July. Tori, Beth, Chloe and Liam all came for a visit. We stayed busy with them. We even made the drive to my parents and brothers for the day. Everyone had a blast on the waterslide!

We went to the zoo with everyone. Seeing the Bald Eagle was pretty cool!

Shawn having fun on the water slide.

Liam, Collin, Chloe, Kyle and Shawn sitting on the stairs of the slide (it is about 12 feet tall)

Chloe, Liam, Shawn and Collin after swimming at the local lake.