Summer is Officially HERE!

Okay, I actually don't know what the first official day of Summer is, but it feels like it.... Wow... I just googled it and amazingly... it is June 21st! So in 30 minutes it is officially Summer.

And also - speaking of the date - HAPPY FATHER'S DAY! I love you, honey. Thanks for all that you do!


We've been having lots of fun here in Wisconsin. Preschool is over for the Summer for Gabe and he just finished a week long "Sport Sampler" class offered through the rec department. I think RUGBY was his favorite! (Oh no, please don't let my baby play rugby someday! It's even worse than football!) Part of the reason he liked it so much was that it had rained really hard the day before and the field was a muddy mess. He was completely covered in mud when I picked him up. But he had a blast!

Caleb is officially two and talking more and more every day. I still don't understand as much as he would like, which frustrates him sometimes, but he's getting clearer. He does some two word phrases like, "Go 'side!" ("Let's go outside") and "Sorry mama!" (after he misbehaves). Otherwise he just uses one word a lot too, "Bite!" "Buttons!" "M0!" (more) "Bike" "Kitty" and lots more. My neighbor's little girl is six days older than Caleb and I swear she's carrying on full conversations already. Guess that's a girl for you! (But can she bench 40 pounds? I think not... jk)

So, Josh will be busily working this next week at Country USA (a music festival in his county - this year featuring Zac Brown Band, Blake Shelton, Travis Tritt, Jack Ingram, Jason Aldeen, Darius Rucker... no girls this year!!) I think he was wishing that Julianne Hough would be there again this year, but no luck. It's a lot of drunks but he'll get to hear some good music!

I'll probably be taking to boys to the waterpark a lot - if I'm feeling brave enough to handle them both myself! We all went this past four days that Josh had off and they LOVED it.

Here's lots of pictures of the most recent summer fun - strawberry picking at a local farm, goofy boys hanging out, riding the train, waterpark, etc.!