Twins Game

Robert got some Twins tickets from work and so we went as a family and brought Grandma and Grandpa - it was great!

Peter Loved his hot dog!

Annie did too! But I guess when you wait until 7:30 to eat dinner, you love anything :)

It was a lot of fun and the kids both really enjoyed it. Peter woke up this morning asking when we could go back.

She caught a BIG one!

I am constantly impressed with the fun things Robert makes out of our Tinker Toys. The kids especially like when he makes fishing poles (they even reel in!). Anyway, Annie caught a big one with her pole yesterday :)

A Great Invention

My kids love blowing bubbles - probably like most other kids. Its a fun summer activity, however, I must admit, letting Peter do it didn't always seem that fun because for as much as he wanted to do it alone, he always needed some sort of help that he didn't want and he would always walk away with sticky fingers, a sticky face, would have bubbles dripped all over his clothes and most times, the session would end when the bubble bottle spilled.

When we went camping on Memorial Day, cousin Lucy had this super cool bubble bottle (for lack of a better name) that totally stopped the mess and made it a TON easier for little kids. Aunt Jenny invested in some of these bubbles for her nieces and nephews and well - look how cool these are! They have forever taken away most of the mess of bubble blowing... And Peter is so happy cause he can blow them whenever he wants and not have to change his shirt after!


Here is how it works - the blowing wand pops out of the bottle when someone squeezes the bottle. At the same time, a small amount of bubble liquid is squeezed into an upper "chamber" so that when the child stops squeezing and the wand goes below, it lands in liquid and it ready to be popped up again. I don't know if it is making sense, but look at Peter! He squeezes, the wand pops up, and he blows! Awesome!! NO mess! No drips! No sticky fingers (mine or my kids)! We love you Jenny! Oh and another perk, when the bottle tips over, the only amount that can spill is the part that has been squeezed into that upper chamber thingy. You can even refill it


Okay - so it might be a funny thing to post about, especially when we have been lacking in posts about all of the fun going on this summer...but it's a start! I am sure it's important to Peter :)

We love bike rides!

Annie, Peter and I frequently go for bike rides - they love it, I love it and it is a super way to get some exercise with the kids. We decided to try and introduce cousin Will to bike rides this past week.

This one just makes me laugh

Lisa and Will

On a different occasion Peter and our little neighbor buddy (we love the neighbors!) went on a bike ride

Random Fun

Peter decided it was time to show "baby Will" how great hats are. I don't know how convinced Will was but Peter has always been a hat fan. I think it is pretty cute (not to mention convenient when trying to keep the sun off of him)

Peter loves, loves, LOVES the sand

Molly and Luke came over to play - Annie really loves little kids

When the rain does go away for a minute...

What's not to love about spring?
Annie has figured out how to "pump" and it makes for even more fun park visits.

Annie loves her braids - both the day of, and the day after

I love pictures of Peter sleeping! I am not really sure why...maybe it is because he is constantly going and I love a reminder that he does stop once in a while :) His shirt says it all "I didn't do it"

Wow - What a storm...

Last night as we were getting the shoes on the kids to go for a bike ride (as it was bright and sunny out), the tornado sirens started going off. Odd. However, since there have been some really serious tornados lately, Robert took a detour to the basement with the kids while I closed all of the windows and put the cars in the garage. I turned on the TV and saw the news showing pictures of an intersection that was only a 5 minute drive from our house and we said to each other, "There is no way!" Within about 3 minutes, we heard some huge crashes into the side of the house and the following pictures are what happened in about 15 minutes time. It was WILD and we are really grateful everyone is okay.

I have never seen hail this size before. I hope I never see it again

Here are parts of our tree all over our driveway - everything was beat up.

Going up to our front door. The plants were hammered.

Earlier in the day I was thinking about how happy I was with how the hostas had come back this year. Maybe next year they will look super nice. :) Here is one of them up close.

The table on our deck. (my parents had a broken window)

Some BIG hail

Our drain pipes all look the same

And pictures of our siding - the whole neighborhood looks the same.



Some of our screens had trouble too.




Shortly after the storm the whole neighborhood was outside inspecting the damage. One car that was left in a driveway had a shattered rear window.

Look at that pile up of hail at our neighbor's front door.

Annie showing us the hail - the kids had fun in the puddles. Notice how it is all sunny outside just minutes after the storm.

The rainbow....and at least our raspberries are all okay! I hope your Saturday evening was much less eventful.