So it has been a long time since I wrote something on here ~ 2 years to be exact! The last time I posted something was when we were on our fantastic vacation to Denmark- only my favorite place on the planet with some of the most amazing people I know!! Fast forward 2 years- Well Gabe is going to be a freshman in high school and Mette Marie will be in 2nd grade right across the hall from my classroom! OOOOHHH how time flies! Gabe has been super busy with basketball all summer long! He has played more basketball this summer than the last few combined! He also has enjoyed playing some tennis and golf! He is such a natural at sports! :) Mette Marie has also played basketball and tennis this summer! She has enjoyed piano lessons for the first time...well....enjoyed maybe a strong word- She loves to go and hang with Ms. Miller (her music teacher at school) but HATES to practice!!! Both are looking forward to school starting and seeing their friends every day again!
Jerry and I are doing great! He is working very hard for Culligan still and enjoys spending as much time at home with the family as he can!! I am enjoying having the summer off from teaching but I have not been able to really slow down any! Between running kids to golf, basketball, tennis, basketball, piano, basketball, and spending time with family and friends- we are one busy family!!!
We did take a week out of the craziness to go to Duluth for a night and we had dinner with some of our favorite people, Craig and Cara! It was great to see them and have a night in a beautiful place! The next morning we were off to Bear Head Lake State Park for 5 nights in a fantastic camping cabin!! It was WONDERFUL!!! The only real problems with the vacation were the awful biting flies and the fact that my husband got into something (itch weed or got stung by something) and we spent a short time in the ER in Ely! He was fine after some large amounts of steroids and benadryl! :) We saw lots of wild life including beavers, lots of deer, squirrels, "chick-munks" as Mette calls them, and even a very large WOLF! I thought it was a deer it was so big! Good thing we were in the car and a ways away- it was really cool to see!!!
In the next coming weeks we will be busy with a trip to Mankato to see Vikings Training Camp, more time to hang out with family and friends, football starting, and a few meetings for work here and there! My goal- to relax as much as I can before the real craziness starts at the end of August. The pictures below are just a snapshot of some of the fun we are having....
Family outing to the Twins Game in June!!! Great tickets from my sister Sarah and her husband Dana for all of the help we gave them on the new house! :) THANKS!!! It was a great time....Mette even lost a tooth that night!!
Mette dressed for her play! She was a "TOWNIE" in the play Tom Sawyer!! She had a blast!! The first of MANY performances she will have I am sure! :)
Some fun times were had over the 4th of July at the lake with Nana and Papa!!!
The kids and my dad, PAPA, walking down to the lake for some serious fun on the water!! One of my favorite pictures ever! They love my dad so much!!!
Fun on Bear Head lake...Mette seems to have the hang of it (even if her dad is holding the front of the Kayak!
Gabe on the other hand.... had a bit of trouble at first....
Poor kid! Not the way you want to start out your adventure :) But with his dads help he was able to get in and take off on a great adventure filled with Loons and some pretty cool beavers- they got pretty close to both! Close enough to hear the loons preening themselves and close enough to hear the beavers chomping on Lilly pad leaves!!!
Another great time at Bear Head was hanging at the beach....
Our camping cabin was wonderful!! Much better than the tent!! I don't think I can go back to a tent after how nice the cabin was!
Mette had a great time with my sister at the Monticello Riverfest weekend...they even took a kiddy train ride...they were behind bars- where they both belong at times!!! :)
Gabe had a great time at basketball camp and got plenty of awards for his hard work!
My parents are on vacation this week at the lake so the kids and I crashed their vacation for a couple days...one of the best times we had was fishing! They were biting and we had a great time!!! Mette was showing off her best FISH face with my big catch of the day...10 inch crappie!!! :)
That is just a snap shot of a few favorite things we have done this summer...Looking forward to a few more weeks of fun before school starts back up! :)
We sure are blessed to have such an amazing family and so many wonderful friends to spend time with!!
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