Baby 5 Announcement

Leighton said his lines perfectly every take of this video.  In fact he knew everyones lines and directed between takes.  He lacked enthusiasm during his lines but I can assure you he is thrilled about the baby.

McCabe said his lines every take of the video.  He also lacked enthusiasm during the video!

Brooks messed up his line, actually his word, the first 9 times, but nailed it this 10th take!

Wynnlee was perfect all but one take in which she was sitting backwards and didn't see her cue.

All in all, we are excited about our news!  The kids go back and forth about which gender they would like to have.  And I go back and forth about how the room arrangements will work out.  But that is a ways away.  For now, we will just enjoy the growing baby and keep praying for it's health!

Summer Lovin'

Iowa Cubs Baseball Game

The State Fair and Icubs were too much to do in one day, but with summer days coming to an end, we felt like we had to cram both of these fun things into our family day!  

The Iowa State Fair

Minnesota Vacation

Minnesota was memory filled and just as wonderful as it always is.  We loved walking (or scootering), swimming, fishing, relaxing and boating daily.

The POOL

At 87 degrees, this pool was refreshing! My kids advanced more in their swimming bravery and skills than during any other time.  Leighton swam across the short length all by himself and dove for rings. McCabe swam around everywhere with his life jacket and on the last day was even brave enough to jump in and go underwater!  Brooks jumped in a lot, went under a lot, and even floated on his back!  Wynnlee hated being held and wanted to be on her own the whole time, loved being dunked, and loved jumping in and going under water.

FISHING

The boys fished most day.  Leighton fished every single day for hours.  He knows how to put the worm on the hook, cast, and even get the fish off the hook to throw back in.  Without needing much assistance, we let him go fishing almost whenever he wanted.  He even woke up early one morning to go fishing on the boat with dad and grandpa.  Meanwhile, Wynnlee and I would watch from the deck!

BOATING

I love taking boat rides on Lake Minnetonka.  It is fun to house hunt and boat watch!  Im fairly certain that Luke feel asleep on every boat ride!

BONFIRE
Although my sister and family (who always have dark chocolate, cinnamon graham cracker s'mores on every vacation) were there, we definitely took advantage of the bonfire pit and enjoy s'mores!  All while the sunset on the water.

 HOT ROD NIGHT at the DRIVE-IN
As usual, we walked to the drive in on thursday night and enjoyed watching the hot rods!  We didn't stay for ice cream so we could race off to a restaurant for dinner, but we did get to sit in some guys camera hot wheels replica!