Katelynn's 1st fish....by herself!!!

On our beautiful sunset cruise, Katelynn caught her 1st fish!! It was so fun to see! She was pretty excited. We had a great time at the lake.

CHAOS!!

It was "pink" day at the Redhawks...they auction off their pink jerseys for breast cancer research. Katelynn and Gma and I went for the whole game, and the boys came later to run the bases after the game. They did the auction after the game before the kids could run, so by the time we got to it....Austin was really crabby for pictures as you can see!! I ran the bases with him and he laughed the whole way, especially when we would touch down on the base. He walked to home plate by himself for the first time!! The minute we were done he was crabby again and fell asleep on the way home!! They did get Chili's kids meal coupons after they ran the bases....it was worth the chaos!!

Story Book Land

We spent Friday in Aberdeen, SD at Story Book Land. We had a great day there. The car ride got longer than I had hoped, especially since Austin didn't sleep the whole way there!! Once we got there and he was in the stroller he was great...and Katelynn had a blast! This is a theme park with no admission with little monuments for each of the classic stories....Three Little Pigs, Hickory Dickory Dock, Rapunzel...etc. There is also the "Land of Oz" where you start at the beginning of the yellow brick road and follow it into the forest and find all the characters from the movie...Katelynn's favorite was Glinda the witch. There were many slides, rides, and treats as well. Craig and Katelynn went on a balloon ride, and Katelynn and I went on a train ride around the whole park and through the zoo. There is also a campground and swimming beach...next time we are going to stay longer we decided!!

I took Eli and Katelynn to the Redhawks on Monday night. They had fun. Eli really liked Hawkeye and even got a ball signed by him!

All the Peterson's came on Tuesday, and Joel and Craig are there tonight...are the Peterson's becoming baseball fans!!?? :)

Congratulations Dad!! My Dad had his number retired from the Moorhead Blues a few years ago and they had a ceremony last night to honor him and hang his number on the outfield fence..they honored two others as well. He coached them for 27 years! It was a very special ceremony...for more check out the fargo forum...and no the picture in the forum is not me it is Rachel!!!!

We continued our 4th of July weekend and Gpa Steve and Gma Connie's. We celebrated our 2 nephew's bdays...Drew is 3 and Zach will be 5 this week!!

We had 2 beautiful days of warm sunshine!! They have so many fun things for us to do....

Austin loved playing in the kiddie pool,riding in the little floaties, and swinging in the swing...I think he also really enjoyed his stroller rides with Gpa Steve! He really loved when we were outside and he could be in the water.

Katelynn loved making sand castles, going down the slide, sliding on the slip n slide, and going in the boat floatie with Noah....anything in shallow water. She was a little timid of doing anything in the deeper water. She really had fun with her cousins.

Redhawks win!! We made it back from the lake just in time to head to the game. Austin made it through his first Redhawks game...it took a lot of entertaining and walking around...but he did it! He really enjoyed walking up the steps and playing at the park! The game was wild...lots of arguing!

After we came home to unwind. Katelynn and I watched a lot of fireworks in Gpa and Gma's car!! Katelynn has decided that she LOVES fireworks now..especially when she gets to wear "glow bracelets!"

Happy 4th of July everyone!! Happy Birthday Drew and Chuck (July 3rd), and Kathy, Kris, and Bryant (July 4th)!

4th of July at Uncle Kris and Aunt Patty's cabin.

Long Lost Lake!!

We had fun at the lake. We stayed overnight the 3rd with Mom, Gma Cella, Kris and Patty. They have a beautiful cabin. We had fun visiting and catching up. Katelynn was very excited to sleep on the top bunk. Austin slept until 7:30 the next morning and Katelynn slept until 8:00!! WOW!! We woke up to a beautiful calm lake and had coffee in the screened in porch. It was so wonderful! Kris made us some awesome pancakes and Gma made peanut butter rolls. The kids were both enthralled with Emma (the dog) as long as it was on the other side of the screen. Katelynn did feed her a pancake! Austin got REALLY messy eating cookie salad. We had a great BBQ for lunch....and then headed home for the ball game. And lets not forget the 4th of July crown that had to be worn at all times!!

Thanks for the pool Cindy!!
We have an upgraded pool so the whole family can fit now! Katelynn LOVES it!