Camping fun at Diamond Lake

Lily and her "scoop"

Stunning weather

Takin' a break

Lily & Liv

Noah just floating around








Colin lovin' the water




Colin & Chris chillin' out




Boatin'

The beautiful Prego Lady, she hardly looks like she's due in a month!

Tube time!

Celebrating Conner's 5th - Happy Birthday Buddy!

Cupcakes - Yum!

Blessed by such thoughtful gifts!

Carter & Lily, adorable!

One final swim!

Oh to be young and silly, what great memories!

While the trip wasn't without it's trials, it definitely was full of tribulations, when you go with great friends and family nothing can stop it from being spectacular! We camped with the Bastin's and Barta's and threw in a little celebration marking Conner turning 5! We are also very lucky to have the playground so close to our sites, the kids had plenty to do. Conner & Carter were on the hunt and enjoyed gathering as many tent worms as possible and I'm pretty sure not a one of them survived, no one's sad about that. Brienna and Noah were always off somewhere together, Lily & Colin searched out and explored every inch of the campsites, and oh how they enjoyed the lake. Chris showed us some great verticals on the wake board and Steve hung on for dear life on the tube. Very sweet memories of the beach time, some still stubbornly lingering for those who encountered lake itch, but it was a lot of fun. Beaches, swimming, camp fires, and great food, friends and family, it's what we Minnesotans wait all winter for. Thank you Bastin's and Barta's for such an amazing weekend!

Go Team Ghana!

Brienna continues to love soccer, during a scrimmage tonight she blasted in 5 out of the 6 goals her team scored, can't wait for the game on Thursday night. Her team's namesake just beat Serbia last weekend and plays Austraila this Saturday, sorry but we'll likely root for the Aussie's! This league is awesome!

Happy 5th Birthday Conner!

So we awoke Conner with a Happy Birthday serenade and then proceeded to sugar him up with chocolate donuts and chocolate milk for breakfast! Breakfast of champions right? Then off to Kid's Play we went with a his pick of an Iron Man cupcake/cake (piled high with distgustingly huge amounts of frosting, yum!) for him to share. We feel only slightly bad that he went off fully loaded and bouncing off the walls but your birthday only comes around once a year right! They had his locker all decorated with streamers and signs, he's having one of the best days and it's only just begun! We're going to break down and take him to his choice of venue's for his birthday dinner this evening, yep he has picked Chuck E Cheese's much to our dismay, what a parent won't do right!

Conner you've been much like the storms that awoke us this morning. You entered this world with such a bang; you were one of the sweetest even tempered little babies (like the calm before the storm); you were so adventurous as a toddler and loaded with spunk (like the thunder heads building in the distance); and as a young man you are SO full of energy and enthusiasm (like bright streaks of lightening and at times like the loudest claps of thunder); we can see that our road ahead will never be dull, but like the end of every storm you have also blessed us with the most spectacular, breathtakingly beautiful rainbow's, our hearts just explode with the joy and love you bring us! We completely adore you Buddy and wish you a very Happy 5th Birthday!