Warm Weather.......Will Travel......

Here is a quick summer update.  Since most of the people that see this blog have seen us in the past week I won't bore you with a lot of words.  Instead I'm just posting some of the fun photos I have from the past few weeks.

Gunnar love water.....

Here is our 3 year old going on 60.

All of the La Vigne grandkids.  The boys on the bench are all roughly the same age.  Look how long Gunnar's legs are!

A little fun in Hickory, NC.  Zach made his first trip to the skeet range and did a great job pushing the button for us!

We went to a Crawdads baseball game and Zach actually decided to run across the field with all the other kids.  We never expected him to be up for it which is why it totally surpised us when Nana, Boppa, and I saw him jump out on the field.  Rich had taken him down and was none too please with us when no one answered there phone.  So....this is the only photo that Rich could snap before having to run the stadium himself to meet Zach on the other side.

Family vacation at Lake Norman!!!  Boat rides, swimming, goofing off and hanging out with the best family ever.  We had so much fun but I didn't get nearly enough photos.  If any of the family has some photos they can pass on to me I can put them all together in a slideshow or movie for us.  Send them my way.  I only have one photo of Eli and a couple of Noa but I'm missing some key members of the family so I hope someone else captured some good moments.

These little people are so cute!!

And finally a long drive home with a stop in Dayton to see some very good friends.  Thank you Spauldings for hosting!

Summer is here!!!

Summer has finally arrived in Chicago.  Well, kinda.....we've only had a few truly hot days and we've had quite a bit of rain.  At least it is warm though!  Scorching hot weather would just make us want to hit the pool which wouldn't be ideal right now considering Zach has a cast on his arm.  Yep, we've had a lot going on over the past few weeks.  Zach fractured his arm over Memorial Day weekend, I took a business trip to Vegas, the boys found another nearby park to play in, Nana came back for a visit to help us out with the boys while Gloria was on vacation, I competed in my first triathalon and survived, and the boys have had plenty of play time.  Oh, and yes.....Rich is actually around and doing well although you would never know by the pictures below.


Our first broken bone and trip to the ER wasn't fun for any of us but Zach was all smiles after he got comfortable with his blue cast. 

My trip to Vegas mostly consisted of a convention center, restaurants, bars and casinos but I did get to snap a shot of the water show outside of the Bellagio.

These boys are turds......

Father's Day brunch with Boppa Jim sporting some awesome sunglasses.

Zach had a "wardrobe" change and came home with a purple cast last week.  Only a few more days until he is out of the cast for good!!

Yes, mom thinks I'm insane, but I competed in my first sprint triathalon.  It was a race that Rich's company put on so I thought I'd give it a shot.  I survived!

And lastly Nana and Zach had a hay day shooting marshmallows.  You should have seen the two of them cracking each other up!

Only a couple of weeks until family vacation in the southeast!!  Can't wait to see everyone!

G-Man is ONE!!!

Well, as promised here is Gunnar's series of photos leading up to today.  He is ONE!!  I really can't believe he is already a year old.  And..........guess who decided to start walking on his own today?!  Yep, Gunnar decided he could do it on his own!  I will try to post video soon.

Can you believe how much he has grown?!  Here is the link to Zach's 1 year so you can see just how much the boys are truly their own person.

 http://www.zmakesthree.blogspot.com/2011_11_01_archive.html

 We can't keep this one still.........

                                                                   PEACE OUT!

Spring update

Ok, so almost a full month has gone by since I last updated and we have had a lot going on.  I'm not going to dive into great detail with everything but I'm at least going to post some photos for a visual update.  I think our boys have been have fun and so have we!

I somehow lost the photos we took at Gunnar's first haircut so when we went this time we just pretended it was a first.  They even gave him a little certificate with his photo and lock of hair.  

Here is Gunnar cook up some dinner in the boys' kitchen.

Zach has been spending his Friday mornings at the gym with Coach Scott.  Coach Scott works with them on basketball and soccer skills.  Zach seems to be excited to go each week and has a lot of fun however he isn't always fully participating.  It is really fun for me to watch him give something new a try and of course I have trouble containing my laughter when Zach stops to randomly wave or give a thumbs up.

Next came Easter!  The Easter Bunny was good to the boys and the weather was perfect.  And yes...Zach insisted on wearing his Santa pajamas that night/morning.

 Zach has declared this as the "fastest shirt he ever weared!"

Now, has time flown as fast for you as it has for us?  Gunnar will be 1 tomorrow!  We had a family birthday party over the weekend to celebrate.  We had lots of food, fun, and of course presents/toys. 

 Oh, and G-man went all out and wore his party shirt!

 And tried out some party glasses....

 All of the cousins played really well together with the new water table.

Did someone say "birthday cake?"  Gunnar had no problem digging in!

Stay tuned for tomorrow's update with Gunnar's 1 year photo!