First Day of Preschool

This silly boy is getting too big too fast!  Zach had his first day of preschool today.  He did pretty good.  We had a few tears at drop-off but he seemed pretty happy when I went to pick him up.  Zach is only going to school two mornings a week but his teacher is young and pretty so I'm sure they will hit it off!

ALS Ice Bucket Challenge

I know a few of you that get the blog don't do the facebook thing so I'm posting this video here as well.  My friend, Katie Cannon, called me out for the challenge and I couldn't help but to pass this on to a family member.  Can't wait to see my dad's video!!

Weddings, Little Helpers and Super Heroes

Have you ever crashed a wedding??  I have!  I can say it.....I crashed a wedding or technically I spied on a wedding and crashed a reception.  Our next door neighbors got married in their back yard just on the other side of our fence so one of the other moms I'm friends with on the street and I decided to dress up, show up, and drink their wine.  Ha!  It was actually really fun!  And the groom is a firefighter so we grabbed our oldest boys when the fire truck pulled up.

Our little guys like to be little helpers especially for daddy.  Funny, but it seems to take Rich a little longer these days to get the lawn mowed but I'm not complaining!

Sometimes Gunnar takes breaks from hard work to goof off with me.  He is making such a funny face that I don't think it even looks like Gunnar.

And lastly, I'm lucky enough these days to often spend my morning with a couple of super heroes before I go to work.

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!