Oh No....July Slipped Away!

Ok, it was bound to happen.  July 2015 is the first month since Zach was born that I didn't do a single blog post.  Ugh!  The month just went by so fast!  I started the month with a solo drive to NC with the boys for the 4th and we ended the month with Nana and Boppa visiting us here in Evanston.  Between all of that we were busy with soccer, swim lessons, a few birthday parties, a visit from our Philly friends (love the Grugans!), a family reunion, a high school reunion (yes...Rich has been out of high school for 20 years!) and we are rolling into August with the challenge of repainting our deck and Rich looking for a new job.  I'm not joking here.....Rich needs a job so if you know of any opportunities that he may be a good fit for in the Chicago, Charlotte, or Greenville markets let us know.

I've rambled enough.  All you really want to see it the boys so here you go......

Our adventure in NC

Giving ice skating a try at a birthday party.

Swim lessons with their teacher Megan  (Zach wouldn't even put his face in the water)

 Boppa Bill's family reunion.

 We stayed in Elkhart Lake, WI but the boys could care less about being by a lake.  They simply wanted to spend hours in the pool.  (Notice the 180 Zach took with his face being in the water)

Zach showing off some of his new found bravery with the water.  This was not the same boy that was in swim lessons just a couple of days prior.  So proud of him!

A little time at the beach/lake.

Elkhart lake was a lot of fun so we hope to have the chance to go back again.  Until next time........

Happy Father's Day and First Day of Summer

Today is officially the first day of summer!  We hit the beach, caught a movie, and grilled out on the back deck.  Not a bad way to start things off.

Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there but especially these guys!  Thanks for being such amazing men for me and my boys to all look up to.  Love you Rich, Boppa Bill, and Boppa Jim!

And if anyone is looking for someone to climb some rocks with or if you are in need of some lawn care supervision.........we've got your team right here.

Memorial Day Weekend!

I think every weekend should be a 3 day weekend.  Does anyone out there agree with me?  Seriously, the weekend is so much more enjoyable when you get that extra day and I guarantee I'll enjoy my work week that much more knowing that I'm only working 4 days rather than 5.  Someone should get on changing the US full-time work week.  If you ran for office and that was your platform, you'd have my vote!

As you can probably guess......we had a great weekend!  The best part is that we really didn't do anything super exciting or out of the ordinary (at least for our family).  We didn't go to any cookouts or parades.  We didn't go out of town to enjoy a lake or a beach although that does sound nice.  We simply stayed home, knocked a few things off our "to do" list, took advantage of great weather when we had it, and found other fun when the weather was gloomy.  Here is a glimpse at our past few days.

Saturday morning started off with a FedEx delivery that had the boys super excited.  Nana and Boppa found a good deal on a large tent so they were nice enough to send it our way.  We have promised Zach that we will go camping this summer so the adventure begins!

 Our whole day was spent outside which was a nice introduction to summer.  The ice cream truck even made its way down our block so we obviously couldn't pass that up although it left the boys a little blue.  Literally.

We capped off the night with S'mores!  Yum!  The boys did great however we didn't think to put something under our fire pit so we now have a perfect circle of dead grass.  Oops.

I'm not sure if mentioned our gift to Gunnar for his 2nd birthday in my previous post but we literally got him a box of rocks.  Yep, Rich made this awesome box and instead of sand we have filled it with pea gravel.  The boys love it!  After some S'mores there seems to be nothing better than a little pre-bedtime dance on the rock box.

Yesterday and today were a bit rainy so we hit the movies, played video games, and let the boys drive the car. 

If this is any indication of how our summer will be then I can't wait!  Bring on the summer weekends!!

On a more serious not......I know this weekend is to honor our fallen troops and I'm so thankful for what each part of the armed forces does to allow for our freedom.  I'm definitely proud and grateful to live in this great country.  So I hope each of you were able to enjoy a day off with friends and family.  Happy Memorial Day

Gunnar is 2!!

Our little G-man is a whopping two years old!  We find it hard to believe that he is so big already and that we have been parents of two boys for that long.  I don't know Gunnar's height and weight stats yet but I know he is tall, heavy, and super stubborn.  More importantly he is sweet, incredibly funny and is beginning to finally talk up a storm even though we can't always understand him.  Don't worry....Zach still out talks him with ease.

Anyway, to celebrate the occasion we had family over on Sunday for brunch and cake and yesterday we had a birthday lunch at the Choo Choo.  I'm pretty sure Gunnar had fun with all of it but I really enjoyed his long, drawn out but excited "WOW" with every gift he opened.  Being two sure seems to be fun!