Decorating The Kids Room

The kids have decided they want the yellow room, so they have started their decorating. We hope to eventually have bunk beds and move out the crib and queen bed, but little moves at a time I guess. They are not used to sleeping alone yet so that will be our first challenge once we can all move down stairs.

Driving with the Windows Down

This video is a bit late, but it is worth sharing jus to show the things they get excited about.
Alstan and Elsie are always asking us if they can have their windows down while we are driving on the highway. We were not actually on the highway, but still driving about 50 mph, so we let them put their windows down. They were so thrilled that they made up a song about it!

Experiments

Alstan and Elsie love doing experiments. Here they created their own experiment and wanted to video record it like a real science show.

Camping With Cousins

Alstan and Elsie spent the last few days camping with a couple of their cousins. They filled their time with biking, swimming, mini-golfing and just plain playing.

First Day of Ballet

Elsie had her first ballet lesson today. It sounded like she had a great time!

Cuddles

Mom has been wore down by those big brown eyes. (Yeah, that didn't really take very long.) We picked out our new kitten today. Originally Alstan and Elsie had agreed that they wanted a boy cat to name it Curious George. However, when they met this little lady they decided she should be named Cuddles.

Boating

Our boating trip got off to a bit of a slow start. Grandpa drove over to investigate some new buoys on the lake. It turns out they were marking some fish nets which ended up getting wrapped up in the motor. At one point we thought we would have to paddle to shore to get them off, but we were eventually able to cut them off. We were then able to enjoy a bit of boating which Alstan and Elsie loved!

Fishing!

Alstan has been wanting to go fishing for some time now. He was so excited to have grandpa take him and Elsie out. Alstan said that was his favorite part of the week and is looking forward to going again.

Elsie enjoyed the first half hour, and then she either played in the truck or played on mom's phone.

Sunday Afternoon

What to do on a Sunday afternoon? Why not go ride on the Ferris Wheel inside the Scheels store!

...and a quick stop at Falls Park!

4th of July

We enjoyed the Lennox Fourth of July celebrations again this year. We were joined by grandma, grandpa, Megann, Brittany, Mark and Keegan this year for the parade. 

Heading out to Grandma and Grandpa Van's

On our way out to South Dakota, we stopped to have lunch with Aunt Megann and Brittany. We ended up playing at the park for a bit before getting back in the car to finish the drive.