MN State Fair

Well, today was the day. The day that we decided to tackle the MN state fair. Lets set this scenario up....One mama with a 20 month old, and a 4 year old who is too old for a stroller. (me)Another mama with a 2 year old, and a 3 1/2 year old who is also too big for a stroller. (Cami)

I don't know if you all know, but the MN state fair is the biggest state fair in the United States besides Texas. There were literally THOUSANDS of people there. It was absolute chaos! Sam and Hayden want to run and play and look at all the COOL stuff that there is! Look! an ARCADE! Look! a SPIDER MAN DOLL! Look! a SHINY OBJECT! I mean, they would really want to run everywhere. If one mama wasn't yelling at them to GET BACK HERE RIGHT NOW!, the other one was. I think I said Sam's name more times today than I have his entire life. Hayden has just become potty trained, so in the beginning they have to go to the bathroom ALL THE TIME! I totally sympathize, I have been there! At one point he says he needs to go, and Cami takes off running, because you do not want any accidents. We were RUNNING! Pop and cookies were flying everywhere! It was hilarious! :) Then you have to factor in that we walked everywhere! I think we looped the entire fair at least 2 times. We have to find all the best food you know! We had corn on the cob, cheese curds, corn dogs, deep fried pickles, root beer, lemonade, pop, popcorn, cotton candy, greek pitas and homemade cookies. Man, it was awesome! But, I think that was pretty much the only reason why we went. The food. With 2 strollers, it is really hard to navigate anywhere. Today was an adventure, but I think we will not be doing it again for a couple of years. Lets wait until the kids will be a little older.

This is an old fire truck, of course we had to get a picture! Sam loves fire trucks! He was mad that he didn't get to sit in it. (they wouldn't let him).These pics are at the very end of the day before we got on the bus to go home. Jack is all smiles still! But he got to ride all day! :0) Here is Sam being silly. Mama thinking "get me the heck out of here!" Also, she was thinking "Vote McCain". MMM-MMMM we have differing opinions here and we were trading barbs all day! She got the Vote McCain button, and I went to two different places to get an Vote Obama pin and they were all out! *sigh*.Here is smiley Eli. He is going to be 2 years old on Monday! By this time, Hayden was having none of it! No way. So, I said OK! I will take your picture anyway! Cutie.

Random photos...

Sand day! Sam and Hayden thought they would go and play in the sandbox. Well, by the time they were done, alot of the sand ended up outside the sandbox! There was so much sand in their hair, I was still picking it out later that night! But, they had fun. They always do.While the "bigguns" had fun in the sandbox, Jack was having fun on the swing. Isn't he so cute?My dad and stepmom Lori went and visited Parker today. Here they are. It is nice seeing Dad hold her. Parker gets bigger every time we see her!

Pool Boys!

Here is a picture of them at the pool I was talking about. Arent they the cutest? They absolutely LOVE those goggles. They had a great time! We are going back tomorrow.

Playing around

I really have not taken much photos lately. We have been busy though. For instance, we went to the pool today and had a great time! Sam got some goggles and was playing in the water all day. He loves to get way underwater and look at things with his new goggles. Just last summer he wouldn't even think of getting anywhere NEAR underwater, and he is like an old hat now! Jack loves the water too. He is not afraid of it at all. Anyway, we went to see Daddy the other day at work, so the boys wanted to wear their Saturn shirts. Again, trying to get a picture of Jack is next to impossible, so I bribed him with a juice box! Did the trick. (kinda).Samuel Edward. I still can't believe my baby is 4 years old! Hes so grownup!

Jack Maxwell. 20 months. In 4 short months, 2! Didn't I just give birth??!They are such hams!Sam's smile cracks me up.So happy.

Parker Helen

I realize that I have not updated on Parker, and I'm so sorry! I am a VERY proud aunt, and I want to show her off to the world. Here are some pictures that I received today. Isn't she the most beautiful girl in the whole world?
Hello!Her Aunt Jan is holding her. Look at that look! Beautiful.Hello Daddy. (Or is it mama??) I cant tell.Peek a boo!The happy Hoppe family. They are so photogenic its horrible! I wish I was even half that.

Wiggles!

So, last night we went to the Wiggles. Let me tell you, the look on those kids faces when the wiggles came out in the big red car was priceless! They knew that they were going to see the Wiggles, but I dont think they REALLY understood what it was until they actually saw them. Sam just jumped up and down, and was waving with a HUGE smile, and Jack was just enthralled. He just stared and stared and then he looked at me and then he looked back, and those arms came up and he started dancing! Sam gave me a ginormous hug and was so happy. "Thank you so much mama!" The mama's even had a great time, dancing and singing all the words to the songs! The daddies went also, and they even had a good time! They have heard the songs just as much. Cami had a fab idea, and she made t-shirts for all of us! They turned out SO good, and we got many compliments. Joe and Mike got some elbows from other dads, each one of thier shirts said "My wife made me wear this shirt". Alec had to go too, he is 12, so he is a little big for the Wiggles, but we made him wear a shirt too, and his said "They made me come to this show and also wear this shirt" It was great. So, without further ado, here are the pictures.

Toot, Toot, Chugga, Chugga Big Red Car!70's men with the muscles!Dancing and singing away!Cami and her little one, Eli.Me and my little one!After the show, the gang without Cami!We wanted to show the names on the back!Best Friends Hayden and Sam!Jack was so happy!The gang again! The Enke Family!
And last but certainly not least, here is the Limuti family. Isnt this a great picture?!

We're the Wiggles!

We are off to the Wiggles tonite! We will update with pics tomorrow! We cant wait!

Baby Shower for Bekah

Then, I went to a baby shower for Rebekah, and I had a great time! She got a lot of fabulous gifts and the people there were so nice. I had a great time catching up with everyone from work, and a good time was had by all!Here is Bekah surrounded by all of her gifts!Here is Ann, Marilyn, and Marie. Loved catching up with them! Marie, we HAVE to get our babies together!
More people! Connie, (our host), Lydia, Greg's mom, Heidi, and more! Classic Bekah. We had a great time.

Lunch with Andrea and Brianna!

I know that it has been a LONG time since we have updated, but we have been having a great summer! So, the pics will be a little old, but we are keeping everyone updated!

First off, we had lunch with our bestest friends in the whole world, Andrea and Brianna. Brennen was with Grandma and Grandpa so he couldnt join us for the day, but here we are at California Pizza Kitchen which was fabulous!

Jack was being so good that day! He loves sitting next to Andrea.Brianna was teaching Sam how to play her gameboy, he loved it!