Another June 2011 post!

Bryan and I recently celebrated our 7th wedding anniversary. To celebrate, we went out for dinner and then went to the Cirque du Soleil Ovo show at the Mall of America. It was incredible! The kids slept over at Grandma's house and we got to sleep on Sunday.

The weather has been warming up, in fact, it even got up to 103 degrees last week. That's a little too hot for my taste. We had a great weekend and kept busy, as usual. Yesterday, Sophie and I went to Charley's 2nd birthday party. Then we went to three different stores to track down Piggy Paint nail polish in purple. Sophie and I now have matching toes. We picked up Grandma's birthday present and I saw Sophie draw a stick figure representing Grandma.

Today, we started out the day with a webcam chat with my family and then we went to the Minneapolis Farmers Market. Enjoyed an early lunch there and then in the afternoon, Sophie and I went to a fundraiser benefit, where she went bowling for the very first time. She had a blast! She also got her face painted and I bid on a number of silent auction items. I'm curious to find out if I got anything.

Sophie starts swimming lessons again next weekend. She's been a little apprehensive about putting her head into the water, after taking two semesters off swimming. Hope it goes okay.

June 2011

Welcome to June! Apparently, summer has decided to appear. It was close to 90 degrees today, hot and humid. We had a fun May, some highlights include running the Race for the Cure on Mother's Day at the Mall of America, taking the kids swimming at Foss and Lifetime, going to baby Tristan's baptism party, going to the Minnesota Children's Museum and the Minnesota Zoo and spending Memorial Day weekend in Bemidji.

Sophie is really into Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat movie and books right now. It's the DVD she requests to watch whenever she has a chance. She also loves to hear me tell her the story of the Three Little Pigs and Hansel and Gretel. She received her very first pedicure last night and asked if she could walk on the new carpet with her "cute little toes". Sophie's birthday is coming and I've asked her for a few birthday gift ideas. Her response? A car, a computer (for playing games), a hair dryer and a yo-yo. Where does she get this stuff from?

Jack has been walking around on his own and getting more and more stable with each passing day. He loves to cuddle and gives my Sydney bear a kiss every morning and every night before bed. Jack shares a bedroom with his big sister Sophie and they both do a good job of it (we're thankful for that!).

This weekend is our 7th wedding anniversary. Bryan and I got married at the Bellagio in Las Vegas. We were joined by about 50 of our friends and family members. It was a wonderful trip and brings back great memories. Time flies when you're having fun! To celebrate our anniversary, we are going out to dinner and then to the Cirque du Soleil show Ovo at the Mall of America. Can't wait! Happy Summer!