Memorial Day/Andy's 30th Birthday

Kaitlyn hates her life jacket! She was pouting that she had to wear it.

New life jacket that fit a little better, Kaitlyn driving the pontoon with grandpa.

Dave, Leah, Lauren, Wyatt, Sarah and Kaitlyn on "sandy beach". Wyatt loves to take the boat to the sand bar across the lake. Notice the frightened look on Lauren's face, she had just fallen off the raft and tested her life jacket. She was screaming for a while until she realized she could stand up and the water didn't even go to her waist.

The new deck.

Last weekend we went to the cabin to celebrate Memorial Day and Andy's 30th birthday. Saturday was gorgeous and we spent the entire day on the water. Sunday was cold, cloudy, and just not nice at all. Andy's 30th birthday was on Monday. We left the cabin early to help move stuff from his grandma's townhome. After the moving was done we celebrated with him family at Lord Fletcher's on Lake Minnetonka.

Kailtyn's Very Own House!

Our latest house project is building Kaitlyn's playhouse in the front yard. It's taken over a month but we're almost finished. Andy started out by putting a paver patio in the corner of the yard. He had lots of help "leveling" the sand from Kaitlyn. He had to do that several times, every time he would walk away a cat or dog would walk through it and he'd need to start over. Andy put most of the house together while Kaitlyn and I were having a girl's weekend at the cabin. The pictures above are from the night we got home when she saw it for the first time. Now that the door is on she likes to lock us out and wave out the windows. We just need to put up one more shelf, a bench seat, the toy box and the mail box. Andy will be thrilled when this is done!

Riley's 4th Birthday

Swimming

Target Field

Today Rachel and I got to do one of the coolest things in our lives, we went to the second Twin's game ever at the new Target Field. The new outdoor stadium opened last night for the first exhibition game, Twins vs. Cardinals. The stadium is incredible. I wasn't sure I would like the outdoor stadium but it was great. Our seats were in the section right above the suites in the first row, between 3rd and home. We had an awesome view of the city directly in front of us. We took the bus to the game and got there early so we could explore everything the stadium has to offer. Fortunately we were seated right in the sun, probably won't be so great there in the middle of summer, fans were bundled up in hats and mittens in the sections in the shade while we sat in t-shirts soaking up the sun. I even had a chance to get sunburned, in April!

First Hair Cut

OK, I can't figure out how to flip it, this is the final hairstyle, pigtails!

We finally took Kaitlyn to get her hair cut over the weekend. Her hair was still short but we wanted to get it all trimmed so it looked better and was the same length. They only took off about 1/2 an inch but that was enough for me. She did great, no tears and no screaming. Kid's Hair does a really good job of keeping them entertained while getting their hair cut.

First Swimming Lesson 3-13-10

Kaitlyn had her first swimming lesson over the weekend. Since we spend so much time at the cabin and we live near the lake we think it's really important that she isn't afraid of the water (like her mom). She was really hesitant at first but by the end of class she was having a great time. She actually cried when we left. Her class meets every Saturday until the middle of May. I have a feeling she'll be trying to jump off the dock this summer.