Football fun

Can you see the ball way up in the tree?





Brodie and Abel were having fun playing football this evening when the football got caught in the tree. Brodie thought is was very funny that the ball was stuck and so much fun trying to get it down. Brodie thought it was very cool checking out the car engine tonight also.

We've had a fun week. It was raining for the strawberry festival again (we went in the rain last year), but we held off until the afternoon and there were a few rain drop free moments. We didn't do much with the strawberries, but the boys did have fun riding a pony and playing on the playground equipment.

We ate a train cake that Grandpa and Grandma Luksan got us for National Train Day. Brodie really thought that it was coming in the mail, but his mother was very glad that it didn't show up in the mail box. Isaac is actually the one that is really into trains now. He always has a train in his hands and loves to lead the train around and around and around the train tracks. Who would have ever thought we would have got so much use out of trains and train tracks!

Happy Father's Day!

Abel coming home on Father's Day morning. We were so excited to see him!




We had a great Father's Day. Abel was post call, so he was a little tired. The nice part was, we had the entire day before to decorate the house and get ready for Abel.

We had fun at one of the local outdoor concerts this week. The weather was perfect and the music was good. The boys thought they were pretty cool with Daddy's sunglasses on :)

More biking

We've really enjoyed the outdoors recently. We've all took our turn with a cold, but have still managed to get some playing in outside. Isaac now thinks that he belongs on a bike with the rest of the family!

Photo Day at Daycare!

It was photo day at daycare today. Brodie did fantastic. He listened, followed directions, and even had a few real smiles. Isaac on the other hand did not want anything to do with getting his picture taken. Of course, as soon as we got home, he wouldn't stop smiling when I brought out the camera :). He loves to play with trains and cars now. He doesn't quite understand that the cars don't hook up to the trains yet, but loves to try to get all the vehicles attached.

It was hot here today. It was in the 90's, so we decided to cave in and put in the window air conditioner. Daddy had a lot of help this year! We also had a lot of fun with squirt bottles outside!

Bike ride!

We went on a family bike ride again today. Brodie did much better on the hills today, but he was still a little nervous going down hills. He didn't fall off, but decided to jump off his bike at one point when he thought he was going too fast and was going to crash. Amazingly, he landed on his feet and hands and didn't get hurt. We kept telling him not to jump off again because he might get hurt, but he didn't understand because he didn't hurt near as bad jumping off as he did crashing the day before.

Isaac's "where did it go?" pose






It was nice and warm at the beginning of the week and we all actually got a little tan. I'm sure it will be gone by the time we go to Mexico :). We had fun with water balloons, squirt bottles, and bikes. We went on our first family bike ride last night and it overall went well. Brodie did a good job of listening when to stop and crossing the streets. He had a wipe out going down a big hill. He got right back on the bike after only a few tears. The fall made me think of Jodi and I going down the big hills at Pioneer's Park when we were kids.