Cooling off

 Best way to beat the heat...water 

It went from cold to hot.  Minnesota weather is so bi-polar.  I would rather have heat then cold any day.  I think the boys would to too :)  Summer has officially begun.  No more tight schedules and having the boys up and ready in the morning.   We are all ready to have the longer days with less to do.  (at least for them right?  My schedule seems to stay busy year round)  Axel is now a 5th grader, Abel a 2nd grader and Ansel will be starting preschool.  Wow, next school year will be a big one.  For the moment we will try and enjoy as much summer as we can. 

Fire season

We love fires in the yard!

S'mores of course

We love when it's warmer out and we can have fires in the yard.  It was actually almost too warm  out a couple weekends ago to sit by the fire!  I'm not complaining...I'll take the heat over cold any day.  Axel did not want to be in any pictures but we all still had fun and ate s'mores.  Yay for summer!!! 

Abel turns 7

Birthday dinner at Buca's of course!

 I like to let the boys pick out a dinner of their choose on their B-day.  Buca's has continued to be the top choice!

Meat Balls!!

Chocolate cake even bigger then the meat balls

Abel's first friend b-day party
Bowling party

Happy Birthday Abel!!

Abel is 7?!!!  My sweat little boy is really starting to grow up!  He is almost done with first grade.  He loves all things Lego, Mine craft or video games.  He likes to watch funny video on the computer and videos of people playing mine craft. (I totally don't get this, but he loves to watch it?!)  Abel's favorite color is red.  Favorite food is Mexican.  (now that's a new one this year! taco's are a new thing in the house- Yay!)  He doesn't know what he wants to be when he grows up? Hey buddy neither do I :)  He loves to ride his bike- with no training wheels!  Cheers to celebrating another year Abel!! Love you so much. 

Happy Mothers Day

 Happy Mother's Day to all the mom's out there.  We are so lucky to have the mom's we do in our lives.  I got to spend the day with boys.  We had brunch and got to buy plants for the yard.  Besides not getting to sleep the day was really great. :)

For the garden

From Abel

From Axel

Being a Mom is a challenge every day.  My boys all have their own crazy personality.  Our daily pattern is so busy and I do forget to slow down and enjoy these crazy moments.  Axel:  you are so smart, love to ask questions, I have so many great conversation with you about books, history and other crazy things we saw on TV but you love to push all my buttons and test every boundary in front of you!  Abel: your sweat and emotional- SO emotional, you are such the middle child- you can play and fight well with both your brothers, give give hugs so freely- please never stop this.  Ansel:  the sour patch (sweet one minute and sour the next , your only 4 but you make sure every one knows your in the room, you love to sleep in my bed and throw fits when I give you the wrong gummy worms or color of cup.  Some days I feel like I got this motherhood thing down and the other I'm pulling my hair out before noon. I may have pee all over the bathroom and my house is always a mess but I'm so lucky to each one of you my sons.   Thank you boys for making me a mom! Love you all so much!  Please don't ever stop being you...so be easier on your mom.

Bowling

Brian had to work the other weekend so I went bowling the with the boys.  I haven't bowled in a very long time.  We luckily got to use bumpers...I mean for the boys. It was fun to have all 3 boys be able to play along. 

Ice cream on the deck after