Playing at Grandma and Grandpa's

Carter is so excited to have his own set of wheels at Grandma and Grandpa's now. He is finally old enough to ride the 4 wheeler by himself (almost). This four wheeler has seen many miles - it was originally purchased for Kyle as a gift after his adenoidectomy when he was 4 years old. He rode it until he was too big and graduated to a larger 4 wheeler. Ryan rode it for 3 summers and now it is finally Carter's turn. Look how proud he looks!





Ryan on the his new red bike at Grandma's:


High up in the tree:

Rainbow

After the downpour at the park, we headed home. These pictures were taken on the freeway, out the truck window. I took the rainbow as Grandma Rabe's way of saying "Happy Birthday, Stephanie" - she always loved to tell me how I was their wedding anniversary present - it gave us twice the reason to celebrate on the 27th!

Pine City Playground

A Pizza Pub dinner wasn't complete without a trip to the playground when I was growing up. The same rules apply now that I have kids. Off to the playground we went after dinner. The kids had a blast - it had far more equipment on it now than it had when I was a kid. When we were playing, we were caught in a sudden downpour. We went undercover in the park shelter until it passed. All in all, what a fun night! :)

Pizza Pub Party

We celebrated my birthday "Kroschel style" with 20 of us at the Pizza Pub for dinner. We had a great time visiting and catching up and best of all, the arcade kept the kids busy so we COULD visit! :) What a fun night -thanks for the cake, dinner, and organizing Mom!!!!!

Cake compliments of my Mom:

Kyle driving the motorcycle - he is the only one that requires tokens yet!

Just a little farther...I can almost reach it!

The Kroschel clan:

Ella and Grandpa Roger:

Candles Ryan blew out:

Birthday

Today is my birthday - the last year I can say that I am closer to 30 than 40. Yikes! We spent time at the local parade and are headed up north for dinner with my Mom and friends. It is going to be a great day!

Como Zoo

Today the boys and I went to Como Zoo and Como Town. It was a gorgeous day for the zoo!

Carter and Ryan by the flower garden outside the zoo:

Carter on the Swings:

Ryan on the Swings:

Carter Flying High:

Carter Playing in Hodge Podge Park:

Ryan on the Zip line (I bet he did this 50 times, at least!):

Midway down:

End of zipline:

Teacups:

The faster Ryan spun the teacup, the harder Carter giggled:

Horse Ride:

Sprinkler in Hodge Podge Park - kept us cool on this HOT day:

Running through the sprinklers:

Water lilies outside park entrance:

It was a HOT one at the zoo today (94* on my truck screen):

Carter fast asleep as we left the parking lot!:

Backyard

Carter and I were playing the backyard yesterday and he spotted a chipmunk. I grabbed the camera to see what was going on at the feeder!!