Summer Camp Season is Here

School has only been out 2 weeks and summer camp season is in full swing. 2 weeks ago Logan went to basketball camp. There were almost 40 1st graders! On awards night a couple of the MN Gophers came to do drills with the kids along with the Gopher - somehow Carter sneaked in the picture. Unfortunately baseball camp was cancelled due to low registration the same week.

This week Logan is going to YMCA camp all week and Carter is going to VBS at Hosanna! Our little boy is old enough to go to camp by himself. Sara is off for 2 weeks so she can be "taxi mom." In mid-July Logan has football camp and then baseball camp with the St Paul Saints. And we close out summer with chess camp the first week of August and another round of VBS at the small, little church on the top of our street.

We joke that our daycare should love us, we pay for 4 full days and Logan is barely ever there! I think next summer we might go the nanny route.

Carter - Haircut

Carter is known for his "surfer hair." When he can't see through his bangs we know it is time for a trim.

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Thank you Grandma Closer.....

for watching the boys last weekend!

Sara and I enjoyed a nice long weekend in Arizona (Scottsdale and Sedona). Friday night we hiked Pinnacle Peak and had a fabulous dinner. Saturday morning we got up and drove to Sedona - beautiful red rocks. We hiked Cathederal Rock and then visited the "Chapel of the Holy Cross" which was built into the face of the mountain. Then we had some beer at the Oak Creek Brewery. After lunch we did a little window shopping in the art district and then drove up the canyon to Flagstaff. On the way home we hiked around Bell Rock. Sunday AM Shawn was exhausted and sore and sat by the pool for a couple of hours - Sara is more fit and went for another hike up Camelback Mountain.

It was a beautiful weekend with lots of sun! Rare in MN! The boys had a blast being spoiled by Grandma! Their weekend diet consisted of Chuck-E-Cheese, Subway, McDonalds, and popcorn/candy from the movie theater. Needless to say they are ready for us "fruit and veggie" eaters to go away for another weekend.

This week is actually quiet in our house with only baseball in the evenings! No camps!!! Logan loved basketball camp last week - we need to post some pictures. Next week he is going to YMCA camp with some friends - Carter and Sara are on vacation for 2 weeks! After July 4th, Carter starts 8 weeks of T-ball and Logan is going to football camp. Think we need a little girl in our house to balance out all the sports.

Happy Father's Day!

Here is a hilarious video our church showed on Father's Day.
I can personally connect with the "landscape man."

www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOKuSQIJlog

Fun pictures from last weekend

Last weekend we enjoyed the Krueger family reunion, some neighborhood parties, the MN zoo, golfing and more. Here are some pictures - we just got a new camera as my wife decided to drop the last one. Still trying to figure out how to take good pictures...these seem a little blurry.

Carter - Soccer Pictures

Carter finished soccer last week and got his first medal. Unfortunately we forgot our camera but some of our neighbors captured a couple of pictures for us - Carter is wearing black shorts with a yellow stripe.

This weekend is busy with family reunions, neighborhood graduation parties and more parties.

Fun with the Wii

Our boys love their Wii. The rainy spring has provided them more opportunity than usual to play. This was a video from a couple of weeks ago. Carter's favorite saying is "darn it Barbie" - a line he learned from Toy Story 3 when Ken was talking to Barbie.