Summer Time

BOATING

We have been trying to get out on the boat more and more but with so many things going on this summer we have only gone out a few times. A few weekends ago we headed out on the lake for the afternoon! Just the 3 of us. It was very nice and relaxing! A couple weekends ago my Dad and Mom came and picked Gavin up to take him to the cottage for an extended weekend! Dave and I had a Wedding that weekend but we also got to spend the weekend alone together, which was really nice! We had a date night on Thursday and then Friday we headed up to Neenah. We had dinner on Friday with Jen and Brandon! Saturday was Katie and Jake's Wedding! She was so beautiful and their wedding was so much fun!This past Friday evening we went out for dinner to celebrate Chris's Birthday! Here are the kids with their sundaes!This weekend we had high hopes of getting a good chunk of our patio done, but that wasn't the case! We had a birthday party on Saturday afternoon so we only got to spend a few hours working on the patio and on Sunday we spent the afternoon working on it until we had to go to church!

Although I know we did get a lot done, laying brick by brick by brick is so so so time consuming! I am really hoping that we can get this patio done before Labor Day Weekend! ha.

p.s. - This is probably going to be a recurring thing for me where I only do one bigger post rather than smaller posts a few times a week! At least until Summer is over :) We only have 3 weddings in August!! Ah....

Our 4th of July Weekend!

Our 4th of July weekend was wonderful, eventful, and relaxing!

Friday afternoon we headed to Sun Prairie Aquatic Center! Mom VV, Kristin and the kids went too. Friday evening we had the neighbors over for a bonfire to play a few games of testicle toss/ladder toss, whichever you prefer :)

Saturday we went out of the Boat with Mom and Dad VV! Our neighbors also brought their boat out with their parents! It was a fun afternoon! We got way too much sun though! Saturday evening we watched Rhythm & Booms Firworks and then called it a night!

Sunday Morning we went to Deforest Parade with a bunch of friends! It was such a good parade! They gave out such fun stuff for kids! Besides candy they gave out pencils, erasers, key chains, cookies, passes to area events, etc... We will definately go back next year! This tractor spit candy out of it!After the parade we went over to a friends house for lunch! We then had church that evening. After church we went out for ice cream and then to the Deforest Fireworks! Gavin and Beckam loved it! They kept saying, 'Happy Birthday, America!' It was a great 4th of July! On Monday our neighbor, Chef Sean, smoked ribs for us for dinner! They were the best ribs I have ever had! So that evening we had a few people over for dinner! That was the gist of our 4th of July weekend in a nutshell :) Hope everyone had a great 4th!

This past Saturday I finally had a chance to go to the Madison Farmers Market! I got wonderful flowers, spicy cheese bread, and some really yummy sugar snap peas! When I got home from the Farmers Market this is what I saw;My two boys having a wonderful time on the slip-n-slide! It was hilarious to watch Dave on this tiny thing!

Saturday evening we had Mom and Dad VV, Chris, Kristin and the kids over for dinner! We did walking tacos for dinner! It was a lot of fun and something different for dinner :)

We are really looking forward to this coming 4th of July weekend! We really don't have that much going on! I have crossed off a few things on the calendar lately and it's a great feeling knowing we have nothing set in stone :)

Lots of updates!

I have no excuse as to why I haven't been blogging. I just haven't wanted to! I still read the blogs I always have, but I just haven't been in the mood to sit down and write about 'stuff '. There has been a lot going on though.

A couple of weeks ago we gave Gavin a haircut instead of taking him in to get it done. Dave just buzzed it & I love it;

We planted our Garden in the middle of May and it is doing WONDERFUL! Its like it's on steroids or something! This year we planted Tomatoes ( two different kinds), Cherrie Tomatoes, Radishes, Red Bell Peppers and Green Bell Peppers, Banana Peppers and Cucumbers! Everything we planted is doing amazingly well! A LOT better than last year, thats for sure!

We have had some crazy weather lately. It made for some good picture taking;Last weekend I went on a girls weekend with my mom, sister, aunts and cousins! We went up to the Eagle River Area for the weekend! We had a great time! Here are some pictures of that; ----------

Last night we took Gavin to Toy Story 3! It was his first time at the Movies too! He loved it and was such a good boy! Toy Story 3 is a must see movie for adults and kids! So cute. I didn't take any pictures but he was sporting this cute Toy Story shirt to the movies! Today we took the boat out for the first time this year! Gavin loved it! He definately got over his fear of going fast from last year! That is all he wanted to do! We stopped at a friends house and I got some cute pictures of him playing on their 'relaxation station'! Sorry for the super long post but I guess that's what happens when you don't update often :)

I hope all of the Dad's out there have a great Father's Day! Gavin sure has a fantastic Daddy!

We will be spending the day with Dad VV and at our neice's 5th Birthday Party! Happy Birthday, Lily!