broken arm, surgery, walking and crazy jobs....

I should know better than getting this behind on the blog....sorry. June/July has been crazy for us. Let the pictures tell the story is the easiest way to talk about our last month or so....

I tried to get most of these pictures in order however the top three are the newest as for some reason they did not want to move down the page :)
Lucas broke him arm at the end of June when he fell off teh monkey bars. This is his 2nd cast and way more comfortable than his first. This one has dinosaurs on it and is waterproof-who is the genius who invented that!!

Tessa's first pair of Nike shoes-they are a bit big and she was not really too sure about them :)

Tessa at the bunny fountains being a bottomless pit!!

The first visit to the Bunny fountains in June.

oh funny Lucas!!

Trip to the Zoo-I just love Lucas face!

Tessa was ready to throw herself off teh shark

Shhh....mom I'm not really doing anything sneaky :)

Science museum exhibit-Lucas was in Heaven

This was Lucas' favorite part!

Poor Kenya had to have surgery two weeks ago

4th of July

Bike parade!!

Neighborhood Sprinkler Party!

Grandma and Grandpa at the Parade with the kids

Tessa was a bit tired

HUmmm there is a theme with this face huh???

Slip and Slide

Hanging out with Grandpa Jerry after a rough day of the Slip and Slide!

Lucas and Daddy eating their worms.

HUmm Grandma Sue I love that frozen custard!

Gofy girl!

Little Sisters ROck!

Lucas' best friend Carly had to come and make sure her buddy was ok.

First nap with Broken arm-sweet baby Lucas. He was so brave. When I told him how brave I thought he was he said "I know mom". He was pretty good and has done well withhis cast.

So I have had these pictures on the blog in draft mode since the 5th of June. Chris took our pictures off the camera card and put on our external hard drive and the thought of trying to figure out how to get pictures off of there does not excite me. I had every intention of doing that however no time or energy (also did not have energy to change the pictures to vertical so you may have to turn your heads for viewing:P). I figured that there is no sense not sharing some of our fun even if it is not all the pictures I would have liked.

We have been patiently waiting the COSI (our science museum) Dinosaur exhibit to open as Lucas is really into Dinosaurs. His favorite shows are Dino Dan and Dinosaur train. Here are some pictures from our visit there. Tessa loved it too!

There is a great water play area for the kids!

Tessa showing off her two teeth


Lucas and daddy being a "triceratops" notice Tessa's face---SOOOO funny! She is such a drama queen when she is mad!

Our neighbors belong to a local swim club and a few weeks ago we got to enjoy the pool with them. The kids LOVED it!! This is one of those pictures that is just so Tessa. Such a sweet and happy girl.

still hair challenged :)

totally wore herself out!

Lucas and his "best friend" Carly drying off after playing in the pool at our house



Sorry I did not include all the cute pictures I had but here were a few. Chris' job has been a bit nuts but seems to have settled down, at least this week has been a bit calm! We are looking forward to Jerry and Sue visiting in a few weeks for the 4th of July. We hope everyone has a great week.

May

Lucas is the funniest kid and it is so apparent what a sponge his brain is. It is so fun to watch him learn and grow up. He is really really into dinosaurs and this week in the car said "Mom do you know the (insert a name of a dinosaur I can't pronounce) lived in the Cretaceous period". It was so funny! We can no longer listen to the radio show in the morning on the drive to school, or sports talk radio on the way home as he will find very nice topics to repeat and tell us which words were "bad words" and "not kind". He still LOVES Tessa and likes to make her laugh and really likes to hug her. He thinks it is funny when she tries to wrestle with him, which is really just her trying to get over him. He does aggravate a bit which is so like his dad and Grandpa Jerry!

Tessa is just growing like a weed....well not really growing much as she is a little peanut but developing very well. She is now an expert at walking around objects with one hand. She will go from object to object and will almost take a step alone. She has also balanced for a few seconds with out hanging on to something. Seems like she will be walking soon enough. Last week she had a double ear infection, pink eye and pre orbital cellulitis- and still happy as a clam. Her personality is hilarious to us as she is brave, a little daredevil and so happy.

Here are a few pictures of what we have been up to recently.

Today was very nice and we got to hang out outside :) Lucas was trying to not let me get a picture

Tessa supporting her Gophers!

One of many hugs!

Happy Girl

Today we went to the dog park and had a great time.

Tessa and Gianna playing

Tessa loves her swing!

We hope everyone has a great week. WE are sure looking forward to a three day weekend next weekend!!!