Camden Sees Ducks!

Tonight we took the kids for an outdoor photography shoot, and we had a few guests join us...ducks! Camden was very intrigued by them as you can see.

Happy Birthday, Grandma June!

Fun with Grandma Cathy

The kids recently spent a few days with their Grandma Cathy. She took them to the Ransom County Fair, a hotel/indoor waterpark in Casselton, and to Chuck E. Cheeses in Fargo. Wow!! Here are some pictures of their fun at the waterpark. Cousin Sara came to get in on the fun. The kids' last getaway before school starts..

Wilkin County Fair

Last night, we took the kids to the Wilkin County Fair in Breckenridge. It was a pretty small fair, but the kids still had fun. There weren't a huge number of rides to choose from, but the kids rode steady with their wristbands from 5-7. Afterwards, we ate fair food, looked at the exhibits and animals, watched a talent show, and listened to a live band. The kids even tried their hands at milking a cow!

This is fun!

Fearless Cade on the Scrambler!
He went many times!
The kids on the Ferris Wheel. Paige surprised
us at wanting to go and not being scared!

Cade going down the Giant Slide.
Paige going down the Giant Slide.
Boats
Camden enjoying watching all the people.
Paige doing the obstacle course.

Cade's 8th Birthday

Cade celebrated his 8th birthday party at Three Rivers Gymnastics. He and 11 of his friends had a great time at the gymnastics arena. The most popular activity was jumping in the sponge pit. After his party, we, along with Grandpa John, Grandma June, Grandma Cathy, and Trisha came back to our house for supper. Afterwards, Cade opened his gifts from family. He had a great 8th birthday!

Cade and his friends
Cade and his Spongebob cake that Mommy made.
I got Guitar Hero!!! Yay!!!
The 5 of us
Grandpa John, Grandma June & the kids

Grandma Cathy and the kids

Trisha and the kids

Paige, Camden, and Cade

Storybook Land & Aberdeen Waterpark

This weekend, we took Cade and Paige (Camden stayed with Grandpa & Grandma) on a trip to Aberdeen to visit Storybook Land (including the Land of Oz) and the new waterpark. The weather was perfect...88 degrees and sunny! We spent a little over an hour at Storybook Land, but could have easily spent the day there. It was much bigger than we thought, and best of all, admission was FREE! After lunch, we headed to the waterpark, which we all enjoyed. We have already decided that we'll be going back next summer (and we'll spend more time at Storybook Land).

Visiting Santa and Frosty
A COOL castle
Riding ponies
This pirate ship is so cool!
Aye, Aye, captain!
We couldn't forget the Gingerbread Man!
The Wizard of Oz family
Isn't this ice cream cone slide cool?Paige posing with the pretty flowers.


Cade enjoying himself at Storybook Land.

Paige enjoyed the waterpark,
especially the lazy river.

Cade loved going down all 3 slides.
He liked the yellow one the best
because it was so fast!
Cade's first time going off a high diving board.
He wasn't afraid at all!

Welcome Lydia Imbur!

Last night we went to visit my best friend Nicole, and her husband Casey, in Fargo as she had her second baby, Lydia Imbur on 8/6/08. Nicole looked wonderful...she certainly didn't look like she had just given birth, and Lydia was BEAUTIFUL! Congrats to them all!

Casey, Nicole, and Lydia Imbur
(big brother Elliot was with G & G)
Lydia Imbur

Quick Learner

On Sunday, I mentioned to Chris that we need to teach Paige two things before school starts: 1) to tie her new tennis shoes and 2) to learn how to ride her bike without training wheels. She learned how to tie her shoes in just a few tries and now wants to tie her shoes all the time. This morning, the first thing she did was put on her new shoes and tied both of them. She was pretty proud of herself! Last night, Chris started having her practice riding her bike without training wheels and she did SO good SO quickly. After about a total of 1 1/2 hrs of practice, she is cruising around the neighborhood like she's ridden for quite awhile. It is so amazing how quickly she learned. She's even able to start and stop now all by herself. We all went for a bike ride tonight around the neighborhood now that Paige can ride bike! So far, Paige hasn't had any skinned up knees or wipeouts (knock on wood), but she did have one incident where she ran into a parked car, but that was it! :) She's so proud of herself and wants to ride her bike ALL the time now.

I love riding bike!

Watch Paige riding her bike without training wheels!

New Glasses

Cade and Paige both got new glasses. Paige's are the most different and are taking us a little getting used to. She immediately saw them and wanted them. They are plastic framed ones, which she's never had before. They are Bratz light pink w/glitter glasses, and Cade's are SpongeBob ones. His are gray in color and very similar to his old glasses. Paige's seem a bit big on her narrow face, but they only come in one size, and the technician said they fit good on the sides of her face.