So it's been awhile.

So what's new here. Well I was in a wedding....It's always great to get together with my girlfriends. It's funny how times have changed. The majority of us were gone by 10 p.m. We were all geared up for some heavy drinking, but that didn't quite happen for some of us.











































We sold the boat and bought my parents camper...We spent our first week end of camping at Camp Dells in Waterville, MN. It was Bullhead Days. We didn't quite make any of the festivities, we spent the week end swimming, coloring, playing uno and of course eating.



























































Let's see what else...Mom, Dad and I are all in Sadie's Boot Camp. I am so going to miss it when it's all said and done. It only lasts eight weeks. I just never realized how out of shape I really was...am!

Dylan of course is growing like a weed. His favorite things to do these days is playing baseball and basketball, riding the four wheeler, helping mom water the garden, watching POOH and playing with his cousins Mimi and Mimi. (That would be Sammy and Miranda). Everyday it's something new and we just can't believe all of the things that he comes up with.

Ryan is still the same o' same o'. Working and playing.

As for me...I am on a quest to find things that I truly enjoy. It is going to be a long journey only because there is so much out there I haven't done. So wish me luck and I will keep you posted on my progress. So far I have found that I truly enjoy camping. It's nice to get away and have my family all to myself. Selfish maybe; but they are just too fun!

I promise it won't take me as long next time to update the blog.

Just a side note...

If you want to watch a good tragic love story, you must rent "Atonement". It is by far the best movie I have seen in a while or maybe have ever seen. I enjoy movies that really make me "feel". It has been two days since I have watched it and I am still a little heart broken and disturbed. I will definitely have to buy that one.

A trip to the Tatertot Hotdish pad.

A couple of weeks ago, the three of us went to visit the new baby at the Theobald residents. I also wanted to check out the new house and see the dogs. Cuz everyone knows how much I like dogs...

Here are Dylan and Sam playing on the couch...still friends.














Dylan and Sam still playing on the couch, but this time Scuba decided to join in and make them laugh hysterically...Still friends.














Here they are again much calmer and looking cute...still friends.















Here is the bloody nose that Dylan gave Sam. It was a left hook. Actually we really aren't sure what happened. They were goofing around on the floor, Dylan was being a big cry baby and Sam was just wanting to play. Sam stands up shoves his finger up his nose and it starts bleeding. I was the only one that witnessed it, so everyone else thought that Dylan had punched Sam in the nose. That wasn't the case at all. It was kind of funny though and will enjoy sharing the story with the boys when they get older.














They are still friends.

ECFE

So every Thursday night Dylan and I attend ECFE class. It gives us a chance to play together and for me to watch him interact with other kids. There is also a point in the night when moms and dads all congregate in a separate room and talk about what's new with our kids.

By far Dylan's favorite things to do are driving the cars and going down the slides.

Here is Dilly in the purple Barbie car.















And here he is playing cop.















I thought this one was cute. He has his nose pressed up against the mesh.















No Dilly isn't that short...Austin is just that tall.















Here is a picture of Miss Madelyn Malmgren. That would be Luke and Brooke (Rinne's) Malmgren's little girl. She is such a cutie and a very good girl.

some pics to tide you over

Some first words

The fun ship part two...

So Ryan is going to kill me when he sees that I have put this picture on the blog. But I just don't understand how people can fall asleep in the sun. I mean it's like 9000 degrees out, my eyeballs feel like they are going to burn out of my head and my scalp is one fire. I just think it's odd. Don't get me wrong I love laying out and soaking up the rays, but I am more of a book reader/gawker, not a napper.















Our second stop was St. Thomas. One word...gorgeous. Some people are so fortunate. Someday I hope to live in a place like this off my credit card. The incurred debt would be totally worth it.














Ryan and I decided to do a snorkeling excursion. We took death defying cab ride through the island of St. Thomas. By death defying I mean at one time Ryan and I looked at each other and thought we probably should have written out the will before we left for the trip. Any who, we ended up at some rental property where we hopped aboard a catamaran for a waving ride over to the snorkeling "spot".














The snorkeling was marvelous to say the least. There were lots of tropical fish and then seems to swim right up next to you. Oh wait...that was because our tour guide decided to throw in some fish bait so we could see the fish up close. Seriously you couldn't swim too fast or you would have ran into them.















Continued....