So yes i have been a ridiculously bad blogger. But school has started and nobody wants to read me go on and on about how i wish it was still summer. So yup no blogging! Its been actually pretty uneventful and we got right back into the swing of things. Hayden happily going to Angies, loves playing and probably being away from Mommy. Work is work and just the same! Oh well. I did actually get new hours which is okay. I still have been thinking(ok looking) to see what else is out there for jobs, maybe even applying. (maybe drug testing for different jobs) but nothing that i want to switch to yet or even talk about! I will let everybody know. I just don't know. I probably will stick to this until Hayden goes to Kindergarten. We are happy with this situation for the moment. I really am not willing to go Full Time until then. I was listening to the Today show today and heard about little boys and learning and how they don't do very good with sitting down and doing worksheets and stuff. This is SO true with Hayden he learns so much better and gets a lot less frustrated when we just talk to him and teach him by example and seeing. Now I can't do this with everything but a big ol'chalkboard works better than paper for us. I find this interesting and maybe a reason why i will not send Hayden to preschool/4K. I really don't think its for him. He is so smart and loves to learn and asks awesome questions i don't want to loose that on a sheet of paper. Just my thought for Hayden and our next children maybe totally different and i'll be pushing them to preschool at 2 and half. Who knows. He is very into numbers lately(as always actually) and we are learning 24, 30, 54 etc. he is always asking me to tell him the numbers on the clock, i bought him a watch too. But we can't find it at the moment we just hear to beep once an hour, so its here somewhere!
Jason is in Colorado hunting!(Ohh the watch just beeped, speak of the devil)Its kind of lonely but we'll stay busy. I have been running errands in the morning and hanging with Hayden in the evening. Been kinda lazy cleaning the house but who do i have to impress? Hayden? He doesn't care. We have a Cities trip on our agenda and High School Musical the Play! Hayden is equally excited about those my little music loving boy! He LOVES HSM. The 2nd one even more, it has golf.
Well have a great weekend! I'll try to update more!

Its hard to find a place to begin. So much has go on the last week!

Happy Labor Day! This also equals end of summer. Oh well we had a wonderful summer and I can not complain. We went to my Aunt Dana's beautiful Cabin/Hunting Shack overlooking Lake Superior. Great weather, swimming in a relatively warm Lake Superior.

Okay rewind to a week from Saturday. We-My mom, dad, brandon left for the Cities stopping at our annual stop to Askov, MN for the Rutabaga Festival. Had yummy food, kids played and we enjoyed the small town charm. We make it to the Cities stop at Psycho Suzy's (A must!), Restoration Antiques (gorgeous stuff!) and to hotel for a quick swim. Hayden had an allergic reaction to the massive amounts of Chlorine in the pool, his face was all red and blotchy, he kept coughing and his eyes burned for like a half an hour out of the pool. Yikes. But all was well and we headed to Anoka for their bi monthly? Car Show.

Sunday we did the must do thing-Farmers Market. I LOVE the farmers market and am sad about what a crappy one we have up here (and they are way, way over price). Then we hit up Second Debut(Where i got my Coach Wallet) I bought Jessica Simpson ballet flats, cute and practical. Then we went to the shop up the street and both me and my mom bought a few things. Then it was to Wild Rumpus and Creative Kidstuff. I bought some adorable christmas presents for Breckin. Then we rode on the Lake Harriet Trolley. Hayden was in heaven. We even went in a tunnel. We got takeout from Ted Cook's 19th Hole(BBQ) and hit up Minnehaha Park-but we couldn't find it and settled for another park close by. The Kids played and played. We went to Jason and I's hotel and met Jason and Emily who just got down there and went Mini Golfing at Como and had ice cream at Conny's Creamy Cones. Then some swimming with Daddy!

Monday-State Fair Day! Early start at 8:00 and absolutely no traffic into the fairgrounds-bliss. Had a great fair day doing and eating everything! Hayden had fun riding the rides the kid is fearless! We did so much at the fair! We then at like 6 headed to Wisconsin Dells. Stopping at a nice McD's for supper and hitting up our hotel The BlackHawk Motel in the dells. We got to our very retro, good retro motel and enjoyed the in front of our room parking and their pools with waterslides. Nothing fancy but perfect for all of us.

Tuesday-Waterpark Day! Mt. Olympus was quite awesome. They have so much to do. We first did some go carts. Multilevel, pretty fast tracks. It was fun. Then we hit the waterpark-so much fun. Hayden had a blast. He wanted to go on the fastest biggest waterslides. But they have something for everyone. We waterparked until 3ish and then did rollercoasters and more go carts. Jason and Emily left around 6 but we stayed and went on rides inside and out. They have a bunch of little kid rides and big people rides too.

Wednesday-Was Waterpark Day part 2! See above! Much hotter out though and we left for a little while to check into a different hotel and had lunch. We hit up downtown Wisconsin Dells(Skip it! WAY WAY too expensive $14.00 for a pound of Fudge) But we found a way cool New Orleans restaurant where we got Benignets(sp?) French Doughnuts. And we got fresh Cheese Curds.

Thursday-Go home day. But wait first we were going to go to a little circus museum in Baraboo. IT was HUGE and informational. I know nothing about the Circus, now i do. It was cool. They had shows and a carousel and animals and Circus wagons and so much history! It was very neat. We were there until like 5! We had dinner at Paul Bunyans Cook Shanty in the Dells. It was okay, Haywards was MUCH better. We miss it!

Friday- I had Staff Development day. It was good to be back I'll have lots to do tomorrow! Hayden hung out with my Mom and Dad. They took him to the Depot and for a Train Ride. Hmmm little boy heaven!!!!
Saturday-Laundry, Cleaning and haircuts for the boys. Mommy did a little shopping at the mall too!
Sunday-Birthday party for cousin Treavor who turned 4. We set up the large Tent Jason and Mike are taking to Colorado for their hunting trip.

Enjoy the weather only a few weeks until Fall! Its just about here! School is in Session!

Warning! Political Views!

I am not one much for politics. I have my views, very strong views but i don't often voice my opinion. Especially living in the area that i do, with mostly democrats. I am a Republican. My beliefs, opinions and daily life live up to that. I have very strong thoughts on Abortion, Gay Marriage, Gun Control and Education. I don't think i have every wrote anything about politics on here before until today.

I am so excited for John McCain's choice for VP Sarah Palin. I was pretty excited about Tim Pawlenty being in the running for it too. But after reading about Sarah Palin and her thought, family and life I know i am behind the McCain/Palin party 100%.

Now I am not here to push anybody into being a Republican. But i am just going to share somethings about Sarah Palin that i have read and learned.

First-She is a Working Mom. That's huge to me. Even though her kids have odd names(Track, Bristol, Willow, Piper and Trig) she is still a Mom and that is one of her top priorities.
Second- She is a outdoors person. Her family hunts. Like my own family.
Third- She is VERY anti abortion and Very anti gay marriage. She has a son with Down's Syndrome and did not abort him.
Fourth- She stopped the bridge to now where project in Alaska that Congress tried to pass. $400 million dollars of the tax payers money, she vetoed.
Fifth-She has a son in the Army who is going to Iraq.
Sixth-She was in beauty pageants.
Seventh-She has a great sense of style in office! Cute shoes and tailored suits!

A few things I was/am worried about.
**McCain picked her just because she was a woman. But Sarah thanked Hilary for helping pave the road for her. Using a glass ceiling analogy.
** Not much political background. But she was been in/running for public office since 1992.

Just some thoughts! I find no harm in people voicing their opinions to me via the blog! Just stay within some boundaries please! This is just my personal opinion and some info i have found via the Internet. I shall not be held responsible if some of this info isn't 100% correct-its just what i read!

This summer is slowly creeping to an end. I know that school is starting soon when its State Fair time, and we are heading there on Saturday. This summer has been great. Great weather(We had a terrible June until we got out of school on June 13) So many fun activities. Spending so much time with Hayden. And now its all coming to a close. But September brings us a whole slew of new activities and then it will sadly be October, but we look forward to the bright beautiful leaves that welcomes in winter each year. I am working on a photo album of all my favorite pictures of the summer. I have also started a new photo storing/sharing site that I will share soon. I am still organizing everything.

As we close up the summer we still have a few more "adventures" left. Our annual weekend in the Cities with the Askov Parade/Rutabaga Festival, State Fair, and maybe a trip or two to Porky's. We then head over to the Great state of Wisconsin for some fun in the Dells. We are doing Mt Olympus waterpark two days and staying at a cool retro looking hotel/motel. Then we are back and then its back to work for me, one week from tomorrow. I am looking forward to it actually. I miss the daily interaction with adults and the kids at school. You grow pretty attached to them. Pictures coming soon. Some more great ones from this past week. We went to Enger Tower, Barker's Island and i got a few great shoots at Papa and Smith's house. Enjoy the end of the summer and that slight nip in the air that I have been feeling and enjoying.

August Pics

Wow, I can't believe a week has gone by, again. We had a multi-adventure week. I made it to and from Baltimore safe and sound, a little sleep deprived and hungry, but all is well. The boys had a fun weekend of camping, fires and fishing, all things mom isn't all that into! Hayden has been quite the little runner. He has been running the 1/8th mile in about 1 min 20 seconds, seems to be the average. He loves it too! He is so proud of his ribbon he gets. Last night we stayed for the prize drawing. He stared at that ticket remembering the numbers-he didn't win. We were walking out and he looked up at me and said "I really wanted to win a prize" looking so sad! I felt so bad, i wanted to give him a prize, but thats life kid. We had a nice dinner out at Baja Billy's on Sunday and then went to the Rose Garden and I took a ton of pictures. Some turned out beautifully. I out some printed at Wal Mart and they wouldn't give them to me w/o copyright release I was rather proud of myself! Check them out. I took pictures for Always and Forever Bridal too. They are trying to sell some dresses it was fun and hard, bad lighting and no place to actually take the pictures, dresses everywhere! But if you need a dress, check them out! They have beautiful dresses for good prices! I found out recently that next year we will have 5 weddings! 3 cousins and 2 friends, thats a lot of weddings. Jason is in 2 of them! Lots of picture taking opportunities.
Not much set for the weekend just relaxing! yeah right. Oh we set Hayden's room all up! It looks very nice! Enjoy!