Ahhh, I don't even know where to start!

We have had an amazing week! It started off with gorgeous weather at Cragun's. One of our favorite places in the whole world. We have been so lucky this summer with nice weather(knock on wood) and that just continued at Craguns. We joined my mom, dad, brother and sister up there Monday afternoon and had a quick picnic and then hit the outdoor pool. Hayden LOVED the kiddie pool. He even pushed his Nana in there! There was so many people it was crazy but thats okay. Hayden and I swam in the deep end and jumped in and went under water. He is becoming a very strong swimmer. Very confident too. He likes his lifejacket on but is swimming without it too. I don't even know how long we swam but it was a very long time, we spend almost all of tuesday in the water too! Tuesday and Wednesday were spent by the pool or beach. We did all the Cragun things too! Wild Animal Show(Hay liked the camel, he didn't really know what a camel was until then), Trolley rides w/Kurt, Movies on the Beach(My favorite new thing) and of course campfires. Papa sneaked us over to Madden's Resort and had ice cream too. I threw Hayden's away, it was a down right tragedy, but he told me he was done. He got over it! Sadly we had to leave at 1 on Wednesday because Hayden went to His Cabin with Smith and Papa.

Thursday brought a day with no Hayden and lots of cleaning and grocery shopping, we had NO food! We had dinner with Micheal and Laura before they headed home to Texas.

Friday, Happy 4th of July! We went to the parade with Sarah, Breckin and Tanya. Hayden got the most candy! Whole handfuls. He loved it, but it was hot. Hayden has been a hoot lately. Sarah's favorite thing he said to me at the parade was "Mom, settle down, settle down, I am right HERE" Silly boy. Got to love 3 1/2. We headed to the Smith cabin for the Jen's 21st birthday and 4th celebration. We had lots of fun, I took tons of pictures of Baby Lauren and watched the Fireworks.

Saturday we went to Gordon with My mom, Dad, and Brandon in Jason's new truck to watch the fireworks. They were pretty fantastic. My mom and dad secretly were jealous of Jason's truck the whole time too! (Firework Album!)



Sunday we shipped Hayden off with my Mom and Dad and Jason and I went to a party for Breckin. We had fun but it was HOT. It was 96 in town today and 86 in Lake Nebagamon.

We have nothing on the block for the week! Except i am having people over on Friday so i will probably clean and get ready for that. I hope everyone had a fun and safe weekend, we had a blast.

Check out all the new pictures too!

Jason had a fabulous idea last night. We drove to Billings Park and spent a couple hours walking around the park and playing of course. I took way to many pictures(as usual) and just thought I'd post them before i leave, again, this time for Brainerd. We have been gone for the last 2 weeks. But we are having fun and going to spend the month of July relaxing and going to the beach(we haven't done that yet!) I played around with my camera settings last night. My favorite setting for last night was the Sunset setting. The lake and the sun just led to amazing pictures! Who couldn't take a good picture of that??

Wedding Pictures! We had lots of fun at Patty and Mark's Wedding this past weekend. I had a ton of fun taking pictures. Here is a few of my favorites! This is my ploy to get people to look at my blog! So Smith Family if you want to see the wedding pictures you must look at my blog! Ha!

Happy Birthday Hayden!

Well happy half birthday! My baby is 3 1/2 today. We were up in Orr, Mn this week at a Cabin at Melgeorge's resort. We had fabulous weather, great company, and super fishing. Just ask Hayden how big his fish was. Lots of pictures in the new album(i maxed out the June one, oops!) he had a ton of fun. We all did!

Patty's wedding is next on the list, then Cragun's, then Hayden is going to his cabin with Smith and Papa, then 4th of july festivities. Then breathe! Not really Sarah and Casey are coming home for 15 days and i am trying to find time to see them and the baby. What a crazy time.

Okay i am super tired and at a loss of things to tell, but i have so much to tell! Check out the album!

Ahh Summer! My little buddy is sure enjoying our beautiful weather. The hose and "his garden" are two of his favorites! We have had a great week. Starting with Father's Day which was going to "Hayden's Cabin" and fishing. Daddy caught a 19 1/2 bass, he was pretty excited. Mommy got a terrible back ache from the boat! We had fun with lots of fish biting at our hooks. Monday Hayden went with Papa Smith for their weekly time together. Hayden loves playing at Papa B's house. He has a "big hill" (handicap ramp) that Hayden runs up and down on. I made lasagna in my new Pampered Chef stoneware(buy one, they are awesome, perfectly set lasagna ever time, i promise!). Tuesday we were lucky enough to go on a picnic with Papa Moe and Brandon. Luckily we were at the park by our house, since we needed to go back 3 times. Wednesday i cleaned and cleaned, i just want to get rid of stuff! I also got new dishes since i am sick of mine and wanted something new. I found these dishes at the amazon! I only paid $27.99 for them, they went up to $79.99 the next day. Today we went on errands day. Up to Duluth we went which in its self is an adventure these days. Bridges being fixed, detours, machinery falling over. But its still weird that i am not working, i miss it already. The week ahead brings camping on Elephant Lake and Patty and Mark's wedding. Jason is so excited! lol. Hayden looks very handsome in his outfit for the wedding and lucky Jase gets to wear a tux! Don't forget to check out the new pictures too! I am just going to have 1 album for each month and will add almost daily. My poor computer can't hold my pictures so i am uploading them all to my online albums instead of only a few. I use to just upload my favorites in case something happened to my computer i'd have the best ones. Have a great weekend! Enjoy the summer!

Okay this is quickly becoming a photo blog! Which i really am okay with. Here is my new favorite picture of my Hayden.

We had lots of fun on my first official day off for the summer. Emily, Hayden and I went to Park Point for their huge rummage sales. I bought a glass pitcher, a milk bottle with a plastic Bridgeman's cap( did you know i collect milk bottles? Look next time in my house they are in the kitchen lining my shelves.) and a book. I also had a very good boy! He was a super shopper not asking for one thing! I loved it, so i bought him a slushy without him knowing where i was going. He kept saying "Oh thank you Mommy, thank you so much for my slushy" cutie! I also fell in a hole breaking Emily's antique cake stand that she bought(that is the shorten version) The long version is, I was walking with a pop in one hand the 5 pound cake stand in the other, Emily was pushing Hayden, i apparently went into la la land and the next thing i know i heard the glass shattering. I then realized i had my camera on the other hip turned to save the camera, skinned my knee, lost both shoes and still had the now just pedestal of the cake stand in my hand. I don't know how i fell or how i didn't get cut from all that glass, but i am fine. Felt HORRIBLE about the cake stand but i bought her cheese curds to make up for it. Camera is fine too! I didn't spill a drop of my drink either!

After rummage saleing we hit up two Salvation Army stores. At one they had a bunch of kids games for $0.49. I got Hungry, Hungry Hippo and Don't Break the Ice. All the pieces were in both too. They both are a huge hit for the Hay!

We had Brennah's birthday party today too. She turned 7! I can't believe it. I bought her gift from the Pumpkin Patch i need an excuse to shop there since Hayden is well set for clothes.

Happy Father's Day to all the fathers out there too! I think the father in our household has requested Golf if the weather holds up.

Happy Summer too!