Our First camping trip as a family of 3!

Thurday night, we went on our first camping trip as a family....it turned out to be a last minute thing-but fun nonetheless! We were worried how Adeline would do and sleep, but she actually just woke up once during the night a little scared to be in a new place. I think most of all she loved running around and seeing all the birds and squirrels. We had gotten a new spacious tent and a Coleman stove/grill, so we were dying to "play" with our new toys! We attempted to fish, but there must not be any fish bigger than 4 inches long! Thats the size of the little trout Jake caught, and it probably was the biggest one in the river! Adeline did not have a good experience with that fish, it freaked her out! Jake also caught a little frog for Addie, but she wasn't impressed! We did see a couple of woodpeckers, they were cool and colorful! Today we are going downtown for most of the day, there are a lot of things going on from a parade to food to a petting zoo! Of course lets not forget the fire works!
The Erhards (Kyler, Holly, and Brynlee) came to hang out with us at our campsite, it was fun watching the two girls run around!

Oh my gosh--Adeline LOVES corn on the cob! We tried to take this away from her.......BIG mistake! Talk about territorial! You would think she was a dog who was trying to hold on to her bone!

Here we are at University Splash Park! These things are life savers with these hot summers!

Happy 4th of July Everyone!

4th of July is just around the corner, this year Adeline will be able to enjoy the bright colors being displayed in the dark sky! however, I don't know if she will be fond of the loud noises though! This coming Monday, girls camp starts and goes through Saturday. I would love to be able to go for the whole week, but I would have no one to watch Adeline. So her and I will drive the 2 hours on Friday and stay one night. I can't wait to dress her in her tye dye onesie, she will match all the girls! This will be her first camping experience too, so I expect to have a sleepless night! I supppose one sleepless night wont' hurt and who knows--she may sleep great! We will miss daddy though!

Crazy weekend!

This morning I dropped Jake off at the Amtrack station, he is headed to Colstrip. We bought a new (used, but new to us!) car and he is going to pick it up. A quick trip, but he will at least get to see his mom, sister, and Niece Jacey. In the mean time, we had a girls night at our apartment! Since Jake was going to be gone, I invited my young women to over for a slumber party! How fun! Adeline was so mad when I put her to bed because she wanted to stay up with the girls! We had a blast playing "boxers or briefs". We have come to the conclusion that Ashley drives her multiple spouses to drink, but she is as good as it gets! We also discovered that ALexa lets it all hang out while wanting others to pull her finger! Oh, and we can't forget little Andrea--she's quite the ham and she has awesome legs! As for me, we'll let that one slip! It's my blog and I can do whatever I want!

3 years!

Yesterday was our anniversary, 3 whole years!! Because we have known eachother for so long, it seems like we have been married for 10! 10 wonderful years!!! We dropped little chubbers off at her babysitters and went to dinner. We went to a local restaurant called Whiteys, and ate outside on the balcony over looking the river....ahhhh how romantic! Afterwards we went to some car dealerships and looked at cars, and even test drove one! I think that was Jake's favorite part of the day! He's such a guy! On Friday, we are going to go see the movie "Get Smart"--I think it really looks funny!

I suppose it's safe to say that summer is here! Thank goodness it hasn't hit the 90's yet! Perfect right now at the high 70's with the usual North Dakota breeze! Life is beautiful when you look around and see how much you really have, beautiful is all around. I love taking my morning jog along the river, sometimes I really feel like it's just me and mother earth! It's just so beautiful and serene. Then I get to go home to a wonderful husband and beautiful daughter! What more could I ask for? Nothing.

Yesterday Adeline and I (Jake was at work) went to the splash park at University Park. It was such a beautiful day, with a little breeze. This was our second time at the splash park, the first time it was so cold out! Adeline liked it much better this time, however-she didn't go out of her way to the water! I had to swing her around into the spraying water, for the most part she was ok with it! I would have to say her favorite part was when she saw a hairy little caterpillar! She was so fascinated by it and tried to pick it up. I'm sure she would have tried putting it in her mouth too! We wish Papas could have been there with us!
We are all excited for when Jake graduates in August and then we will take a couple of weeks off to spend with our family--the Clarks and the Kidds! It's been too long!