MR. BIG GREEN

MR.BIG GREEN



The boys were playing outside a few weeks ago & Bren found this HUGE caterpillar. I have never seen anything like it. Bren was THRILLED and Nash was screaming bloody murder. Once Nash calmed down, we played with this little guy for an hour. Bren wanted to name him "MR. BIG GREEN".





Bren studied MR. BIG GREEN and told me how he'd make him a home & keep him in his room. He promised to feed him. Ummm NO. No worm-like creatures in my house, thanks!

Mr. Curls (aka Nash) warmed up slightly to MR.BIG GREEN "Me no touch dat biggie green thingy, me look at dat biggie green thingy." I had to agree with him. Me no touch that big green thingy either!

Mr. BIG GREEN was pretty cool though. He had a head that he would tuck in like a turtle when he got scared. He didn't like loud noises, and he didn't want you getting to close to him. When he popped his little head back out, he could turn it...just like we do....so weird. Anyone of my 4 followers know what MR. BIG GREEN is? We decided to set MR. BIG GREEN free...Bren put him back where we found him. And I slept well, knowing there wasn't a big green thingy in my house.

Family Weekend At The Lundberg's Cabin

We had such a fun weekend at my Aunt Maureen and Uncle Larry's Cabin last weekend. My cousin Kristi and her husband Kyle and their adorable little boy Brady were all in town from Montana. It was so much fun hanging out with them! They have the cutest little cabin with a wonderful sauna and the clearest spring fed lake water you have ever seen! I have so many fond memories at the cabin from when I was a kid...it was fun seeing my kids having so much fun & creating lots of fond memories with their second cousins. The weekend was a bit bittersweet though. My Uncle Larry was just diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer last Monday. He starts chemo this week....we are praying that it will buy him more quality time. My Grandma was also diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer in March. We are definitly thankful for wonderful weekends like this to enjoy time with them The picture above this one is my favorite "jump" picture! I cannot tell you how many times Bren & Parker jumped off the dock but it had to have been hundreds! We all went swimming..the water was sooo warm & it's so nice & clear. The sauna was HOT...but perfect for taking a 'cabin bath'. Brady & Nash had fun swimming too....I bet next year they too will be jumping off the dock.

This picture is my favorite fishing pic of the weekend. The boys had a blast fishing off the dock. The water is so clear that you can see all the little sunfish swimming around. You can pretty much pick out which fish you want to catch & throw the line in & get it. Nash was especially excited about all the fish he caught. If you asked him how many he caught...it was his typical numerical response "four-nine-seven"!

This one is of Bren taking a time out on the "naughty step". Little did he know that cabins have naughty steps too!

Kristi, my brothers & I used to have endless sap boat races when we were kids. You just take a little stick and pop a sap sack off a pine tree and then put it in the water. It was fun to create these little sap boats and Nash & Bren thought they were pretty cool too. The colors were amazing...if I had a clue how to use my fancy camera I probably could have gotten some pretty neat pictures!

The whole family (minus Derrick & Michell & Sam in Montana) came up on Sunday. We had a delicious fish fry. My Uncle Larry & cousin David are crazy fisherman & always catch a ton of delicious fish. It was fun having everyone there. I also have to mention that on Saturday we were lucky to have Kyle's freakin' awesome ribs...he cooks ribs like no other. Hands down the best I have ever had!!!! Did I mention all the delicious food we ate? Nothin beats cabin food!!

The weekend ended beautifully with me WINNING the CHAMPIONSHIP game of Querkle (not sure how to spell it). My Aunt Maureen & Kristi are pretty fierce competitors so it was awesome to go home with the win! I am making a special trip to Target today to buy the game. It's so fun!

We had such a wonderful time at the Lundbergs cabin & are thankful to have been able to spend it with our family! Please keep my Uncle Larry & my Grandma Mabel in your prayers.

Take Me Out To The Ball Game......

2010

Coon Rapids National

Little League

A-Ball Champions!!!!

What a game tonight! It was the championship game...Pirates (us) vs the Mets. 6 innings and the game was tied 6-6 so the game went into overtime & we were up to bat first. And OH MY GOSH..........I was THAT Mom...the crazy one who is yelling and screaming and cheering and jumping up and down and spitting (sunflower seeds). The Mom that you want to whack in the back of the head . I was embarassed of myself...but I couldn't help it! It was soooo stinkin' exciting! We brought it home baby!!! Top of the 7th and we had scored I think 3 runs so far & had 2 outs....Bren was up to bat...2 strikes and 2 outs...Momma's going crazy at this point (a quick 'dear God just let the boy get a hit') and BAM...Bren whacks it!!!! 3 more runs were scored by the Pirates before the inning was over - 1 of them by Bren :)....way to go buddy!! So now it's the top of the 7th...the score is 12-6. The Mets are up & have some heavy hitters on the team....but we held em' baby!!! How exciting was that???? It was awesome! The Pirates worked soooo hard all year and deserved to take the Championship. I am so proud of them...and so very proud of my Bren who literally stepped up to the plate when the pressure was ON & he did great!! Nash has been such a good boy for tagging along to these games all season & cheering for his bro! And also...A BIG HUGE THANK YOU TO Mrs. ERIN MATSON for working for me on saturday so I could go to the semi-final game and for working for me tonight so I could be at this game....Thanks Girl!

Turtley Awesome Day

Nash & I had our 2nd annual date at the U of M Amplatz Children's Hospital Turtle Derby today. We had so much fun just the 2 of us being outside in this great weather watching the turtles race. (Nash has been turtle obsessed since he was about 18months). I hope we keep up our annual tradition...it's so nice to support such a wonderful fundraiser. Bren was bummed that he missed the derby (he is in a 3 week program for school~the Summer Academy for High Potential Students...he was chosen for the program because he excells in reading & math...yep...he's a smartie :) Hopefully Bren will be able to join us next summer.

SUMMER HEAT=SUMMER FUN!

I'm not a huge fan of this HOT weather (unless of course I am somewhere tropical and in the ocean). But...the boys and I had fun today trying to keep cool (except for the hour we spent at baseball practice-sweating just watching.....bleh). We had lunch outside-what is better than smearing peanut butter all over your face on a hot day? We watched the garbage trucks go by...of course Nash gave his trademark "thumbs up" and screamed "nice job garbage guy" to them! And the boys played in the tiny pool. Here are some pics from the day :) Hope you are staying cool (I'm talkin' to YOU Beth and YOU Stacey-my 2 'followers')!!

Horsin' Around in Long Prairie

We spent the weekend horsin' around in Long Prairie (Josh's hometown). The kids were soooo excited to get to 'Bump' Bob & Grandma Karen's house for some fun. They live on 40 acres so it is a mo-mo riding paradise! I fell in LOVE with Canyon (Josh's horse) this trip....don't know why I didn't fall in love with her 11 yrs ago...but she was just so sweet this weekend! The kids rode and rode and rode and rode....mo-mo ridin' & 4 wheeler ridin'~ I really think Bren could ride for DAYS on end! Nash played in the sandbox...found a toad, fed the horses, chased the barn-cats & had fun just hanging out with his Grandma & Grandpa. They babysat for us Saturday night & we had a night out on the big town at the reunion (also Josh's 33rd birthday). I won't say anything about the reunion. Or the birthday celebration. Except that I got a pretty sweet stick-on tattoo of a rose at the bar :) Anyway...it was a good 'fun~family~friends & food' weekend.

Sweet Boys

Had the boys 8yr & 3yr check-ups today. Bren had to get some labs drawn (just a finger poke) and he freaked himself out a bit. Cutest thing ever was Nash rubbing Bren's arm and back and saying "okay Bren, OKAY. No hurt Bren, Bren big boy. Me love you Bren. Okay Bren." (Nash had a finger poke at his last appt and was not scared at all...he actually thought it was pretty cool...so he kept trying to convince Bren that he would be OKAY)! That boy has a heart of GOLD! He is just the sweetest!


We played some T-ball and baseball tonight, planted some flowers, played with some worms and hung out with our wonderful neighboors. And of course, played with my new Nikon :)