Cottage, Beach & Backyard Play

Another weekend of fun in the sun. We spent the weekend at the cottage. We came into town for party at the Brower's on Saturday. It was a beautiful evening to be outside. We went to a beach party on Sunday. It was great weather for the beach. Here are some fun picture of our weekend.

Looking forward to a great 4th of July weekend, with family at the cottage.

Love,

Rick, Mandi, Jakob & Ethan

Cleaning up Flood 09 & Happy Father's Day!

Happy Father's Day Daddy! Love you lots! The Boys & Mommy
Wow - What A Storm we had. We were very very thankful that our house stayed dry and the boys stayed sleeping. (both Thurs & Fri night at least during the storm). Here are some pics on Sat morning. Rick had to work Sat. I loaded up the boys in the car and we were headed for a day at the cottage. The sun was out and there was water everywhere. With a small detour we made it to Chicago Drive. On the way out, I thought would stop at my mom's and my grandma's just to make sure the basements were dry. They had spent the night at the cottage. This is ETNA Plumbing on Chicago Drive.Here is the Fish and Game Club. No way to even get in.Much to my surpise and walked into the basement at Grandma's and sploush. Not good. Called them up and said bring breakfast, we are not coming out. They came in from the cottage and we had a family reunion sucking water out of the basement. Luckily grandma has been cleaning her basement and everything was able to be saved. The paneling and floor were history, but it could have been much worse. We laid out everything in the yard to dry. Her street looked like a yard sale at every house.

Aunt Crys came to work, well she definately got the best job - someone had to hold Ethan.

We weren't too sure about everything that came out of the basement. We had to have a little fun with it.

All in all, it was another weekend. Headed to the cottage this weekend - hopefully. Then a beach party on Sunday - hope the lake keeps warming up.

Hope you all stayed dry or are recovering OK.

All our love.

Rick, Mandi, Jakob & Ethan

Check Out Our New Jeep!

Daddy came home from work with a fun surprise for Ethan & I. I am learning how to drive so I can take my brother for a ride.

I should be driving circles around the house soon. However Mom doesn't trust me to take Ethan for a ride. I don't know why!! :-)

Hopefully the next pictures are NOT of my crash.

Love You All,

Jakob

Loving Summer!

I was so lucky to be home with the boys this afternoon. Nana came over and spent the afternoon with us as well. We set up Jakob's pool on the deck. Of course we had to add a little extra fun and put the slide into the pool. The house was a bit warm after the hot afternoon. So the boys hung out in just there diapers for hours. Friday night Rick and I had a night out. We went to his boss' house for a concert in the lawn. An entertainer that they had met from TN came up and was headed to the Asparagas Festival and stop by for a private concert on the way.

His name was Dewayne Shaw. He was really good.

Ethan was at the doctor on Thursday last week. He has a bad cold. He is 5 months old today. He weighed in at 13 lbs and 7 oz.

It is so nice that the weather is finally warm. Love it.

Have a great week.

HUGS,

Rick, Mandi, Jakbo & Ethan

Summer Fun!

And we thought we were busy before. Summer brings a new sense of busy. Going to the cottage, playing outside, blowing bubbles, swimming in the pool, riding bikes, softball games; we long for the summer days to get outside. Now it is even busier than before and harder to get Jakob to bed or even in the house. But we are having a blast. Have fun checking out these photos.Jakob loves to cook. He helps me with dinner every night. He helped grandma make Uncle Chris' birthday cake.... Then he needed a nap. The cake was hard work. We saw cousin Zach once already and can't wait to play at the cottage some more.Jakob is learning how to ride a bike. BTW that is not blue frosting it is Sidewalk Chalk - YUM YUM!Playing at the neighbors.

Ethan is definately growing. He is starting to sit in the jumper. Ethan was at the doctor a few weeks ago. He weighed 12 lbs 7 oz. He had a slight ear infection, but otherwise both boys have been pretty healthy over the past weeks.

We hope that you are all having a wonderful summer. Stay Tuned for more summer fun pictures.

All our love,

Rick, Mandi, Jakob & Ethan

Ethan's Special Day - Baptism May 31, 2009

Here are the fun photos of Ethan's special day.

I made the cake for Ethan's baptism. I must say it turned out pretty well. I think I will go have a a piece that was left. :-)

Afterwards we had a small celebration at our house.

Thank you everyone for all your love and support.

All our love,

Rick, Mandi, Jakob and Ethan