2016 :: 29/52

Tuesday morning there were 2 showings at our place, 1030 and noon, so after breakfast we over to see matt and Jodi's new house then went grocery shopping. got home, put away groceries & laundry then had to leave again for the noon showing so went and got lunch. I also got my windshield in the Edge repaired that morning. Matt & Jodi's townhouse was rented out after 3 showings in 24 hours and ours has been over a month now... really getting sick of these showings...

Al was off Thurs-Sat this week. it was still really hot and humid so we didn't do a whole lot outside of the house. Thursday morning we were supposed to have our final walk thru but our realtor didn't show up. and when I finally got a hold of her, the sellers had come back to keep moving. it actually turned out for the better because the sellers wanted us to do the walk thru 3 days prior to closing so that they could get everything done and cleaned. just wish our realtor would have communicated that with us prior to us sitting there for 45 minutes. we prefer to have everything done when we walk thru too! Thursday night we went out to cancun for supper with the neighb's and then after the kids were in bed we went over to their house for our last after kids are asleep time with them next door... :( we watched big brother and had some drinks.

Friday night we went over to the neighb's new house to help out; Al painted, I unpacked some stuff, and T played with the kids. Saturday morning T and I left for mom's house. I went and had a girls day with manda, meg, Shannon and heather; we were supposed to do our annual canoe trip but with the river so high and it raining on and off all day, we just bummed around downtown Stillwater.

sunday, we played at mom's house and then softball was at 4. we won right at the end! right after the game was done, Trevor and I drove down to savage for Luke's second birthday party. they had it at the park and it was good to see Luke, Shane, Jodi, and their families; we haven't seen them in a long time! Trevor and Luke started out fighting over the sand toys but after a little bit they loved each other! they were chasing each other and wrestling/tackling each other and laughing! when we were leaving Luke was saying "better" (Trevor) and Trevor was yelling "Uke" (Luke). it was so cute! and exactly what we were expecting/waiting for for their bff relationship! we can't wait to get them together again!

Monday morning Trevor and I drove home to ec, saw Al, unpacked and then when Al left for work, we went to the neighb's new house for a little bit.

his first just-for-him blizzard

 I asked him what kind of ice cream he wanted "um, chocolate" then I asked him what he wanted in his ice cream "spoon" :)

 on our almost walk thru day

 tired boy. the first time he's slept on Al since he was just a couple months old

 playing bubbles, with Luke, Brooke and Jodi's sister Mindy

2016 :: 28/52

This week we were kinda boring; Al was in the middle of his 12 day work stretch, Jodi had volleyball all day long so her kids were gone, and the weather was either really humid or chilly. I did get T's little pool out one day, we did some crafts, cleaned, ran some errands.

Wednesday night I went out with Jodi, Kassie, and Jodi's mom to cancun for a girls night; it was lots of fun. we had dinner and drinks and stayed for about 3 hours. I left Trevor with Matt and Jake and their kids. at about 8 Matt text Jodi and said they had forgotten Cam's super hero soccer that night at 5 and Cam was devastated. So we ran to the dollar store and got some super hero goodies for him, then we all dressed up in Cam's super hero masks/costumes and went outside to play soccer! it was boys versus girls with Jodi's mom as the ref. :) the boys won. it was so much fun and made Cam so happy. Also, Matt fell in the pool during a kick which had us all crying laughing. Al got home from work just before we got back so he was in on it too.

Thursday morning T and I ran to get some cash and drive by some garage sales. then we picked up Al and went to the Northern Wisconsin State Fair. we walked through all the animals, had some cheese curds and ice cream, and walked around the whole thing. it was nice out, not so hot and humid. then after nap Al had to work 6p-6a so T and I headed up to mom's house.

Friday morning, Trevor and I went over to Angi and Ruby's house for a play date. It was fun; Trevor and Ruby played playdoh, used scooters & bikes outside, played, and had lunch. Then T and I headed back to mom's house for nap. that night we hung out with mom before she left for the cabin for the weekend.

Saturday morning we went shopping; after nap we went over to Manda, Johnny, Eva and Elouise's house to play, have supper and for Johnny to put the hitch on our edge. it was lots of fun; the kiddos swam, supper was delicious, we went for a walk.

Sunday morning we went with Manda, Johnny, E & E to watch my favorite softball tournament, firemen's in Bloomington and get our big mugs for the year. Manda and I would go watch every year and get a mug, but we've missed the last couple years. T had fun and we didn't stay too long before heading home for lunch and nap. I had to wake Trevor up early from nap to get to softball in time since mom didn't make it back from the cabin in time. So my dad watched T at ball until mom got there. we lost, I didn't hit worth crap, but I did turn 2 double plays at 2nd!

then Monday we watched E & E since their daycare's daughter was sick. We went to the Minnesota zoo where it was REALLY hot and humid. luckily there's a splash pad there and indoor activites, so after doing the short outdoor loop to see animals, we hit the splash pad and then shortly after went inside. Mona and her little guy who just turned 2 Ollie met us there. we had a picnic lunch at the zoo then on the way home both E's fell asleep while Trevor talked the whole way. Then El went down for nap right away and slept til 4, while Eva was on the couch, and Trevor was in the pack n play but didn't sleep at all.... we went to mom's for supper once manda was home and then headed back to EC.

 super hero soccer

 watering my grama's flowers

 E & E's "big po-wl"

 fat lip

 firemen's softball tourney

 Ollie

2016 :: 27/52

Trevor is in a "terrible twos" phase right now which doesn't bode well for me for the next 2 weeks when Al doesn't have a single day off and works some 12 hour shifts/overnight shifts... He's been crying over everything, saying "no" to everything even if he does indeed want it, not listening, hitting, etc. but he's been sleeping a ton (possibly growing too?) we all have since coming back from vacation, Trevor said his name on his own for the first time this week and now says "trevor Oleson" hopefully the video of that works below,

Tuesday afternoon, Grandpa Peter came over and he stayed until the next morning when he headed out to Idaho to visit a buddy for 6 or 7 weeks. He had Trevor help make one of his pot holders, we had pizza over at the neighb's, and then hung out a bit once Al got home from work.

it was awful humid all this week until Friday, so we stayed indoors unless T was out in the sprinkler or slip n slide with the kiddos. We ran to Menards to get some of the stuff on our list for the new house, I went garage saling Thursday and Friday mornings but didn't find too much. Thursday night we had dinner at cancun with the neighb's and jake, Kassie & Kade. Friday we grilled out with the neighb's and were actually able to eat outside since it was cooler and less humid.

it was our last week living next door to the daycare kids (Jodi has volleyball next week so no extra kids) and then next week is our last week with the neighb's right next door. :( so crazy that it's come so fast and that we still have a month before our actual move...

Saturday morning T and I went up to mom's house and then hopped in her car and drove up to Silver Bay for Bay Days. we hit some construction and traffic so it took us a while to get there, but we stopped to play at a rest stop and had lunch just outside of Two Harbers. We stayed with Marion and Ray Burge (my uncle's parents) in Silver Bay and once we got there, Trevor was really tired so he took an hour nap. After nap we walked around tiny Bay Days, played with the rocks at Lake Superior, and went to see GG. then we went back to Marion and Ray's house for a little supper, play time then bed.

Sunday was chilly and a little rainy on the north shore. after a delicious breakfast with Marion and Ray, we packed up, drove around a bit, and went down by the lake again. then we went to GG's place, T and GG had a little lunch, then we took GG down to the parade since she was in the parade as Queen! it was a great little parade and we sat at the very beginning of the parade. Trevor was the only kid around us so he got a TON of candy! he liked the whole parade except the loud fire engine horn. We brought GG back to her place, and hit the road so we could make it back in time for softball. we avoided the traffic/backups and made great time. I played softball at 7 (we won, the other team didn't have enough players, so we mostly just scrimmaged). Monday morning we drove back to ec to see Al before he went to work.

rest area playground

 the view of lake superior from Marion and Ray's house

 sitting on Ray's 'chines

GG's ride for the parade

 playing with Marion