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Monday, July 11, 2016

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












Tuesday, July 5, 2016

2016 :: 26/52 :: 4th of July



this week was spent trying to get back into routine and trying to get a little boy to remember all the rules and good behavior. Al worked Tuesday and then started his next week on Friday; yay for lots of days off! We played with the neighb's and kiddos lots and packed some.

Wednesday we had the neighb's over for supper and then got to ride in Grama Sue and Grandpa Roger's (matt's parents) new RV they bought. it was fun and we stopped for ice cream on the way home.

Thursday I got to go garage saling in the morning (not many tho since it was 4th of July weekend) and Al and T played outside the whole time. that night we went to cancun for supper with the neighb's. After supper Jodi and I ran to menards and worked making some signs/projects for our new houses.

Friday Al worked so T and I spent time outside and getting ready for the weekend.

Saturday morning mom came down for the whole weekend. after nap we went over to jake, Kassie and kade's house with Jodi, matt, cam, chloe and Jodi & jake's parents, Deb and Dan. we played cribbage, T played in the water, we ate yummy food (grilled salmon), drank matt's lemonade, looked for the lost dog, had a bonfire with s'mores, and Al stopped by for a bit after work. it was fun but a late night for Trevor.

Sunday T and I took mom to shopko, and mom grilled burgers for supper. once Al and the neighb's were home and the kids were in bed, we had drinks on the patio but it was super buggy!

Monday morning T, mom and I headed to Sara Jane and Gordon's cabin again for the 3rd year in a row! it was lots of fun but busy and windy/chilly. there were lots of people there and Trevor got to play in the lake. we left right after supper because T was super tired after not having a nap. he slept almost the whole 2 hours home. once home we played outside a bit. then T had a bath, Al came home and we watched the neighbor's fireworks out the window. I didn't know if T would stay awake for the big fireworks at 10 but he loved the neighborhood fireworks so we went. we found an out of the way parking lot to park in and stayed in the car. the fireworks were right in front of us but T was so tired he didn't want to stay still to watch them, so we left after about 15 minutes of the show. it was good to see the fireworks but also good to leave early so that we didn't have traffic and T fell asleep very quickly once in bed.

Tuesday morning, mom, T and I went for a very muggy walk then went to Woodman's for some groceries. mom headed home right before lunch; I put T down early for nap and he fell asleep with half an hour.

some pictures from the lake from Al's phone


pictures from the wedding this past Saturday
Pat and Kristi's wedding


playing with Billy (Pat & Kristi's little guy)



ninja turtle gifts from Auntie Althea :)





watching morning cartoons (he loves his new chair)
I made my vision come to life; sign for our new house :)



 roasting his own marshmallow



 first sparkler

 baby megyn




 playing farkle with his great great aunts and third cousin (?) Beth


 hammock with cooper