time with daddy.

today we had lots of fun with ryan. he had to work but only for a few hours. we went out for breakfast and went to the beach. for as warm as the day was as late in the summer as it is i couldn't believe how cold the water still was. unless we go to the beach again in the next few days i think this may have been our last beach trip. sounds like we're going to have some pretty cold weather moving in! i'm getting really excited for it! i LOVE fall. have a great night! :)

proof that boys play hard.

today i finally threw preston's shoes in the trash. they lasted throu eagan with hardly any wear and in the matter of months preston has destroyed them. should it really be this hard to let them go?! i guess it is yet another sign that preston isn't really a baby any more. we had a blast at the park this morning. it started to get pretty busy so we came home for snack. well i guess i just wanted to post something before i got to busy. so have a great day everyone!

keeping busy!

we have been keeping very busy the past few days. ryan started school yesterday and says that he really likes it. he has had three out of his five classes and met both of his teachers. his biggest (or most time consuming) class starts tomorrow. lets just hope he likes that one as much as the rest being he will need to take it for the next two years! the boys and i have been checking out parks that we hadn't been to yet this summer and eagan amazed me today as he used his monkey skills to climb. he had a blast going through all the tunnels and going down the big slide. preston enjoyed digging in the sand. i of course forgot my camera but i'm sure we'll go back soon.

flying kites.

today we had a wonderful breeze so we brought out the kite. we had lots of fun flying it and eagan had even more fun trying to get it down from the trees.

ice cubes

i was in the living room when i heard preston laughing really hard so i went to the kitchen to see what was going on...this is what i saw.

turtle races.

today we went to the nisswa turtle races! there were almost 400 racers, although it didn't seem that busy. both the boys raced turtles, neither won. they raced three different times and the last time i had ryan help both the boys so i could get a few pictures. in that race the turtles just wanted to play together instead of race! the first race i helped preston and i thought for sure we had a winner. that little guy was go-go-going in his bucket but as soon as i set him on the start line he just sat there! we were splashing him and everything, then when the whistle blew that there was a winner he started to go. he must have missed the first whistle! lol. anyway it was alot of fun.

camping!

we went camping last night at terre's house. it was a blast. the boys did great and we can't wait to go again. :)