Cute Boy Jax

Tennis

Jude has been taking tennis lessons this summer. He would rather wack the ball than do the necessary hand eye coodination drills. WHat can you do?

Water Balloon Fight

What better way to cool off on a hot summer day than to have a water balloon fight?

Soccer pratice

Jude had his first soccer pratice. He was loving every minute of it and was sad when it was time to go home. Lot's of running kicking, kids and treats. What could be better...when you are 4. His first game is in a week. I am sure his team will be victorious as they are ALL very focused on the ball and chasing it up and down the field (at the same time)

Soccer

The Soccer pics got all out of ouder. There are more below.

Ouch

Jude was goofing around in a booth at a restruant on Sunday and his face made contact with the table. You can not really tell but his tooth/teeth just about went through his lower lip. His lips swelled up like you would not believe. Who need collegen?

Softball

Jude and Jax were intently watching their cousin Ellie play softball for a Duluth All Stars team. She was chosen to play and we are so proud of her.

Soccer

Jude begins soccer this week. We had to go and get the necessary gear. He is pertty fired up to have soccer shoes and his very own ball (with flames)the shin guards are also pretty cool. Jax had a good time playing soccer with Jude in the yard last night. Sometimes Jax gets going a bit too fast and rolls over the ball. Oh well, grass stains never hurt anyone.

Soccer

Sand Point

Here are a few pictures from Sand Point that I was able to take with my phone. I broke yet another camera. I think that is number 3 for me. Oops! Who knew a couple of grains of sand from the beach would ruin a camera. Aggghhh!! Burke has now bought me a water proof James Bond indestructable camera. We will see about that.
Anyway, we were up at Sand Point and had a great time. Jude and Jax went nuts feeding Chippy the pet chipmunk. My mother the pyro inrtoduced Jude to the world of fireworks and sparklers. He loves them! We roasted marshmellows and made smores. Ate great food and swam and enjoyed time away from the normal daily routine. Bouns, my mom does all of the cooking, Hurray!!!!

Crabby Pants

Jax is getting more and more independant. He is learning new words by the minute. Mama is still his favorite word (yeah!) but he also says boat, poop, wow, no, no, no, papa, dada, no, boo, knee, eye, no, nope, and nope. There are more I am forgetting but mainly, no, nope and mama are the most frequently used. He does not like sitting hin his booster chair for dinner or his car seat as you can clearly see. Our baby is growing up.

Run Jude Run

Here is Jude with his ribbon from the whipper snapper races. The race is a part of the Grandmas Marathon Wednesday Night at the Races for kids. It is cute! I think we will have Jax run in the next one this week. I will run with him....he wanted a ribbon too!

Holy Pancakes

We had no idea just how big the pancakes were going to be when Jude said he wanted lots of pancakes because he was really hungry. He did not even finish one, but he enjoyed trying.

At the Lake

Jude and Jax at the lake. Can never get enough of those summer lake pictures.

4th of July Celebration

Another 4th of July celebration success! We had a great time with friends and family coming down to the house for a BBQ and watching the fireworks. Jude and Jax did not stop running for a second. They were thrilled to have so many kids at the house to play with. Both boys were troopers and stayed up way late...I am sure we will pay for that today. There were about 40 people in all and the weather held out to provide a perfect day for a party.

Puppy

No we did not get a puppy. Our friend Catina got a new puppy and she is so cute. The boys loved her. ANd as you can see there is only one thing that Jude will stop for when palying with a puppy.

Fun at Sand Lake