Summer's Here!

Over Memorial Day, we went to Colorado and visited my sister and her family and ran the Bolder Boulder 10K. It was a blast! We had such a great time with them--my sister is so awesome and I love getting together with her in person. We had a fun time at the race. It was really insane--there were over 50,000 participants! Here are some collages from our Colorado trip:


We also did a local 5K (Spud Run) a couple weeks ago and Nash did his first race--it was a 1/4 mile kids' fun run. I'm not sure if he had fun. He was really excited for it, but I think it was a little out of his comfort zone when it actually was going on.

Also, on June 12, Nash turned 3! He had a ton of fun on his birthday and keeps asking for another one. He is a blast and can do so much.


And here's some cute pics of Nash and Ava. I need to get a new picture of Nash up, because we buzzed his hair! Although I am mostly at fault for the new hair style, I am a little sad about it--because he really did look so cute with his blonde mop. I still think he's cute and handsome; that will never change.


A few other updates are that Nash is potty training! It seemed like it would be so easy at first, but now I'm not so sure. He is doing a great job, but it isn't an over night process for us, unfortunately. Ava is using some words that we can actually kindof understand ("molp" for milk, "bye", and of course "mama" and "dada"). She babbles a ton, but we still can't understand Ava-speak. She can do 5 or 6 baby signs really well, too. Our kids are loving the outdoors. We are so lucky and got a swingset in our backyard for free! Someone was giving away their old one. It is complete with slide, 2 swings, a teeter/totter swing, a climbing wall, rope ladder, and regular ladder. Nash also got a sandbox for his birthday and we put in a 8 ft. x 20 ft. garden, so our backyard really feels like our backyard now and we love to be out there. Ava thinks she can do everything that Nash can, so we frequently find her climbing all the way up the ladder to go down the slide--she is amazing. She is definitely our fearless child.

And one last update is that I am now a vendor at a store that is opening in Anoka this weekend. It is called "Handmade on Main" and is going to sell hand-crafted things. I am selling nursing covers, birthday reminder calendars, decorative candlesticks, soft baby blocks, greeting cards, and probably even more items in the near future. Jon made me awesome tags for my products. I am super excited about this opportunity and hope it goes well. I am going to start a website as well for selling my products. This is a fun side-project to have and I'm enjoying it. I will also be working at the store 4 hours a week, which will be a fun little break.

After this long post it feels funny saying "that's all", but I'm going to do it anyway. That's all!