kids in the hammock

We've had a lot of fun in the hammock this summer. Here are a few pictures of the kids in the hammock - plus one picture with Dave.

Maya's Backyard Campout

I probably should've posted this closer to the actual time it happened...but better late than never, right?!

Maya had a backyard campout with Chelsea the first weekend of August. They both had a ton of fun. Dave made a campfire for them and everyone enjoyed s'mores! Maya and Chelsea didn't want to sleep outside alone, so Dave slept in the hammock in the backyard. Dave loves his hammock...and for a good reason. It's incredibly comfy for sleeping!!!

In the morning, Michael and I went outside just as the girls were waking up. We all played around in the tent and the hammock. We'll be spending more time camping in the backyard next summer I think.

MN State Fair (cont)

Well, our beer didn't win this year, but we got our score sheets in the mail yesterday. We found out that we took 2nd in our flight...so that was encouraging. We had good comments from the judges and some other ideas for improvement. Next year we are going to submit more beer and probably some other things too. I had no idea that you could submit baked goods like that. My wheels are spinning already for things to enter.

Here are a few more pictures from the State Fair. Maya had a blast jumping on the tramp...she did flip after flip after flip after flip. Michael mostly just kicked back and relaxed in his stroller. He got sick of the stroller for a while while we were looking at all the animals so Dave carried him around for a bit. Dave took a bunch of other pictures from the State Fair. They are all posted on his flickr site...link to the left. Keep checking both of our flickr sites for more pictures than this blog can hold.

For those of you that don't know me well, I do not like large crowds...but they didn't really bug me too much this year. We got our bucket of cookies and all you can drink milk...we were were all pretty happy about that:) All in all I'd say it was a pretty good year at the MN State Fair.