Another great weekend!

This weekend was wonderful. Here's Daniel after his bath...

Then on Saturday, we went to Grandma and Grandpa Quist's for Ross and Bri's wedding shower. They are so great together. Here's Lydia and Daniel NOT sharing the croquet. They also chased each other around over a hat too.

Then back home to finish the deck! Isn't it pretty? Jen stained the frame while Nate helped the neighbor with some wiring. Then, Nate finished screwing the fascia on. We returned all of our extra pieces to the Home Depot and cleaned everything up! We even had our first meal cooked on the deck last night...steaks! Even though it was windy, it was very peaceful up there. Then, after Daniel went to sleep, we took care of the moles in the yard. Poor buggers didn't know what was coming.

Daniel's 15 month check-up

We had Daniel's 15 month check-up this morning and he's doing great. The Dr. said he's right on track. He should 'know' about 5 words-and he sure does. (dada, mama :), nelly, belly, uh-oh, no, nose and mouth consistently) Then he's said shoe, cracker, chicken, boat, bird and 'peek' for peek a boo a couple of times. He's really close to grandpa and grandma-he's getting pa-pa out. It'll happen soon! Here are his stats: 21lbs 15oz - 15%; 31 1/2 inches - 61%; and 19 in head-80%. So, we're a tall skinny guy. He seems so short, but he's really not! But, we still have a big noggin and big feet :)

Happy 4th of July!

Extended weekend recap...Nate and I took the 3rd off to do the railings of our deck. We made great progress-only the two coming down the stairs left. Daniel sure helped a lot when we picked him up from daycare. Then off to Chetek for the 4th. It was beautiful weather all weekend long. We didn't catch very many fish...only one to be exact. But, we had a great time hanging out with everyone. We went tubing in the nice green lake. Daniel loved the fireworks. We watch them on the water, so he had his lifejacket on. He laid his head back and rested on daddy the whole time. And, Daniel tried out his pool. We went for some boatrides too.

Nate's Trip to Canada

Here are some pics of Nate's Canada fishing trip with Jen's Dad, Jen's cousin Don and his dad Bob. 25.5" Walleye

17" smally. We caught about 60 of these one afternoon!!!

another 25" walleye

A 27.5" walleye. My biggest ever.

A northern who's tail was almost chomped off by a bigger fish

A 25 inch-er for Fran

This was a northern that grabbed a perch as Fran was reeling it in. We got them both in the boat.

Good Times in Seattle

My extended weekend in Seattle was wonderful! I arrived Thursday evening, Heather picked me up and went to her place, then out to dinner. On Friday we went to Bainbridge Island on a ferry ride. We found a super cute store and got a lot of fun accessories.

Here's a shot of Mr. Rainier from the ferry.

Then on Saturday, we started the bachelorette celebration with the Freemont Solstice Parade. What nice outfits these bikers have on! (he he he-It's all paint)

Then the real fun starts...Here is us at the beginning of the party...it's a 50s theme.

We've made it to the bar!!

And here's us after the party-not to bad, huh?

Thank you for a great weekend ladies!

Happy Father's Day!

Did we have an eventful weekend! We took off early on Fri afternoon to head to Milwaukee. Daniel decided not to take an afternoon nap-or to a nap at all for that matter. He didn't sleep at all the entire way down! We had some detours to take since some parts of I-94 were under water. We arrived to great hospitality of Jen and Ryan at 10pm on Fri night. We had a delicious breakfast, took some walks (and a Harley Ride) and were off to Miller Park for some tailgating fun. Go Twins! Here are some pics from Sat:

Here's Daniel showing off how he can play washer toss.

Then on Sunday, we went to meet Amy and Anthony and his family for brunch. We saw the place where they are having the receiption...it sure is a very nice place. Can't wait! Then off for ice cream and the journey home. We arrived back home in Blaine at 10pm (after picking up Nelly) phew... What a weekend!

What a weekend!!

Boy, did we have a great weekend. Fran and Donna came up for the day Saturday, along with Tim and Liz to help us work on our deck, and we made a ton of progress. The Decking is completed, and the stairs are 90% done. Now all we have left are all the railings.

Daniel managed to get himself soaking wet by playing with our water pitcher

Then on Sunday, Nate took the day off from working on the deck to go fishing on Mille Lacs Lake with a couple of buddies. They did pretty well .....

... even though they were completely swarmed with flies the whole time