Summer Fun

We have been enjoying our summer so much. Our days have been filled with swimming, boating, playing outside, enjoying our garden and CSA, travelling near and a little far, hosting visitors and lots more. I'm really enjoying the increased flexibility or freedom that comes with slightly older children. Unfortunately for you readers, I'm finding that slightly older children spend less time sleeping and really want to play with you when they are up, so the blog has been suffering. I'll keep trying my best to carve our blogging time.

I have a bunch of pictures included in this blog. The first half is from Father's Day weekend when Maggie came in town to visit, and the last ones are from our trip to Minneapolis. We decided to go to Minneapolis to visit our Notre Dame friend Sarah and Chris Roark and my Atlanta roomate Jessica Zazworsky. We thought that the boys were old enough to just go out of town for the weekend. The trip was great. The 5-hour drive there was suprisingly smooth until we arrived at N Newton Ave. instead of S Newton Ave. at a house with an eviction notice posted on the door. We were suprised to say the least, but quickly realized the error in our ways. S Newton Ave. is only 20 miles away from N Newton Ave.! The rest of the weekend was spent hanging out with good friends visiting the St. Paul Sicence Museum, Lake Harriet Beach, and the 5 8 Club. So glad we decided to take advantage of a free weekend!

Aunt Maggie enjoying the nice pool!

At the Henry Vilas Zoo!

Trying out the violin at the zoo.

Small Christopher, huge lion!

Compare the size of Matt's tree frog to Christohper's lion. Ha, ha!

What do you do on Father's Day when the little one wakes up early and happy? Breakfast in bed for Daddy!

Cleaning the boat to get ready for our ride. Goggles are a must for this activity.

Chillin' on Lake Mendota!

Anyone up for a swim?

Garden raid!

Checking out the fish in Lake Harriet.

Christopher enjoyed making transformers at this exhibit. Mindboggling if you ask me.

He also loved making the ball drop out of the airstream.

Learning about the Lee's Norwegian heritage at the Norske Nook in Osseo, WI. From what I can tell it's all about pie, pie, and pie with a little Leffe on the side.

Another must-see in Osseo, the water tower. I'm sure they have those in Norway, too.

Christopher trying out the new run bike with his newly fitted bike helmet.