First Date

A few weeks ago, our neighbor invited Cameron and Miley to go with him and his son, Grady, to a Twins game.  Cameron was, of course, thrilled to be going to a game, and Miley was just excited to hang out with one of her best friends - Grady's mom and I joke that this was their first date (so we will have to show them some of these pictures when they are older and go out on a real date!  Ha ha!).

Cameron and Miley decked out in their Twins gear before the game (and we had to get Landon in his Twins stuff too, even though he was stuck at home with mom...poor guy!).  

They have great season tickets, right down the first base line in the front row, so before the game began, they were able to get some autographs from some of the players and meet TC, the Twins mascot.

I think they only lasted about 6 innings before the kids couldn't sit still, but it turned out to be a good thing because it started pouring right after they left!

I'm On A Boat...

Lake Minnetonka....a boat...great friends.

What else could you ask for on a summer day?

Because It Is A Rare Occasion...

...when I can actually get Miley to pose for the camera with a normal smile these days, I had to post these cute pictures.

Yup.  This is more accurate of the five 200 outtakes I have to get a couple pictures like the ones above.  :)  Gotta love 3-year olds!

15 Month Stats

On Monday I had Landon's 15-month well child visit.  Nothing too interesting to report.  We just did the normal weighing, measuring, checking everything out, and he had to get one shot.  At 15 months, Landon's stats are:

Height:  31 1/4 inches - 51.66 %

Weight:  20 pounds 4 ounces - 14.32 %

Head circumference:  18 1/2 inches - 55.02 %

The doctor said he was long and lean, and as he was running around the room, she said "He definitely looks like his measurements...there is no fat on him!"  It is so funny, because Landon eats so much.  He must just run everything off because he is so busy all the time!  Wish I still had a metabolism like that...  :)

Cute little guy running around the room while we were waiting for the doctor...

School's Out for the Summer...

Miley finished up her first year of preschool on Thursday.  This year has flown by, and I am so glad I was able to put her in this year.  She has LOVED going to school.  On the few days that I did keep her home for being sick, she was always crying, and trying to pretend that she felt well so that I would let her go (I will remind her of this in a few years when she is begging me to stay home from school, right?).  She has made some good friends, and her teachers have been WONDERFUL!

We got to go to an end of the year celebration for her class on Thursday.  They had an "Olympic" theme, so there were lots of activities that fell into that theme.  

When we first got there, they had tables lined up in the back of the room with pictures on it from throughout the year.  They had enough copies of the pictures, so that you could take a copy of every picture your child was in.  I thought that was a neat little touch, because it let us see some of the things we didn't get to experience from the year.

The kids then came in and sang a few songs, then received a certificate.

After the songs, we got to go around and do the activities...things like tumbling, a balance beam, rhythmic gymnastics, a sack race, football toss, etc.  Miley loved showing off for us, and even Landon got in on the action.

The big hit was the little barrel train they brought in.  They got to ride this around the parking lot, and thought it was the greatest thing ever.  They even had one car with a car seat in it, so Landon got to take a few rides.  He kept a pretty straight face the whole time, but I am pretty sure he had a good time.  :)

We finished off the day with some cake, and then it was time to say goodbye for the year.  It was actually a little sad, even though I know we will be back in a few short months!  Now I have to figure out how to fill some of that time during the summer!

DIY Backsplash

It has taken me FOR-EVER to post this, and I am not sure why.  For some reason, life has seemed to get in the way of me blogging much lately.  I am OK with this (you know, the life-taking-priority-over-the-blog thing).  However, I am trying to keep up with this because I know I will regret it if I don't!

Anyway, I few weeks ago Cameron and I (OK, mostly Cameron!) tackled another DIY project in our home - a tile backsplash in our kitchen.

This was a relatively easy project to do ourselves.  It did take a little longer than I thought (mostly because we had to work on it after kids went to bed at night...making for a few VERY late nights), and was very messy, but we are so pleased with the end result!

Here is a before picture of the wall by our stove.

We started off by using mastic to stick our tile pieces to the wall.  The most time consuming part of this, obviously, was trimming all the little pieces to fit around outlets and at the edges of the walls.

After a couple nights of that, we moved on to grouting.  This was VERY messy, but fortunately went pretty quick.

After getting the grout cleaned up, we put a sealer on it, and caulked around the edges.  I love it!  It made such a huge difference!

Now we have been scratching our heads trying to think of what our next project will be.  I am sure it won't be long until we are starting something else!

5 Years!

Cameron and I celebrated our five year anniversary!  I can't believe how fast the last five years have gone.  Time flies when you are having fun.  :)

To celebrate, we went out on Friday night.  We ate dinner at Rodizio's, then went and saw Avengers.  This was a major treat, considering we haven't been out to dinner with just the two of us in probably about a year (yes, it is a bit ridiculous...we need to work on getting out a little more often!).  It was such a great night.  We were able to just relax, eat our dinner slowly, hang out for awhile after we were done eating, and just enjoy being together!

I sure love that husband of mine, and I am so glad that he is stuck with me!