Every Now and Then...

I am always missing the Wyoming sunsets.  For some reason, it just doesn't seem like we get quite as many beautiful sunsets up here as the people in the mountains do.

But ever now and then we get some great ones.  And then we take pictures.  Because we just have to prove that we DO get some beautiful sunsets sometimes!

We Love Having Visitors...

...especially when it is Grammy and Poppa!

We were lucky to be able to convince my parents to come up here very last minute for a trip.  They have been very busy the last few months traveling, working on house projects, and helping my sister move and with her little family, so we were thrilled that they took the time out of their crazy schedule to come up and see us!

We managed to do the usual things while they were here...shop, eat at some good restaurants, shop, visit, shop, and just enjoy each other!  We squeezed in two movies, and a couple games, which is saying a lot for us on top of everything else we were doing.  They also got to visit a good friend who has been receiving some treatment at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, so we are glad that they were able to take a day to do that.

In true Wendy fashion, I was a camera failure while they were here...as is usually the case when I am having too much fun!  However, one night while we were here we did a "pretend birthday" for Miley since they were going to miss being here on her real birthday by just a few days (don't mind the swimsuit in all the pictures below...she had just come in from playing in some sprinklers!).

The main reason we wanted to be able to celebrate with them was so they could give Miley one of her presents...her very first bike!

She was sooo excited, and is so thrilled to have a "big girl bike."  She has loved spending hours a day riding around our neighborhood, and mastering it.  :)

As always, the trip was too short (for us anyway!), but we were so happy to have them for the time that we did.  Now we are just trying to convince them to come up again sometime soon...maybe in the fall??  :)

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!