4th of July Weekend- More posts

We had an awesome 4th of July weekend.  It was full of many adventures and here are a few:

 

Marcus Biking on the road by Grandma and Grandpas.

Little bit of bedtime reading with Grandpa!

Playing in the Hosta Garden!

 

Mommy went biking into town with Daddy- She can sure be silly!

Now it is grandma's time to read the tractor book.

Marcus brought lots of toys! 



There was also a lot of good cuddlying with Grandpa and Grandma!

 

Daddy also snuck away for a nice bike ride across the country side!  Mommy and Marcus followed behind in the car.

 

And it wouldn't be 4th of July weekend without a fireworks show!

Overall a very successful weekend!

 

Father Hennepin State Park- Call of the Wildflower

So I think that we have all learned that I really struggle to get posts up in July and August.  This isn't because we aren't doing anything but instead because we are so busy and the sun goes down so late that I just don't want to blog.  So here it is at the end of August- and I have so far behind.  Here is goes:

 

Over the 4th of July weekend we actually visited one of the prettiest Minnesota State Parks-  Father Hennepin.  When we visited it the first time in 2014 I was enchanted with how pretty the trees where- it sits right on the south east shoreline of Mille Lacs Lake/

Luke actually biked all the way to the park from his parents house, while Marcus and I followed and supported.

When we got to the park the first thing that we did was buy a new state park sticker.  Right now I have 3 of them on my car, and I know that in the future I will have to take them off but that makes me kind of sad, so I'm going to leave them a bit longer.

After that was taken care of it was time to start the Geocache!

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Back on the trail and in search of the final location.

Marcus is such a pro at finding these and opening them it is super cute.

After we left the geocache we realized that we had forgotten to put the travel bug we brought along in it so I ran back.  Not my best selfie but I ran back while the boys waited in the car.

Here is the flower card.



Father's day Twins game

On Father's Day we had the chance to go to the Minnesota Twins again-  it was against the New York Yankees.  The Twins have not been having a great season so we had low expectation-  we were so surprised when they pulled it off.

 

It was a fun day at the ball park!

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Me and my Daddy!

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Marcus and his Daddy!



Minnetonka Summer Fest

The last Saturday of June is Minnetonka Summerfest.  This is a great event for families in Minnetonka  and we have went for the past two years.

 

The event starts with a "tot trot"-  Marcus was so excited to run.  The 2-3 year race is about 1 block long.

 

Marcus ran into one of his daycare friends Logan.  They look ready to run!

Get ready to start now!  They have to follow a golf cart.

 



Marcus ran and ran.  I ran by him on the side of the road (that is what most of the parents were doing) and he ran along, until he lost me.  Then he stopped and just looked until I found him again.  Then we ran to the balloons at the finish line!

 



 

 

When the run was over we visited some of the other activities that the city of Minnetonka set up.  They had a ton of big blown up bounce houses and such.  Marcus didn't go into any of the bounce houses but he did ride in the fun cars.  He liked the firetrucks. 

 

They had a lot of fun things set up include polices car and a DNR station with turtles.  Marcus got to pet the painted turtle.  He was hesitant but he liked it.

The last thing we checked out what the petting Zoo.  It was fun but there was this funny horse that snorted every time Marcus got near.  He was not a fan of that ran away any time that "naughty' horse got near.



Marcus Petting the goat and holding onto his medal tightly!