Grammie's Birthday Weekend Celebration

Grammie and Aunt Kimmy came to Minneapolis for Grammie's birthday celebration. We started the weekend with an evening on Lake Minnetonka. Grammie proudly wore her life jacket while the kids tubed around the lake. On Friday, we had a girls day starting with morning massages, a workout at the gym, and an afternoon lunch at home.


On Saturday, we started the morning at Canyon's baseball game. After the baseball game, Canyon had a birthday party. While he was at his party, we ventured off looking for frisbee golf. Instead of frisbee golf, we decided to hike to the top of the large ski jump (that was restricted to public access but didn't deter us).


Saturday night, the girls headed to Basilica block party for a fun night of music with Green River Ordinance, Matt Nathanson, and Hold Steady.


Sunday, we celebrated Grammie with a gluten free birthday cake and her first round of frisbee golf. What an adventure. Grammie and Ron made a great team.



And last but not least, Canyon lost his 8th tooth on Monday. He pulled it while playing 4-square at the YMCA summer camp. Dad missed it so we captured it on the film. And yes, the tooth fairy came that night and put a $1 under his pillow.

Cousin Get Together in MN

The Chicago Kirchens, Utah Kesslers, Minnesota Pergandes and Annie Crawley gathered in MN for a cousin get together. The kids and adults had a blast hanging out. We enjoyed tubing and fishing on Lake Minnetonka, bonfires and smores, a Twins game, fireworks in Eden Prairie, late night games of Imaginiff, and boating on the St. Croix River for the first time. Some memorable moments include Bob's large Pike catch, Canyon losing his glove after a drumming party outside the Twins game, Natasha's unfortunate collision with the basement door and 13 stitches, and getting our tow rope wrapped in the boat engine. Looking forward to another memorable get together in 2010!

End of June Highlights

Ron and I celebrated our 10 year wedding anniversary on June 26th. We are planning a fall get away with just the two of us. But to commemorate the day, Ron and I went out alone on Lake Minnetonka as a couple to reminisce about our lives together and also celebrate the lives we have today. It was a wonderful day and celebration of our love.


The end of June also brought the end of soccer season for the kids. Canyon celebrated his end of season with a team party at his coach Leslie's house. And Presley was excited about her end of year because she scored 3 goals on the last day and she was able to help "Coach Ron" hand out the medals to her teammates.



June 2009 has been a cold summer month relative to other summers. So we weren't able to bring the kids out onto the boat for the first time until June 28th. The wait was well received. The kids loved the Viper Tube. This week we also enjoyed a Block Party at our church, the Upper Room, where Canyon and Presley loved dunking their teachers in the dunking machine and getting their faces painted.




Finally, Presley hosted some catepillars in a butterfly house she received from Grandpa and Grammie Liz. Over several weeks, she watched them eat and then turn into cocoons and finally into painted butterflies. After a day as butterflies, she set them free so they could be much happier.