Birthdays and underpants.

My adorable little niece Ashley is celebtating her 3rd birthday today! We had a blast at her black themed birthday party last night. The theme was black because that is Ashley's favorite color. I know, right? Not pink, not purple, not even green...... black. This little one is so obsessed with the color black that she is absolutely convinced that her unborn sibling (which will be arriving very soon) is going to be black. Just because she says so. Which is particularly hilarious considering the extreme whiteness of her family. We're talkin' blonde hair and blue eyes whiteness. Well, Seth her daddy has some ghetto in him, but I'm sure that doesn't count in this situation! So, bring on the black baby, Jenni. We are all waiting to see how that one turns out! :)
Ashley spent almost 2 hours wearing a circle track down the driveway and back up through the garage on her new bike innothing but her Tinkerbell underpants! She had taken off her dress so she wouldn't get cake (which had black frosting!) on it and refused to put it back on. So we spent the good part of the evening waving to her everytime she passed and taking pictures that will haunt her for the rest of her life!
So on that note... again, I will wish her a very Happy Birthday and maybe next year I will give her some new Tinkerbell underpants..... the entire neighborhood has seen this pair already!

Growin like weeds!

Yes, yes, I know.... I haven't been a very good blogger, but come on...... it's summertime and there are just waaaayy too many summertime things to do!!

The news was good about my mom. It wasn't the dreaded "C" word although the doctors don't really know what is going on. She has her good days and her bad days, but with meds she seems to be doing OK. We are supposed to be leaving on our annual camping trip to Wisconsin soon so we are all hoping that she is feeling well enough to have a great trip with Jarrod, Lisa, Jason and I and all 4 grandkids!

I had a fantastic opportunity to spend 4 days in Redwood Falls at dance camp last week with my favorite group of girls. We took a group of 36 this year and I have to say I had a blast! I learned so much and have so many great ideas for this season I just don't know where to start! The only part that was not so fun was the bus ride home. 2.5 hours in a school bus with no air conditioning, and the heat index at 105 was something I could have done without!

I do have to say tho that I am super annoyed that it is already the middle of July. Conner's 7th birthday is coming up next Tuesday the 27th with Logan following right behind on Aug 19th with his 3rd birthday. Damn kids, growin up and stuff. I hate it!!!

We are off to the Twins game tomorrow night with my 2nd trip to Target Field. We have fantastic seats in the Legends Club thanks to my dad generously giving us his seats for the game. I am really excited, considering the last time we went we were in the upper upper deck. But the boys had a blast and Logan still wants to play baseball every day and hit the ball like "Go Marer" (That would be Joe Mauer)

And on a side note, some of you may be slightly disappointed to learn that Logan has learned how to say dump truck so that it sounds more like dump truck instead of "dumb f#ck" Ahhhh, just another sign that my baby is growing up.