May 2011

I made it!  The blog is back updated again (whew)!  May was a super month for us!  May is also a month of Birthdays for us (John, Grandpa Steve(O), Grandma Cathy, Grandpa Steve (H) and Gramma Anne)!  Happy Birthday!!!  For John's birthday we (the boys and I) gave John tickets to two Saint Paul Saints Baseball Games! The first was the home opener....which was cold and rainy.... we didn't stay for much... ok ok- we didn't stay through the first inning!  Instead we went over to the Mall of America and went out to eat at The Rain forest Cafe with Mike & T- I think it was a successful birthday celebration filled with family & friends :-)  The second game, John ended up having to work (ok, I know at this point you are thinking WHO was this gift for?!)  ANYWAY... the 2nd game was beautiful, sunny, warm, perfect baseball weather!  The boys had a BLAST wearing their baseball gloves for the entire game because they thought---at any time-- a ball would be hit right to them (and they would catch it)  (no balls were hit over by us...at all)

March & April Update

Spring is arriving!!!  With the weather turning warmer every day (ok, then spiraling backwards to snow and freezing), it is fun to see the boys play outside again!  In March we went to Christmas Mountain, Wisconsin Dells with our friends John and Kelly!  We had a blast swimming and water sliding at Mount Olympus! On March 31, 2011 there was another milestone reached.... Ben tied his shoes for the first time all by himself!  What a big boy!  Not to be outdone... Tommy quickly pointed out that he can put on his Velcro shoes all by himself too!  (gotta love brotherly competition!)  April brought Easter and more family time.  The boys were so handsome in their Easter suits!  Ben, sported a suit that was worn by his Uncle Jonny 15 years ago (very special!)  Tommy wore the same suit that Ben wore for Becky and Joe's wedding (SO CUTE!)  We celebrated with the Olson's and O'Reilly's, after a wonderful Easter meal, we had an Easter Egg hunt outside!  It was so nice out- the kids had a great time searching for eggs, playing at the playground, flying kites and playing baseball with Uncle Tony and Grandpa Steve!