A weekend at home

We spent last weekend at home and it felt SO good to be home, doing whatever we wanted....around our neighborhood. We haven't been home for an entire weekend since May!

It felt like we did nothing, but we were still busy and enjoyed our time together as a family!

On Friday night we walked to Lake Harriet Bandshell. Bishop biked and we had dinner down there and Bishop played at the brand new park. It's an awesome park! It's a bit old for him, as there are lots of things for older kids, but there were some slides he could maneuver on his own and there was a younger section he could enjoy.

Saturday we walked to the Farmer's Market in our neighborhood. We got some vegetables, corn and ate some delicious food. We spent the afternoon at Pershing Park, playing in the pool to stay cool! Saturday night our friends, The Nathan's came over for dinner. Livi had recently turned 2. Her and Bishop played very well together, so that was fun.

Throwing the football in the pool

He loves the water!

Sunday morning we walked to the Bandshell again. We stopped for church at the bandshell and then played at the new park again. We walked through Linden Hills and stopped at their farmers market on our way home.  In the afternoon we rode the Trolley at Lake Harriet! Bishop thought it was so fun to ride the "choo choo"!

All Aboard!!!

I love this picture--I just put the camera out to take a picture without seeing what he looked like...and it made me laugh!

Checking things out from the choo choo

Nora enjoyed her ride too! :)

We went to the Hennum's for dinner Sunday night. Liana always has such delicious food! They had to put their dog down earlier in the week, so it was a tough week for them. We had talked to Bishop about it, but it was still hard for him to understand, as he kept looking for Porter and when we went upstairs he asked "is Porter upstairs".  So sweet, he loved that dog. Porter was such a good dog and we will miss him. We were able to travel with him and although I've never been a dog "lover", Porter was my first favorite. That says a lot since we traveled for 7 hours in the car with him and I sat in the backseat with Porter drooling and panting in my ear!! Our other favorite memory of Porter was when we went XC skiing with him up North. We stayed in a cabin with bunk beds and since the top bunk was so hot, Luke ended sleeping on the floor. I woke up to find Luke and Porter spooning on the floor together!

Bishop and Maia enjoying their icecream!