June Catch Up

I was gone last weekend (May 30-June 1st) for girls weekend! I had so much fun relaxing and catching up with some great girlfriends! There were 5 of us and we all became friends through our husbands. We sat on on the deck and soaked up some sun, read, relaxed, sat in the hottub and caught up on mom stories, etc! 

I got back Sunday afternoon, just in time to join Luke and the kids for a bike/walk down to the bandshell! I forgot how much fun it is to come home after being gone--the kids literally attacked me with hugs and kisses.....I hope to get hugs that like forever, they are the absolute best!

We went down to the bandshell and the kids found a turtle!

Petting the turtle

Bishop holding the turtle

 Wednesday night we went over to Danny's house after dinner to play for a bit before bedtime! He has a really neat swingset in his backyard, so the kids played in that, Bishop hit baseballs (and lost one at Danny's neighbors) and the boys ran through the other neighbor's sprinkler!

Hanging out in the swingset

Bishop and Danny running through the sprinkler!

Nora trying to spray the boys!

Double Trouble!

 On Thursday a good friend of mine stopped over in the evening to catch up and see the kids! I worked with Joan a few years ago and it's always fun to see her and catch up! Nora especially like sitting on Joan's lap!

 I took the day off on Friday and took the kids to the Zoo! We had so much fun! The kids were awesome and we were able to see some shows and spend time doing different things there!

Here's Nora before we went--taking her baby for a walk with her purse--just like Mommy!

 The Big Bug exhibit was going on at the Zoo, so we checked that out as well! The kids really liked the big bugs!

 We saw some bear training and we got to see the bears get up and be a little more active, which was fun!

We went to a Close Encounters show, where we saw different animals "up close" (armadillos, lizards, etc). We also went to the bird show and ate lunch while we were there!

Hanging out at the Close Encounters show!

The big tarantula!

Playing on the caterpillar!

Nora's favorite was riding the tractor to the farm! On the way out we rode the tractor pulled by 2 horses and on the way back we got to ride the tractor! She loved it!

Bishop combing the goat's hair

Bishop on the caterpillar--holding his new snake and his favorite bear!

 It was a beautiful, hot day so when we got home Luke joined us at the lake for a little swim!

Happiness is a hot summer day in the lake!

Nora enjoyed the lake from the shore! :)

 It was rainy on Saturday so we went to the Y to go swimming. Unfortunately the pool was closed--so I played with the kids in the gym and the climbing castle while Luke swam.

 After the Y we went bowling! Bishop bowled for Luke on his first frame.....and got a STRIKE (with NO bumpers)! It was pretty exciting!

Nora helping daddy out a bit!

Bowling with my boy!

 Sunday was another beautiful day, so we went to the Farmer's Market and then biked down to the Twins Game! This was the kids' first Twins game! They had a blast! Bishop was asking all sorts of questions (about different positions in the outfield, why do they have 2 bats, etc). Nora would get SO excited when everyone would cheer and she'd light up and start clapping! On one hit the Twins had a good looking hit, but the outfielder made an impressive catch---and Nora followed it up with "Oh, MAN"!

Waiting for the game to start!

Nora brought her phone and took some pictures of us as well! :)

Waiting to get in the stadium!

The Froehle's first Twins Game

We lasted about 3 innings before we got Cotton Candy and then after the kids finished that we walked around a bit and then tried out some new seats (really close to the field). It was an awesome day (aside from the final score, the Twins lost pretty badly). We biked home and I was exhausted! 

Nora's latest thing is she really likes playing pretend and putting "somescream" on. She pretends she's the teacher and she'll pretend to put "somescream" on my arms and face so I don't get a sunburn! She gets pretty excited about it and she offers to put it on all of us. Bishop is so sweet to her and he'll say "no thank you"....I'm not sure if he realizes she's just playing or not, but he's sweet about it! :)

We're all loving this summer so far! We're looking forward to making so many more memories!