Annual Truax family get together

Unfortunately, my camera missed some of the highlights, but we had 3 GREAT days with my mom's side of the family at Craguns Resort!

 outdoor pool

 shooting pool with Great-grandma Mona

building sandcastles with Jayme

 Eli and Zach diving for quarters

 Noah and Grandpa Steve

 Craig on his floatie

 Eli with one of the newest members of the family

 horse-drawn carriage ride around the resort

Father's Day

Noah had fun using his new fishing pole.

 Joel enjoyed some relaxing time in the hammock.  Wait, he had three kids on there with him.  Maybe it wasn't so relaxing.

Friday fun at the pool

While Dad's were golfing in North Dakota...

we were playing at Krista's!

 tubing

 After spending the day on the lake, we had another experience.

" Madagascar 3" at the drive-in.  

camp invention

Eli had a fun week of Camp Invention!

water balloon breaking machine

 BOX YODA

 Box Yoda on his way to Alexandria

Noah's fun day!

While Eli and Jack are enjoying a week of Camp Invention, Noah has been having a little fun of his own.  Yesterday, we met Ella, Katelynn, and Austin at a pool.  There were a couple of girls from Noah's kindergarten class there, and he had a blast playing water tag with them.  

Last night, he earned a red stripe on his taekwondo belt,

 lost another tooth,

and to top it off, Grandma Cathy and Belle were here for the day.

tooth fairy visit

Noah lost his first tooth at the lake yesterday.

He wouldn't really let me take a picture.

What a crew!

We had all of the cousins together at the lake this weekend.

Drew and Noah's dance party on the dock

Joel jumped in after a run.

Memorial Day Weekend

Oops.  My pictures are backwards.  We had a fun weekend at my parent's lake with my Aunt Cindy, Uncle Mike, Cousins Zoe & Alec, and two of their friends.    

Sunday: We woke up to rain, but it turned into a beautiful lake day which allowed for: swimming, sliding, pontoon rides, fishing, eating the fish, campfire, and making smores.  Unfortunately, my Dad missed the last couple of activities because he was in the E.R. with a fish hook in his thumb.     

 Saturday:  It was rainy and cold.   The kids were outside for a little bit, but most of the day was spent indoors.  We played board games, indoor beanbag toss, and darts (Eli's new favorite game).

 Friday: Noah showed up at the lake in this lovely get up ready to fish.  Joel and I went out to eat to celebrate our 10th anniversary.

Mother's Day Weekend

 swimming

 outdoor reading

 fishing

relaxing 

Marathon weekend

Friday night: 5k with friends

Saturday: 10k with Joel, my Dad and sister

Thank you friends and family for a GREAT weekend!!!!

yellow belt

Noah had his yellow belt test tonight.  I have to admit that I was quite nervous for him.  I wasn't sure he new all of his skills well enough, but he did great!  He had to jump over another kid while breaking a board, and he did it on the 4th try!!!  We are so proud of him!!

Noah's first taekwondo competition

 was a learning experience for all of us.  He earned a bronze medal for forms and a silver medal for sparring.  We are so proud of him!

Noah Orange Belt Test Video

Here is what I edited from the raw footage of Noah's orange belt tests to get sized enough to upload on this site. A couple of his tests:

St. Patrick's Magic Birthday Party Fun

Rainbow cupcakes = never again

The kids loved, loved the magic show!!

It has been a fun and exciting week at our house. Pictures of our Spring Break/Birthday Celebration in Iowa coming soon.