fabulous 4th

 It's been HOT!  The boys and I met up with Craig, Jen and kids at my parents' for two days of fun in the sun.  Joel came over after work on Tuesday.

 "swimming lessons".  Eli was the teacher.  

 Eli: "Do the crawl stroke, unless you can touch.  If you can touch, just walk."  (they could all touch)

 taking a break

 Craig had to get in on the rocker fun!

 Joel bought "real" fireworks this year....fun!

  I've had my camera fog up in Iowa before, but I had yet to experience that in Minnesota!

Grandpa Jim's

Joel getting Jim's birthday present ready

first campfire in "paradise" 

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.