Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Dance Party!


Fishing Video 2

Where have we been?

Needless to say, it has been a super busy summer! I have a bunch of great videos that I have wanted to share all summer, but I can't get them to upload, so I've been using this as an excuse to not upload the blog. Well... No longer, I'm sure you'd rather see something from us then nothing right? I will keep trying to upload the videos little by little!

 
Fishing for Father's Day


Cubs vs Royals game in June

Mmm... Speghetti!
15 Months!




Finger Painting!

Playdough!
Watermelon!
Chris and I went to Vegas for our Anniversary/Birthday weekend! We decided 6 days before our departure that we were actually going to go and we had an amazing time! Pawn Stars was just one of our many stops.


We've fit in a few camping trips. Notice mini me eating straight out of the potatoe salad container! also notice her super curls from swimming and humidity!

Great Grandma Knepper's Birthday Party

All of the Great Grandkids
Iowa State Fair 2011 - Red Velvet Funnel Cake!
Addison's first tat






Frozen chocolate covered banana! - Addison was in heaven! 

Daddy took the afternoon off and we went to the zoo!
No Addi - the lettuce is for the giraffe!

At the Wright Family's annual swim party!



Our first day of gymnastics at Chows




Addison's first Iowa game!

Trying to keep her ears warm and dry during the pouring rain!
One soaking wet, but happy family!



Saturday, June 11, 2011

All in all...

It was a pretty good day of racing! I got a second place trophy because I left almost the same time the slower car I was racing left. (He was supposed to get a one second head start.)


I am still excited about my second place trophy, and we had fun, so really that's all that matters.

One of these days though, Chris may have to admit that it's not ALL luck...

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Friday, June 10, 2011

Always changing, always learning

Our little girl is growing up way too fast! Her favorite word this week seems to be "Dey Dey" (we call Mercedes, cece for short). While swimming this week she would constantly peer over the edge of the pool and shout "Dey. Dey"!
"Addi where's your tummy?"


"Addi where's your nose?"


"Addi where's your ear?"




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Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Memorial Day Weekend

Firday afternoon, we hooked up the trailer and headed toward Earlville and more specifically Tri State Raceway. After a half hour of driving through the campground, we found the perfect spot and started setting up (in the rain).

Saturday, Bob and Marcia brought Chris' dodge Dakota rt sport (little white truck) up and mom and dad also joined us at the racetrack. Chris ran the truck in the sportsman class and I ran it in trophy class. Chris got a buy in his first round and lost by 3 thousandths of a second in the second round. Due to chris running faster than he initially thought, he changed my elapsed time from a 14:90 to a 14:83. Guess what I ran? If you said 14:90, you were right! Although I had a decent reaction time off the line, the 11 second door car I was up against ran closer to his estimated elapsed time and wine the race.

Saturday evening we all enjoyed a meal over the fire which included turkey and dressing with cheese in the camp cookers = delish!

We were hoping to race again on Sunday but the weather won. After everyone at breakfast together, mom and dad went home while Bob, Marcia, Chris, Addison and I went to the Mississippi River Musem. We had a blast and I recommend it to anyone visiting the Dubuque area. I also showed them the 4th ST. Elevator and Eagle Point Park (to of my other must sees if you are in the area.
































After a fun afternoon, Bob and Marcia headed home while Chris, Addison and I prepared the camper for the trip home.

We then met my mom at my cousin Dana's graduation party. By this time the weather had really cleared up and turned into a beautiful night!

(although though some of the following images aren't good - it's funny to see who interested she was in the flowers!)








Once Addison started getting tired (and we started getting tired of chasing her around) we headed back to the racetrack/ campground. Since it was still fairly early, and we already had everything packed up, we decided to head home.

The road was fairly quiet and Addison slept the whole way home. (We made it back to Ankeny around 11:00)

Sunday we mostly did housework and ran errands. We did make a little time for swimming...


They were testing the temp before we got in.

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