Kindergarten

Our Ethan is officially off to his first day of Kindergarten. He was so excited when he got up. He picked a special breakfast and we packed a special lunch and off he went. We are so blessed to have the opportunity to send him to Missouri Valley Christian Academy. His teacher this year is Mrs. Frederick. I'm sure he'll have many stories to share about his first day when he gets home. Now for a day of just Mommy and two boys at home. That will be an adjustment.



5 months

This little man is already 5 months old! Where does the time go? He is a very happy and smiley little man and such a joy in our lives. In the past month he has learned to roll over to his tummy but hasn't figured out how to get back to his back yet. He has found his toes and loves playing with them. He loves his big brothers but Ethan is a favorite. He loves to stand up and play in his exersaucer. He will smile at almost anyone and has a very fun laugh. Such a joy children are!

Another tooth

Ethan has lost another tooth. Now he has a nice gap up front. The bottom two are almost in so that helps but he is a little bare on top now. He lost one top front at Papa and Nana's awhile ago and this past weekend he lost the other top front at Grandpa and Grandma's house. No corn on the cob for this boy this year.

Airshow

Last weekend brought a nice cloudy day to travel to Sioux Falls to see the airshow. POET was a sponsor so we got VIP tickets and were able to be up front and also under a tent. It was a great day with many cool planes flying. The boys enjoyed it but did get a little tired near the end. The Blue Angels flew last so we kept telling them they had to hang in there to see the Blue Angels. It was a fun day and we are excited about next year.

 POET planes

 Stealth

 Blue Angels

 Micah has earplugs and we gave some to Levi when the Blue Angels were flying.

 Blue Angels

Blue Angels

Black Hills

We headed to the Black Hills last weekend to camp with some Intervarsity friends from college. Ethan had also learned about Mt. Rushmore at school and really wanted to go and what is a trip to the Black Hills without it. It was a little warm but we enjoyed our time. It was Levi's first camping trip and he did very well. It was great to catch up with friends and enjoy being in the Hills that we love so much and miss.

 Micah and his new friend, Matthew.

The camping crew...Sheldons, Flanegans, Belchers, Demarests and Carlsons.

Rochester

We headed to Rochester for a week over the 4th of July. It was great to all be home and enjoy a week together. The weather was in the high 90's so the new pool got many hours of use. Ethan and Micah were little fish and really enjoyed it. Levi even got a little pool time in. We also got to meet our nephew and cousin, Aidan.

 Cousins...Aidan and Levi

 3 boys...3 IPads

 We braved the heat and went to the zoo.

Levi loved the zoo!

Carlson Generations

We were able to intoduce Levi to Great Grandpa and Grandma at a family reunion in Red Wing this past week. We are so blessed to have Godly generations!