Those Lazy Hazy Crazy Days Of Summer

We had an AWESOME summer!!!!! We are usually traveling here and there and everywhere during the summer, but this year we had lots of out of town visitors and had a blast entertaining and exploring Minnesota with our guests.
Here are some of the highlights~

Trent's brother Lance, nephew Jake, niece Jordon from Yuma Arizona.

Trent's niece (Lance's oldest) Kiersten and her daughter Kierah from Tamecula, California

Nickelodeon Universe at the Mall of America

Spam Museum in Austin Minnesota

Grandpa Stern from Colorado Springs, Co.

Firetruck Super Soaker at National Night Out

Maintaining the Greens at the golf course with daddy.


Grandpa Joe from Sedona, Arizona

Piper's first day as First Grader

Lucille's first day as a Kindergartener

WHAT A SUMMER!!!!!

Summer Updates

Time flies when you're having fun!
Piper had her first visit from the tooth fairy. The fairy left her $1 and sugarless gum. Apparently our fairy is a little more frugal than others in the neighborhood. Piper's friends were all "I got $3 and I got $5". Seriously - for a tooth?!?!?!

They have been taking swimming lessons and swimming at the neighbor's pool A LOT. At the beginning of the summer they wanted life jackets, floaters, inner tubes, goggles and towels at hand to dry their faces in case someone near by was actually having fun and accidentally splashed them!!! Fast forward three weeks, and now we can't get them out of the pool. They are doing cannon balls, jack knives and can openers (don't ask). They are swimming underwater and having the time of their lives!!

We went camping with some good friends in mid June. This was our first camping trip as a family. It was super fun! We went to Kiesler's in Waseca, MN. It is a great family friendly campground with lots of activities for kids. One night they had a hula hoop contest and dance party for the kids. The girls are now hooked hula hoopin' and hula everywhere. In the living room while watching tv, down the street while walking to a friend's house, and all the girls in the neighborhood hula too. You can find groups of girls in yards hula hoopin all hours of the day. They can hula on one foot while clapping, down to their knees and back up, walking forwards and back...it's crazy. And the funniest is watching us moms and dads trying to hula...not too pretty!

We have also had a visit from Trent's dad and a visit from Trent's brother Lance and our niece and nephew, Jordon and Jake. Our niece Kiersten (Lances's oldest) and her little girl Kierah will be visiting us in a couple weeks! Minnesota is a great place to visit in the summer!!!

We are getting ready to head north for a long weekend, so I will post photos and write updates in a week or so.

Peace, love and joy!!!!!

School Is Done - Time For Summer Fun!

Whaaa Hooo!!!!!
The girls have finished Kindergarten and Preschool this week and they are ready to PARTY!!!
They are looking forward to afternoons at the park, slumber parties, camping, bike rides to the ice-cream shoppe, swimming, and an extended bed time of 8:30 - oh yea baby!!!!

I will try to post updates in between all of the partying and late nights!
We wish all of you a safe and fun summer!

Peace and love,
Angie, Trent, Piper and Lucille

Loose Tooth

Piper has her 1st Loose Tooth!!!
She took a bite of her bagel at breakfast and complained of a toothache. I checked it out, and sure enough it wiggled! She is sooooo excited!!! Lucy is really sad that she doesn't have a loose tooth and every day she wiggles her teeth to see if any of them are loose. Piper told her that if the Tooth Fairy gives her two dollars, she'll give one to to Lucille.
Now that's love!

I Love Rock and Roll...

"Put a Diamond in the Juice Box Baby, I Love Rock and Roll, Won't You Dance with Me -Owe"!!!!!

If I can video of Lucille singing this song and shaking her booty, I will add it this post - it's the best!

FORE!!!

Look out - Trent is back on the golf course!!!
Trent golfed on Monday, April 12, 2010, for the first time since his back surgery last Fall.
He played 18 holes and walked the course using a push cart.
Way to Mr. Stern!!!
I love you,
Mrs. A.S.S.

Firsts

Daisy daisy give me your answer do.
I'm half crazy all for the love of you.
It won't be a stylish marriage,
I can't afford a carriage.
but you'll look sweet
upon a seat
of a bicycle made for two.

That song always pops in my head when I go on a bike ride.
The big news this weekend was that Lucille learned to ride her bicycle with out training wheels!
This is a HUGE deal and I feel like a major loser for not posting when Piper learned how to ride with out her training wheels on 6/16/09.
See, the problem is that I note memorable quotes & monumental moments in too many places. Sometimes it's on the calendar in the kitchen, in a journal, on a post it note, and then sometimes I remember to share it with all of you on here.

So, just for kicks, here are some random things I forgot to share with you...
I found my first grey hair on 4/8/08.
Trent played in the Minnesota Golf Association Mid-Amateur Tournament on 9/22/08
Piper put my makeup on her Barbie to make her look like mommy on 5/12/9.
Lucy wrote her name on her dresser with permanent marker and denied it on 10/19/09.
The girls say Prize a fee for Privacy, Cand a ler for Calendar, Fort Head for Forhead, and No I am'nt for No I am not.