The Reading's Adventures

Thursday, August 25, 2011

Our Summer Recap

As we wind down our last 4 days of summer break, we're reflecting on what an amazing couple months we've had as a family...

we celebrated the high school graduation of our youngest nephew Jay

Colby played on his first t-ball team, the Royal Panthers

Brooklyn started piano lessons

both kids continued their gymnastics at the Laketown Gym

spent a week tenting in South Dakota (there's a whole list inside this one!)

watched Michael participate in his first triathalon!

spent a day at the Como Zoo with great neighbor friends

had waterballoon fights

had dinner with some long lost friends, Jamie & Cory

sent the kids to both Grandma's for some sleepovers

days on the lake tubing, attempting to wakeboard and swimming with friends

went to the movie theater for a couple of movies

both kids passed another level of swim lessons

Momma had a midnight date with girlfriends for Harry Potter 7 - part 2

celebrated Momma's birthday, which included a date night with Michael!

weekends up at the Readings camper

both kids went to a week of VBS

spent mornings, afternoons and evenings swimming/playing at the Mntka Regional Park

another great weekend of Mother/Daughter camp at Camp Omega

a week of fun garage saling with Kristie ...we're getting good at this ;)

Michael and I spent a long weekend in New York City with Dan

spent a day at the farm baling straw with Uncle Paul

both kids had their dentist appointments

went to the MN Landscape Arboretum

went tailgating and to the Saint Paul Saints game with Dustins

spent the day at Minnehaha Falls with Gma & Gpa D

had both a preschool and 3rd grade meeting with teachers in preparation for back-to-school

I'm sure I'm missing a lot, but those are some highlights I can think of!

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Monday, August 22, 2011

Sunday, August 21, 2011

After church on Sunday morning, we loaded the car (including Gma & Gpa D) and headed out to Minnehaha Falls Park. We'd never been there before, and Gma hadn't been there since the 3rd grade!! We figured it was about time!

We started by serving up a picnic lunch.

Then we headed out for our hike around the falls. It was gorgeous!

It's no wonder there were SO many photographers there!

We even found a great "spash" area for the kids and adults to explore.

After walking all around the Falls, we walked down to the Mississippi River Lock and Dam. This was a little boring for the kids while we waited for a group of boats/canoes to load into the lock so that the gates could close, but afterwards, we were glad we waited! It was very fun to see!