Faces

On our trip to MN we were waiting for some Chinese food and so I took some pictures of the boys making faces!

Lights...camera...ACTION!!!!

I forgot I shouldn't hold the camera sideways! Sorry! Ian wanted me to shoot this video of him. He's such an actor! This was in the Boundry Waters at a little waterfall area.

More vacation moments

Boys unloading the canoe from the car. Did I mention I love having a boy!

Vacation to MN

My attempt at flowers with my little camera. I actually think this one turned out pretty good!

Ian aka Wilderness Boy!
Ian was taking more "interesting" pictures.
We hiked to a waterfall spot and Ian got ahead of us and we found him hanging around waiting for us! :)

I sat in the middle and the boys paddled. Ian fished a little bit but didn't catch anything. We even saw a mama moose and her baby but were too far away for a great picture. Some other people were on the lake too and this lady yells to this other lady about a 1/4 mile away to look...of course that scared the moose and they went into the woods. Silly people!
Ian took this photo...I had mentioned that I'd like a different camera and I'd give him this one when I got a different one. Now he thinks he needs to hone (?sp) his skills! Indian Pictographs on Hegman Lake

Iron Ore Mine truck at Hibbing, MN

We just got back from our vacation to MN. It was so nice and cool up there. Mosquito's weren't even too bad. We drove by Hibbing so we stopped to see the iron ore mining. Ian really enjoyed that. Of course we had been by here when we were here for Matt's wedding but hadn't stopped. We were headed to Ely where they wanted to take me into the Boundry Waters. We went over to Gooseberry Falls after being at the Boundry Waters and then we headed to the Lutsen Mountains and rode the Alpine Slide...very fun! Lauris took a video of one of his rides down...will have to post that later.

Yard Work

We have been working in our yard so I thought I'd post some pictures for you all to see our progress. Lauris wanted to paint the barn red and so I also used the paint and painted my front door and shutters and spruced up my porch. I thought the red barn looked nice with the blooming Cataulpa tree. Also I got a hat for the dogs at Target for $1 so they can be all patriotic...it fits Moe better than Abby but neither really were that happy about it (actually they seemed a bit embarrassed...go figure!) My hydrangea bush is huge right now. This is my FAVORITE flower. I think they are too cool! Wanted to get some pictures of all the wild daisy's in our field but the heavy rains last night kinda did 'em in.

Tyson's Graduation

Relaxing on Sabbath afternoon!
Mindy and me.
We stayed at the greatest home...here is the deck where we ate.
Brannen! What a cutie!
The graduate with Grandma and Grandpa.

Last weekend (May 24) we got to go to MN to Tyson's graduation from academy. It was great to be there with all the family and we had a GREAT time! Ian got introduced to geocaching and he's hooked. Guess Lauris and I will have to learn about it now too.

Braces

Ian and I both have 2 years of braces to look forward to. Tried to get some pictures but they aren't too good with my camera, sorry! But you can get the gist! I've had mine since April 17. Ian got his on May 20. We just have our tops on for now. Ian already has a bracket off on his front tooth and he'll get that repaired when he gets back from ND.