Keep Frankie in Your Prayers

Baby Frankie was re-admitted to the U of M hospital today. He's not gaining enough weight and they are having trouble getting him to eat enough on his own, Please keep up the prayers!

Extra, Extra...

Ok, so now that I won both Environmentally Friendly Cleaning Product baskets, I have a lot of stuff that I already had, so here's the list if anyone wants any of these things let me know:

• 1 Libman scrub bucket
• Dish soap (I don't know the brand -it's downstairs-, but it's citrus scent, earth friendly stuff)
• 6 reuseable tote bags (not the best color, kinda rust color, but better than paper or plastic!)
• 1 dust pan and whisk broom
• 1 bottle of multi-purpose cleaner( I think the brand is Resolution?)
• 1 Scotch Brite scrubber sponge

I also have recipes for lots of other cleaners if anyone wants to start that:)

Cornfest 2008!

This weekend was our church festival and we did our part to support the cause:) Friday night Josh and I had a date at the Corn Fest Bingo Tent. We dropped Riley off at Grandma Linda and Grandpa Mark's and spent all of the quarters in our piggy bank and didn't win a thing! After church today we brought the kids to the festival and they played with Grandma Trish and Grandpa Tom at the Fish Pond and Dip the Duck. Fun stuff! This was Riley's and Zack's first experience with Face Painting and they both sat still for the whole thing! (Zack got a Dino-Door as he calls them, but I didn't get a pic.) We had bid on some baskets in the silent auction and decided to bike back up to church to see if we won...well, after our luck in the Bingo tent, I didn't think I was going to get both of the baskets so I hadn't thought about getting them home on the bikes...oops we won both of them! We had Riley in our bike carrier so we managed to stuff it all in and poor josh had to bike with a LOT of extra weight all the way home.

Just when I thought I was exhausted from all that biking, the neighbors invited us to play in their pool...It was Riley's first swimming pool experience and she had a great time. Unfortunately I don't have pics cuz I was in the pool and didn't want the camera to get wet, but we were there for an hour and by the end she was blowing bubbles in the water and even getting her whole face wet. She was even dumping buckets of water over own head in the bath tonight which she normally hates! She has really liked watching the Olympic swimming events...maybe we have a future Phelps, Torres or any number of the AWESOME American swimmers on our hands;) For now our little fish enjoyed her day at the Pond.

TIGF

After having lunch with one pregnant friend on Wednesday, and one with a 3 month old, and a little playdate with two more pregnant friends this morning...and of course my older sister who is expecting very soon, I am thankful that all of them have had healthy pregnancies and that moms are relatively comfortable at this point in their pregnancies. And as much as I complained about how hot it was when I was pregnant, I'm glad they have all had a mild summer to deal with thus far! (Although next week looks like it's gonna be warm!) Random thought of the day, but that's what I'm thankful for this week.

Wild Adventure to the Waterpark

Friday morning, Riley and I were invited to go to the waterpark in St. Louis Park with my friend "Shan" as Riley calls her, and the twin girls for whom she just started with as a nanny. The girls are just a little older than Riley and they had a great time splashing for the most part. It was a fun little park and FREE too, but the only drawback is that it's not real separated by ages and Riley got clobbered by an older kid running through some water cannons nearby. He kinda took her off her feet and she landed pretty hard, but she was ok after a few minutes and the kid felt really bad and apologized right away. Anyway...fun park for sure! And Thanks Shannon for inviting us!

NOTE: For those of you who know me pretty well...guess who else sticks her tongue out when she concentrates real hard;)

Random Other Pics from Hubert

Here's some other random shots that didn't really fit with the other groups. Riley's gotta wear shades...of course they aren't hers and she won't keep her own glasses on ever, but Zack and Adrienne's she will;) Riley hunting minnows with Grandpa, Riley and Daddy painting the dock (That's for you Dan, who doesn't get this concept! Consider it an exercise in imagination! In fact Zack and Riley were even "mixing colors" somehow!) And a shot of what happens when I wake up late and Riley is dressed all crazy when I get up!

Uncle Duck And Cooper

Uncle "Duck" and Cooper made a surprise visit while we were up at the lake. Cooper had to show off his dock diving tricks and Uncle Duck, as the kids call my Uncle Doug, was helpful in getting Zack to eat M&Ms...I mean watermelon;) riley just woke up from a nap, but she got real snuggly with the guy with the candy!