Even though it was cold today.. we packed up the dogs and JOey and went up to the Laurention Divide for a hike in the woods. Joey loved it, and walked most of the way.
He asked to be carried for the last 3 minutes of our hike. He must have gone at least a mile. Maybe once Jack passes cardiac rehab.. he can come hiking with us!
This was from last weekend, when we stopped at the Johnson's before going to the land of the loon. Joey, Leo, Clark, Garrett, and Sydney had a snack before we went to the park.
Just another father son bonding moment....
Reading books before bed tonight.. even though he is only 2, he has mastered the art of stalling.
Joey stayed at Grandma Nancy and Papa Glen's for the first time on Friday night. We went out with another couple, and had some fun. The only bummer was having to get up at 5:30, to be at work by 6:30 saturday morning!
Joey and Derek drove down to catch me crossing the finish line, unfortunately, Derek tried to take a picture of me running, and the camera was off. So here are JOey and I at the end of the race. It was very hot!!! 66 degrees when we started, and very humid. According to my watch, i finished in 2:15.
I'm trying to convince Derek to run with me one year.
Just resting in the grass, watching the racers come in.
Here is the first place full marathoner running in..
We headed to the Land of the Loon for a quick gyro and then home for a nap. I was tired after getting up at 2:45 a.m. !!!
Joey is one of the boys! It's amazing with how much energy he has, that he will sit on the dock and hold a fishing pole!
The fam! Derek and I were going to try and sleep in the tent. Joey stayed in the cabin with Grandma and Grandpa, in his pack and play. Derek named us the Grizwalds. On friday night, the wind picked up at 10:00 p.m., I was a little nervous, but we decided to try it. Then it started raining, no big deal, kind of romantic and soothing... then I started feeling drips of water on my head, and my blankets were getting all wet. We decided to head back to Pike River (leaving JOey in the cabin with gram and gramps) at 11:30 pm. We got to my parents house, and Winfrey decided to catch a toad in her mouth. Within 10 seconds she was foaming at the mouth and making this horrible coughing/choking sounds. We looked at eachother, wondering what the heck to do at midnight on a Friday night.. I was able to give her 2 benadryl, and she finally chilled out. I don't know if the toad peed in her mouth or what... anyways.. back to the cabin we went Saturday morning.
JOey is the new fisherman in the bunch. He had a blast.
The dogs really wanted to eat some S'mores.
Grandma Nancy and Joey playing with a minnow at McKinley Park.
We had a very fine dinner with Grandpa Glen and Grandma Nancy.
Linz...want to send this to your school and see if we can get compensated for advertising for Tulane in MN?
We survived a night in the tent with two golden retrievers! No rain, no toads, no lightneing.. just wind, loons, birds, and at 5:00 a.m. crows..
Papa Paul even let Joey drive the boat!
It may be weak, but we have to bribe Joey to sit still long enough to cut his finger nails.. I'm not opposed to using candy to get the job done.. This was in a gift bag from a birthday party.. i think he enjoyed his treat.
In the a.m. getting ready to head to Pammy's day care.. he looks like such a big boy!
