June and July pictures--there are lots. Sorry!

Darn it, some of these are in reverse order, again! I will do my best to narrate.

On June 20th we went to the Mall of America--Nickelodeon Universe for Ryan's birthday. He got in free and Brooke and his cousin Evelyn were able to come, too. Hooray for Mom getting to ride most of the rides with Brooke... :)


Grandpa and Grandma Winegar came too and it was a HUGE blessing as they were extra hands for Libby!!

How perfect, since we had a Toy Story party, that LegoLand made a Woody out of legos!

Evelyn was SO EXCITED to meet Sharky. After we were done at Nick Universe, Grandma treated the kiddos and David and I to Underwater Adventure aquarium (Grandpa sat on a bench with sleeping Libby the WHOLE TIME we were gone--about 90 minutes, I think).

The Diego Bus. David does look a little frightened, but it wasn't TOO scary. I don't know what's with the expression on my face, though.

This summer Nick stars are doing meet-n-greets. In addition to Dora, we also met Ming Ming from the Wonder Pets, and Spongebob and Patrick (woo hoo. NOT.) but the camera ran out of battery before pictures with those guys.

David and Libby Loo.

The day before, Saturday June 19th, we had Ryan's party. This is the three kid attendees eating pizza.

Here are the adult attendees of the party (minus myself)--Gary, Andrea, David, and Lois.

The balloon bouquet that lasted about 5 hours this time. The latex balloons became kick/punchballs, and the next morning Ryan released the Toy Story balloon into the sky so it could be "free" (Thanks, Pixar and "Up!" the movie...)

Ryan and his birthday cake that took me 4 hours after bedtime one night to decorate.

Before the cake and pizza party (I know, you think I'd learn how to upload pics!) we went to see Toy Story 3 in 3-D on the IMAX at the Minnesota Zoo. This is three cuties waiting in line.

We usually bring the kids' booster seats into theaters so the seat doesn't fold up on them, so they are high enough to see over heads in front of them, and so they have a cup holder.

We went boating with Andrea and Evelyn that day, too, before the movie. We 'parked' on a beach and David and Andrea played in the water with the kids.

Libby at 3 months. I love how squat and stumpy she looks.

Ryan at 4 is so gangly looking. I love it.

He really just wanted to take a picture with Libby. Who ended up accidentally sticking her tongue out at him.

Also in June, Ryan did a 3 week stint of preschool gymnastics. He loved it!

David and Libby and I jetted down to Rock Rapids IA for a wedding--David's college roommate and one of the groomsmen in our wedding got married. We didn't know anyone else there, but it was fun to take a quick little car trip (almost) without kids. Notice Libby's hair clip? Stayed in for the picture and that was about it :)

We went to Perch Lake over Memorial Day weekend with Gary and Lois and they rented a paddle boat for a few hours. Here's David and I on a solo excursion.

Picnic-ing on Perch Lake.

We also visited St Croix Bluffs park that weekend, just the five of us.

And into July now--fast forward! Dining on our new patio with new patio furniture.

Fourth of July!

So if you made it this far--there is a picture post below of 4 month babies, and then three blog entries below THAT. Sorry for not updating for 2 months and then a flood of posts!