Our Life, A Beautiful Chaos......: July 2009

Every year when May rolls around, it never seems to fail the Summer just creeps up on us and then BOOM all of the sudden it is the 4th of July! I have always kind of looked at the 4th of July as the "half way mark" of Summer......what a bummer that is!

We have had a great time already this summer! Although it seems as though the weather has been kind of a downer lately....lots of clouds and chilly days has prevented us from spending much time at the water park :( We always seem to find "something" to keep us busy!

**Boys will be Boys......right?**

It was one of those slllloooww motion type of things...."Carson your brother is right......THERE"

THUNK! Kaedin gets smacked square in the middle of the forehead with a golf ball!

Thank goodness he was ok, and poor Carson felt horrible!

Bring on Exhibit "A"

**Last day of school 08/09**

We always do something fun on the last day of school.....sometimes it's "Congratulations" balloons, or a water fight. This year I decided to do a Sundae bar for the kids! Delicious!

Exhibit "B"

*Happy Fathers Day 2009**

We had a lot of fun on Father's Day this year. I was torn at first, my mom and brothers were treating my dad to an afternoon at the twins game, however my husband had a race and of course the kids wanted to spend the day with him.....we compromised! The kiddos and I drove down to spend the day with daddy and cheer him on as he showed his stuff at the races! Unfortunately, the weather didn't hold it's end of the bargain and we got rained out! It was fun getting sloppy and wet at the "mud track", and it ended up being an early end so that I was able to meet up with MY daddy for dinner!

Trying to stay dry!

Dinner with 4 of his biggest admirers!

Dad and his gang....we're all grown up!

**Welcome our newest family member.... Lolita Maria Otto....aka "Lola"**

We recently decided that it would be a good idea to add a new puppy to the family! We had been searching here and there but just were not able to find a match. One Sunday afternoon I happened to be browsing the Star Tribune online just for the heck of it and came across an ad for a BRUG, this sparked my interest because I had never heard of such a breed before but assumed it had to be something mixed with a PUG.....Justin and I drove down to Hartland, MN and couldn't resist coming home with our new little love! Lola has been a fabulous addition to the Otto family, Oliver ( our lab/sherpei mix ) is quite protective of her when other dogs are around yet wants nothing to do with her when it is just the two of them. I forgot how much work a puppy really is! Much more work than a newborn baby.....she is worth it! We absolutely LOVE our new little Lola! Her name fits perfect already....."whatever Lola wants.......Lola gets"!

** Carson's New Digs**

Out of the blew at the mall one day, Carson sprung on me that he has been thinking about getting his ear pierced! WHAT? Since when? "Well, since we have been at the mall", I just laughed and we kept walking. Throughout the rest of the afternoon, Carson kept asking me if he could have some "bling"? I told him that this was a decision he needed to sleep on.....

He slept on it and well, the above picture tells all! We'll see if it last longer than just the summer, and I hate to say it but it is really cute! It just fits his personality!

**Happy 4th of July**

We had a great 4th of July weekend this year! Being that the 4th was on a Saturday this year, Justin had Friday off and we were invited to our friends, The Tushie family's home for a pool party. We had an amazing time complete with amazing food, a pool, yard games, fireworks, a bonfire, and best of all fabulous company! We couldn't have asked for a better kick off to the weekend! On Saturday we spent the evening with my 3 brothers, their significant others and my parents at the "rents" house! We had a great BBQ, bonfire and LOTS of fireworks! The only thing missing from the weekend was Linds....she spent the weekend with Kaitlynn at her cabin :(