Duluth

I'm so far behind.

Let's catch up.

In June Blair's family came to visit from Montana.
(Blaise's birthday was their first day here).
Blair's birthday is the 10th, two days after Blaise's.
Sometimes his birthday gets overlooked because we make a such a big deal out of Blaise's birthday (sorry Blair).  But this year he turned 30.
And since his family was here I planned something special.

Duluth.

Here are some pictures from our trip:

We spent some family time in Canal Park.

 

 

Blaise, always climbing.
 

My beautiful nieces Ryen,

and sweet Samari.

I got to take the kids on their first SHT hike

 

 

We had so much fun exploring!

 

The morning of Blair's actual birthday he wanted to go for a trail run.

 

 

It was such a gorgeous misty morning!

 

Then we all went for a ride on the Alpine Coaster at Spirit Mountain.

 

 

 Followed up by some time at the beach.

And then finally... CAKE!
 

Happy 30th Blair!



Blaise's 5th Birthday

How is it possible that 5  years have gone by?

Seems like just yesterday Blair and I were making our way to the hospital in Bozeman, MT

(in the snow.  Yes, snow in June.) so Blaise could make our lives complete.

30 hours of labor, 3 hours of pushing (he was worth every minute), and 5 years later...

you get this.

I love this little boy more than anything.

Blaise had 2 "parties" this year.

He's very a spoiled child.

Since she knew Blair's family would be with us on his actual birthday, my mom,

AKA: "my Besty Grandma"

wanted to give him a special day.  And that, she did.

She picked us up and took us to Space Aliens.

Where Blaise and I dominated the games,

and won lots of tickets.

Then she took Blaise to Toys R Us

where he got to pick out any toy he wanted.

He chose an RC Boat.

He's a pretty lucky kid to have such a great "Betsy Grandma"!

On his actual Birthday (June 8th), he was woken up by his "Mary Grandma", aunt, uncle,

and cousins from Montana.

The girls and I took him out for a special Birthday breakfast

while everyone else caught up on sleep from the long drive.

Then we decided to spend the day on the lake.
Fishing on the dock and cruising on the pontoon until it was dark.

Instead of cake, this year we had a bonfire with s'mores.

It was the perfect way to end a great Birthday.