Aubrie's Birthday party was also a success! She got lots of great new things- Thank you all for coming!
Monday, July 28, 2008
Camping
Aubrie and I with our marshmallow roasters- ready for the Chocolate!
Well, I survived my first camping experience! We had about every challenge a family could have when all they want is everything to go smoothly! We left about 8 on Saturday morning and drove in dark blue clouds the hole way up to Lake Shetek. When we go there it started to rain! We had to pull over and put the tarp on the boat in the rain- ICK. By the time we got to our camping spot the rain had stopped and we set up our "home away from home" for the night.
We then packed up the boat and hit the lake- what a great lake it was, however we were nervous about the depth and Jeremy thought he had a solution to that problem by installing a depth finder- when we went to turn it on it DIDNT WORK! We stayed a good distance from the shore just to be safe. By this time we had great temps and SUN! We did a little tubing, kneeboarding and fishing then cruised around the lake. Aubrie was tubing and when we went to pull her in we shut off the boat - little did we know it wasnt going to start back up b/c the fish finder fried a line! UGH oh well we went to the marina -thank goodness it was open- and thought we got what we needed to fix it. Well it didnt work! Long story short- we were practically hot wiring our own boat for the next couple hours and then went back to the camp ground.
We cooked up supper, made some smores and then off to bed it was. During the middle of the night we got strong wind and RAIN!! I freaked and made everyone go to the Tahoe to get some rest- the rain slowed down and jeremy convinced me to go back to the DRY (thank you Lord!) tent- when we woke up Sunday morning everything was a mess- but we survived!
We packed up and went for breakfast only to see another front coming through..... we packed up the tent and headed home! Maybe next time things will go better- Aubrie enjoyed it and i must say it wasnt so bad---
Monday, July 21, 2008
We have a birthday coming up...
Happy Monday !
Not many new and exciting things this past week. Jeremy spent the weekend fishing with some friends at Spirit Lake, while I helped with the Boyden Bash, Aubrie was at Ryans and Aavyn just went with the flow of things.
This week is going to be a busy one- Aubrie starts T-ball tonight lets just hope she pays a little more attention this year and runs to the correct base and does not sit by 3rd base and build sandcastles! We are convinced the time we have put in by playing catch and hitting the ball will pay off! Aubrie also turns 6 on Wednesday! Where does time go!? It seems like only yesterday chaos began ;) We have a party planned for Friday night at the Pizza Ranch.
This coming weekend will be my first experience in the camping enviroment! WHAT AM I THINKING! We are heading to Lake Shetek in MN on Saturday morning and staying in a tent of all things! Pray for good weather as I have no clue on this "roughing" it stuff ;) This is what Aubrie wanted for her birthday was to go camping! (is she really my child!?) But I am excited about it and also to just boat on a different lake for a change and practice up on my skiing and kneeboarding skills.
Aavyn is loving his glasses and wears them a little more each day. We mixed up his meds a bit different again and it seems to be helping. YAH!
Hope everyone is well.... Until next week..............
Not many new and exciting things this past week. Jeremy spent the weekend fishing with some friends at Spirit Lake, while I helped with the Boyden Bash, Aubrie was at Ryans and Aavyn just went with the flow of things.
This week is going to be a busy one- Aubrie starts T-ball tonight lets just hope she pays a little more attention this year and runs to the correct base and does not sit by 3rd base and build sandcastles! We are convinced the time we have put in by playing catch and hitting the ball will pay off! Aubrie also turns 6 on Wednesday! Where does time go!? It seems like only yesterday chaos began ;) We have a party planned for Friday night at the Pizza Ranch.
This coming weekend will be my first experience in the camping enviroment! WHAT AM I THINKING! We are heading to Lake Shetek in MN on Saturday morning and staying in a tent of all things! Pray for good weather as I have no clue on this "roughing" it stuff ;) This is what Aubrie wanted for her birthday was to go camping! (is she really my child!?) But I am excited about it and also to just boat on a different lake for a change and practice up on my skiing and kneeboarding skills.
Aavyn is loving his glasses and wears them a little more each day. We mixed up his meds a bit different again and it seems to be helping. YAH!
Hope everyone is well.... Until next week..............
Monday, July 14, 2008
Adventureland and Omaha Zoo
We made it!! This weekend was so much fun for the kids and adults! We started out Saturday morning around 645 and headed to SiouxCity to meet up with Kelly and Erin. We made it to DSM around 11:15 with a couple stops. We could not have asked for better weather to be riding rides! (swimming was another story) Aubrie had NO fear! She went on the Inverter, the roller coasters and nothing seemed to scare her! What a little adrenaline junky! Aavyn even went on a ride with Daddy!! I was on the ride next to it and didnt even realize Jeremy was doing it- thank goodness for pics!
We finished up there around 9 loaded up the car, and headed to Omaha to check into the hotel for the night- a bed never felt so good! We were up bright and early (thanks to miss Carsyn haha) showered, ate breakfast and off to the Zoo we went. We had a great time as expected and again the weather cooperated very well (a little hot but not so humid)
When we finished with the zoo Jeremy thought we needed to hit up the Bass Pro Shop so we did that then it was homeward bound!
We got home around 630 unloaded the Tahoe and on the couch we all plopped- except for Aavyn he was ready to play!
Until next time...............
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Brand New Man ;) and a Little Princess
Well I know it is not Monday but I thought you would all want to see Aavyn in his new glasses! His smile when we put them on was priceless! I can not wait to see how his actions change now that he can see.
This other picture is of Aubrie when she rode on the Boyden float in the Rock Rapids parade a couple weekends back.
I will post more pics when we get home from Adventureland and the Zoo. Have a great weekend and say a little prayer that Aavyns surgery for tubes goes well in the morning
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Its been FAR to long
Well Hello again all!
I think it is time I get back on this and start a weekly update- it seems that I am being shown up by Jackie and Boo!!
Instead of back tracking all the way to Feb when I last posted we will just start with what has recently happened with us. Most of you probably read the same info on Aavyns caringbridge site, but I will start keeping that site to strictly Aavyn and this geared more towards our family.
Last weekend Aubrie and I went to the Taylor Swift concert with Audrey and Erin- we had a great time but the best part was that Aubrie was so tired she fell asleep after 2 songs! BUMMER
Ok SO we had a great 4th of July- I managed to "sneak" away for a day to head up to Albertville Outlet mall with my sister. We had a blast- of course I lost the best deal of the day award as she got a skirt for $1.80!! Don't worry Kris I will get it back next shopping trip! On Saturday Jeremy, Aavyn, myself and Bruce (can't forget him!) went to East Lake Okoboji so I could get some sun and the guys could fish. We enjoyed our peaceful day. That night we went out to Nick and Boos for a bonfire but that was short lived as Aavyn wanted nothing to do with sleeping and started crying nonstop as his teeth were bothering him- so home we headed. Sunday came and we bummed all day until it was time to get Aubrie from Ryans then it was off to Sheldon to see Auntie "I" and Uncle Chris who were here from CT. We has pizza and headed home to prepare ourselves for the week.
Jeremy and Aavyn are off for a pre-opp physical today to make sure we can do tubes in Aavyns ears on friday. We can hopefully pick up his little glasses on Thursday of this week so he can see all the action that is going to happen this weekend when we head to Des Moines to Adventureland with Kelly and Erin and the girls. We will go there on Saturday and then head back to Omaha that night so that on Sunday we can bum at the Henery Doorly Zoo - I am not sure who is more excited for the zoo-- Jeremy or the kids! It will be a nice weekend away again- I will post pictures when I get them off my camera so you can see how quickly the kids are growing!
Until Monday...... The Hoekstras
I think it is time I get back on this and start a weekly update- it seems that I am being shown up by Jackie and Boo!!
Instead of back tracking all the way to Feb when I last posted we will just start with what has recently happened with us. Most of you probably read the same info on Aavyns caringbridge site, but I will start keeping that site to strictly Aavyn and this geared more towards our family.
Last weekend Aubrie and I went to the Taylor Swift concert with Audrey and Erin- we had a great time but the best part was that Aubrie was so tired she fell asleep after 2 songs! BUMMER
Ok SO we had a great 4th of July- I managed to "sneak" away for a day to head up to Albertville Outlet mall with my sister. We had a blast- of course I lost the best deal of the day award as she got a skirt for $1.80!! Don't worry Kris I will get it back next shopping trip! On Saturday Jeremy, Aavyn, myself and Bruce (can't forget him!) went to East Lake Okoboji so I could get some sun and the guys could fish. We enjoyed our peaceful day. That night we went out to Nick and Boos for a bonfire but that was short lived as Aavyn wanted nothing to do with sleeping and started crying nonstop as his teeth were bothering him- so home we headed. Sunday came and we bummed all day until it was time to get Aubrie from Ryans then it was off to Sheldon to see Auntie "I" and Uncle Chris who were here from CT. We has pizza and headed home to prepare ourselves for the week.
Jeremy and Aavyn are off for a pre-opp physical today to make sure we can do tubes in Aavyns ears on friday. We can hopefully pick up his little glasses on Thursday of this week so he can see all the action that is going to happen this weekend when we head to Des Moines to Adventureland with Kelly and Erin and the girls. We will go there on Saturday and then head back to Omaha that night so that on Sunday we can bum at the Henery Doorly Zoo - I am not sure who is more excited for the zoo-- Jeremy or the kids! It will be a nice weekend away again- I will post pictures when I get them off my camera so you can see how quickly the kids are growing!
Until Monday...... The Hoekstras
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