The Island of Happy Days

Stout's Island Lodge, here we come!  Taking the ferry over. 

 Clara's Cabin, home sweet home for three days.

 Can You Canoe?  Why yes, yes we can.

 Lyla & Geegs.

 And they're off!

 Thanks to Baba & Babee for making this annual weekend tradition happen!

 Andie & Bibs...best buds.

 For real.

 Splashing in the baby pool when the lake was too choppy!

 Just like a bunch of rednecks, hanging out in the front yard in folding chairs watching the kids in the baby pool.

 Did I mention like a bunch of rednecks?

 Great Grandma Naomi & Emmy Dude.

 Handsome man.

 Another tradish...

 Evan on the swings.  Hard to believe this was him on our first Stout's trip: http://petersonbabyblog.blogspot.com/2008/08/island-of-happy-days.html

 Bibs.

 The Peterson siblings with Naomi.

 The Mays.

 Baba pondering.

 Throwing rocks.

 Thumbs up for Stouts.

 Cheese!

 The almost-not-newlyweds-anymore!

 Swimming!

 Our little fish.

 Loves.

 Great Grandma & Baba.  Naomi tells us that when Baba was a baby, he was a scrawny thing just like Brian and Emmett.  Phew.  At least now we know for sure that Emmett will grow into a super stud.

 Best buds.

 The Mays V2.

 BabaBabeeBabes.

 Throwing the football on the lawn.

 Walk with the Dude.

 Busting out the TKD moves off the floating dock.

As usual, we had a fantastic weekend at Stout's.  It was a bit warmer (hot as forty hells!!!) than we have been used to but overall, it was still a great weekend of fun and fellowshippin' with the Peterson fam.

Weekly Randoms: Smiling, Camp and More!

The last camp of the summer!  Hollan has a three day camp at Evan's old preschool this week.  She's learning all about Africa.  Aunt Dana will be proud!

 She starts actual preschool on the 9th...can't believe it.  Wasn't she just our baby?

 The Chocolate Villain.

 A normal afternoon in jerseys and shades.

 Big brother giving Emmett his pear juice (gets the digestion moving).

 The sweetest little sweet pea ever.

 Nothing like a "Aaaaahhhhh......BOO!" to get him smiling.

Happy Little Dude

Emmett's little noises are the cutest.  And yes, Brian is eating an Arby's roast beef in the background.

Training Camp

Evan got to go to Vikings Training Camp this weekend.  Posing with Adrian Peterson's jersey.  Meanwhile, we have more AP jerseys in our house than AP does! 

 Running the obstacle course.  And rocking it.

A great warm up for flag football, which starts in a few weeks.

 Andrew, Laurie and Evan got to go behind the fence to talk to players and get autographs!

 AP!  Little does he know we are his neighborhood stalkers (he lives about 5 doors down around the corner). Nightly discussing what cars were parked in his driveway and who was dealing with the recycling in his garage.  Guess where our first stop will be on Halloween??

 Laurie + Evan = Good Buds.  They both love Vikes football and Taylor Swift...what else do you need?

Ziggling

BabeeBaba got a Radio Flyer Ziggler for their house.  We sat in the driveway and watched (laughed at) the kids doing this for HOURS.  Don't take much!!

First Day of Kinder.....Camp!

Evan had his KinderCamp orientation today.  Getting his new backpack warmed up.  At 8am.

 Ok, now we are ready to go!

 Thumbs up for kindergarten!

 Eagle Heights Spanish Immersion School.  Woot woot!

 The kindergarten atrium.  Feeling a little anxious.

 Finding his locker.

 "El Bosque"...The Forest Atrium

 Let the immersion begin!