joel, emily, corbin and elias

Monday, August 16, 2010

Take me out to the ball game!

Take me out with the crowd!

Buy me some peanuts and cracker jacks!
(Or dippin' dots and cotton candy)

I don't care if I never get back

Let me root,

root,

root

for the Red Hawks!

If they don't win it's a shame.

(So luckily they won.)

For it's one, two, three strikes, you're out,

At the old ball game!

Sunday, August 8, 2010

colorful cooking and canning

We have been enjoying some very colorful meals! This is my (emily's) favorite!

Mix zucchini, carrots, potatoes, green beans, yellow beans, broccoli, and onions.

In a pan, put butter (for a 13x9 I used half a stick of butter) on bottom. Place veggies in pan. Then crumble raw hamburger on top. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Cover and let bake at 350 degrees for about one hour.

I spent a couple days canning beans!

36 pints and 7 quarts

Friday, July 30, 2010

Betty

Meet Betty Croaker!

This is what we know about her so far:

*she is a frog

*she likes to climb

*she don't have hair

*her belly is white

*she hops

*she has black eyes

*her throat goes in and out really fast

*she has 8 "fingers" and 10 "toes"

The boys were very excited to catch her while they were going after dragonflies, grasshoppers and crickets in the backyard! Corbin is very into learning all about her! I guess we have a pet!

Do you know what frogs eat?

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Vacation 2010

This is by far the biggest post I have ever done!

We took a two week vacation starting at the North Shore.

We camped at a resort for 5 days. It was full of fun things to do! We were at the beach almost every day. The boys build a 'waterfall'.

While we were going through some road construction, we happened upon this sign. Joel couldn't stop laughing. There was no center stripe...probably because we were on gravel?!

We went to Gooseberry Falls State Park. There was beautiful falls there!

Most likely this will be our Christmas picture!

We were able to walk across an area between some of the falls.

The boys showing off their muscles.

Funny faces.

I came home with lots of pictures that look like this!!!

Yes, we did get after him picking flowers in a State Park...after we took some pictures.

The only stressful part of our trip was trying to get good family pictures. While we were trying to set up the camera for yet another family picture, Corbin asked if he could take a picture. He snapped this picture as well as about 5 other really good shots!

The lighthouse at Split Rock Lighthouse State Park!

You have to climb down about 200 steps to get this picture...but it was well worth it!

Baptism River

We rented a pontoon one evening. It wasn't as relaxing as you would think...with two little boys that ran back and forth until Elias learned the hard way...but it was still pretty fun.

Corbin made us some pancakes one morning. He did a great job!

We even got the kids to wash the dishes!

We made beef stew from scratch over the fire! It was very tasty!

There is just something about cooking over a fire that is so relaxing! Camping food is always so good! We made pizza sandwiches and the boys loved making them...but weren't thrilled about eating them.

We spent a day in Duluth. We did lots of sight-seeing!

We walked onto the William A. Irvine.

Feeding the seagulls some french fries.

We went for an hour long bike ride. Both boys fell asleep. Both parents got a good workout!

We were told about a beach that had white sand! It was so amazing! Felt like we were at the ocean!

Elias loved getting all sandy...even took a taste.

Poor Corbin wasn't feeling good, so no good pictures of him on the beach.

We went on a family fun cruise. They served pizza and ice cream. They had some fun kids songs.

We did funny faces to pass the time while we waited to eat.

The sight from the top deck.

Elias dancing.

While we were getting on the boat, Joel mentioned that he hoped the boys wouldn't get sea-sick. I told him not to worry about it, the boys would be fine. And they were...but me...not so much!