June Recap

June was a pretty great month overall, and I was surprised by that, considering we had pretty much nothing on the agenda. Sometimes, that's a good thing, but more often than not, it's a bad thing: Usually it means that we have to scramble to not be boring and sit around the house with the boys.

We started the month off finishing up our fun family vacation to Brainerd, and headed straight (literally...straight) to the doctor's office to find Cashel had a double ear infection, so between that and his bug bite, he had a nice round of antibiotic that would knock it all out. Thankfully, the rest of the month we just had to deal with two teething kiddos (Cashel with his molars,and Kendrick, who got 3 more teeth this month). My goodness are we ever done with teething, and we're just getting started with Kendrick! We were so thankful, though, that we finally figured out why Cashel had been so aggressive, biting, throwing tantrums like crazy, and just general acting miserable. The downside is that it breaks this Mama's heart to know that he was miserable, and that it took so long to figure it out :( Thankfully, by the end of the month he was back to his normal self again :)

BUT...we spent a good chunk of time outside this month, including hitting the Windom pool, where my Mom got us a season pass for Christmas (thanks, Mama!) We were a little concerned at first, as Kendrick wanted nothing to do with it, but as the water warmed up throughout the month, he grew to absolutely LOVE it! Cashel is already ready to jump into the deep end into Daddy's or Mommy's arms. Crazy!

We also enjoyed time with friends and family as well as getting a new roof (yay!), a fun night for the boys and I at Windom Riverfest, some scary big storms, strawberry picking as a family at Schumaker's, lots of time at the park, a crazy dinner with the Grabers at the new Mexican restaurant in town (Margarita's Ville), and a really fun trip to the Circus with Cashel, where he got to ride a camel and an elephant! We also celebrated Mark on Father's Day with a low-key day at home and took a lot of walks with the mild temperatures.

Dinner at the Dibbles (June 12)

We joined Mandy and Claire for dinner at their new home in Westbrook on the 12th. Mandy is one of my dearest friends, and we are so happy for them with their beautiful new home :) It was nice to catch up with her a bit and watch our kiddos play together :)

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Riverfest (June 13)

I took the boys to the Riverfest kick off on Friday for supper and then a cute Bob and the Beachcombers concert at the High School.

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Father's Day (June 15)

We certainly couldn't ask for a more perfect-for-us Daddy :) We may not have done much for Father's Day, but we certainly weren't low on hugs and kisses.

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Schumaker's with the Family (June 21)

We went strawberry picking at Schumaker's in Heron Lake on Saturday morning. The boys had a wonderful time!

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Looking Ahead...

July promises to be busy, but we don't really have a lot of plans. Mark and I are really hoping to find some time to take a few half days of work and have date afternoons on the lake enjoying the jet ski and tube. Amy has a work conference she will be attending for two days in Bloomington, and we hope to get our deck stained and weather-proofed and ready for a new grill!

We really hope to also make it to Wild Water West at some point with friends of ours, and to make more trips to the pool as well. I guess time will tell! We never quite know what's going to happen from one month to the next :)