Trip to the Black Hills of South Dakota

We had a great trip to South Dakota to see Grandpa and Grandma.  Some of the sights:

• The big dinosaur museum in Bozeman, MT
• The Davenport Hotel in Spokane
• The Little Bighorn Battlefield 
• Mt. Rushmore
• The Crazyhorse Memorial
• Buffaloes
• Prairie Dogs
• Sylvan Lake
• Fishing
• Camping on a trout stream in Montana
• The chuck wagon dinner

New Videos

Here are some great videos and a few pictures.

First, Alex's Birthday!

Second, Julia's Big Home Run (at the 1:00 minute mark)

Third, the big "Under the Sea" performance.


Fourth, Alex builds some kind of military defense tower to fight zombies in Minecraft.

Camp Seymour 2014

We had a great time with our friends from school (parents and kids) at Camp Seymour.  Alex had a great time with Xander, Logan, Rohan, Barack, and the crew.

There were many highlights.  Alex and Dad won the water balloon toss (first grade division).  All the baseball has paid off.  Alex and Julia both really do not like canoeing.  Pin Chuck was an awesome game for the Dads -- too bad the kids all got injured.   Julia finished the German Stairs run at 7:15 each morning.  On the second day, she finished before every first grader in the run.

We had two deer visit our back yard.  Mommy took some great pictures (instead of defending the blueberries and garden).

Alex's 7th Birthday and Grandma and Diane's Visit

Alex had his seventh birthday last week!  Amazing that this blog is now 7 years old.  Time flies.

Grandma Brady and Cousin Diane flew out from Minnesota to celebrate the event.  We went to the zoo, Alki beach, watched Julia play soccer, visited the baby salmon, and ate cake.  Thanks for flying out to visit!  We had a great time.  The action shot below is Julia scoring a goal in soccer.