Dwayne, Nathan, and a Camel

Des Moines Zoo

The kids got to ride a camel today at the zoo.

Iowa Cubs Game

Happy Birthday Lauren and Kristen

We are having a very. Nice time at Lauren and Kristen's birthday party. Great lunch and a lot of fun with kids.

Emma Plays First Base

90!

Happy 90th birthday Big Papa. We had a great pasta meal followed by a Cubs cake. 90 years old is a great accomplishment.

Emma's Dance Party

Check the bottom of this blog for a player featuring the songs of Emma's Dance Party.

Catcher

Tonight Emma is the catcher.

Learning to Ride a Bike

Emma's new thing is to learn how to ride her bike.  She is very comfortable riding the bike with her training wheels on.  This taught her to be confortable sitting and moving on a bike.  Now we have removed the training wheels and pedals.  Emma was buzzing around the block sitting on her bike and gliding on two wheels.  By removing the pedals and training wheels, I was hoping to get Emma to feel for balancing on two wheel and be comfortable with it.  She did a great job and can now glide pretty well on the bike.  She is asking for her pedals on to begin riding, but we're going to have her practice gliding more before that time.  Emma does not want her training wheels on at this point.  When she was gliding, she fell.  Although she cried because it scared her, she was getting up and back on her bike without me asking to.  I was very proud of her.

Evelyn Walks Lucy

What a Weekend

Our family had a very bust weekend.  Although it was busy, it was also a lot of fun.  On Saturday morning, Kelley ran the QC Race for the Cure.  She felt she did well, but not better than her last 5K (she did a great job on that 5K).  When she checked her results online Sunday night, she found out she took first place in her age group!!!  Amazing work.

Kelley took 1st place in her age group during the Race for the Cure.

Once Kelley got cleaned up, we headed out to Lake in the Hills for our nephew's (Jimmy) birthday party.  His theme was Spider Man and he got a lot of cool super hero toys.  All the kids played well with each other and the party was great.  When Jimmy was asked what he wanted for his birthday, he just said cake.  Good man.

Jimmy is now 3!

Sunday morning, Emily and I competed in the Lake in the Hills triathlon.  It is a small, but very well ran triathlon.  The care and organization of the event made it a lot of fun.  I did my best times yet and almost broke the 1:30 mark.  Emily took first place in her age division!  She got a medal (and if you know Emily, any medal matters:)).

Great triathlon that goes through the Hedrick backyard

We then got cleaned up and headed out to Barley House.  The girls were tired, but had a great time.  Thanks to everyone for giving us a great weekend.

First Game

Today is Emma's first t-ball game. Man, it's hot.