Chicago's Newest Lil' Kicker!

Well, Its official - Ryker is a Lil' Kicker!!!!! He had his first practice with "Coach Mike" and the other lil' kickers at the indoor soccer field this morning. Maddie and Ry had a blast and both of their daddies were able to be there to witness it!

Here are some pics from the big day

Ry and Daddy right before we left for Lil' Kickers

Coach Mike had them do drills and run back and forth across the field (the parents didn't have to run, but we were still sweating afterwards, it was hot in there!)

They also had to do an exercise with cones. They had to build em' up and KNOCK em' down!

Here are the two cousins tackling Uncle Bob!

Here we are waiting for Coach Mike to give us the last drill of the day!

Such a fun program for little kids - can't wait for next week!

A Visit from the Hunns....

Another great summer weekend....

In honor of Labor Day, Jess and David Hunn came to visit us in Chicago. We had such a great weekend - full of great friends, good food (thanks le) and constant entertainment (thanks Ry!)

Sunday morning, they cooked us breakfast, Pancakes and Bacon, it was awesome!

(Jess you still owe me the recipe!)

We went to the zoo

We ate popcorn at the zoo (of course!)

Ry and Dave enjoying the Sunday Morning Paper....

Thanks again for coming! It was a great weekend!

Where did the summer go???

(this post should be dated August 2010)

It's hard to believe that the summer is almost over!!! We had such a great time that I once again got behind in my blogging and Ry is growing so fast its hard to catch up!!! Here are some great highlights from the summer....

Once again, we spent a great week in Green Lake in August. Bobby rented a great house for us, we rented jetskis and just lounged around and relaxed. (well, as much relaxing as you can do with TWO one and a half year olds!

They swam...

They had an OFFICIAL Dora the Explorer birthday party...

hosted by the party planner expert, Grammie!

(Because their favorite tv station, Nick Jr. said it was her birthday!)

they played hide n' seek with Aunt Brooke

they were just "hanging" out

They fingerpainted

They saw Another Green Lake Champ get crowned (hat, t-shirt, trophy and all!)

Ry and Maddie definitely managed to conquer Green Lake. Its hard to imagine that in one year from that week they will be walking down the aisle as the flower girl and ringer bearer in Brooke and Kevin's wedding! We can't wait!!