How to beat the summer heat...

Well it has been a while since my last post, almost a month and a half, which means life has been VERY busy but VERY fun! Where to start... Well end of May we headed to Minnesota for an amazing 10 day vacation. Lilly was a trooper on the plane and behaved so well, she even got complements on her good behavior. This was not only our annual trip to MN but the main reason we went was for Megan and Blake's wedding. It was a beautiful wedding at Elbow Lake Lodge in Northern MN. Very relaxing and accommodating. Lilly was the flower girl again and same story as Heidi's wedding, looked very cute but did not walk down the aisle. We also got to spend a couple of days in the cities, we went to the mall of America and a Twins game. Ryan's Uncle Mike and Aunt Deb were gracious enough to let us stay with them the first night we got in. Liana(their little girl) and Lilly played together and had a lot of fun.









































Since we have gotten back every weekend has been busy. Lilly went to her first concert, Rascal Flatts. Ryan and I really enjoy their music and shows. She had so much fun, she danced until 10:15. It was soooo hot than night, she probably drank 3 cups of ice water and had some frozen lemonade and all night only had one wet diaper if that tells you how hot it was. She had a lot of fun though as did Ryan and I. We also have had a lot of nice long family weekends lately. Getting to play in the pool and have picnics. Just trying to stay cool but still play outside. We go to the big pool in our neighborhood a lot too but Lilly really enjoys the baby pool too though. She can get in and out of it and run a round.






We also had a great 4th of July this year. Ryan got Monday off of work (small miracle) and we enjoyed a 3 day weekend together. Ryan and I also celebrated our 3 year wedding anniversary with dinner and a round of golf. Which I played the best game I have ever played! It was a lot of fun and I have a painful sunburn to show for it. We also went to fireworks Saturday and Sunday night. Saturday was at a friend's house. They had a party, with a bouncy house (Lilly loved it) and lots of games for the kids. Lilly had a great time. Sunday we went to Carolina Country Club with my sister Cindy and her boyfriend, Michael. To say this place is nice is an understatement. Michael works there so he snuck us in the back and we took 2 Gators and rode around the course and watched the fireworks. Lilly liked the fireworks but LOVED the ride on the gator.