Weekend in Iowa

Well it was a very exciting weekend for the Schwieger family! We spent the week in Iowa with Ben's family! Ben and the guys had their Fantasy Football Draft on Saturday night. We went down on Thursday night and were able to hang out Friday and part of Saturday before the guys left for the draft in Missouri! We had a great time! Friday night we took the kids to "Moonlight Bowling" where they turned the lights off and had a black light. It was cute! The kids spent more time in the arcade than bowling! Oh well, we had fun! Saturday we hung out and the guys left at noon. The moms put the kids down for naps and spent the afternoon working on our tans! Then brought the kids out for dinner... we were outnumbered... 5 kids to 4 adults! It went surprisingly well! The kids were so good! Then Sunday the guys came home around 11:30 and we headed back for MN! It was a fun weekend but it went by too quick!! Of course, I wouldn't leave you with out some photos! :) Check them out below!

This is a play area at one of their malls! I wish we had this here!! Check out the action shot of Matthew leaping off the log! What a coordinated boy! :)
Carson and Matthew crawling across the log...

Friday night bowling... how CUTE are those shoes?! He looks like such a big boy! UGH! I can't believe my baby is 2 1/2 already! Time goes too fast! I think that is why I take so many pictures! I want to remember EVERY minute of him!! I love him to pieces!!!!

Matthew loves popsicles but because I am freak, I make him take his shirt off so we don't stain it! I know, I know, he is a little boy but I like him to remain clean! :)

My b-day/cabin

I had a great 31st b-day! We spent the entire weekend at the cabin! It was GORGEOUS!! We couldn't have asked for better weather! On Friday, my actual b-day, Ben and I left Matthew with my parents and went to the Port for dinner, which is a restaurant in the St. James Hotel in Red Wing. We had a great dinner and then went out with Mike Egan and his friend Kim, for some cocktails! It was a prefect night. On Saturday, we took the boat over to the Pickle Factory in Pepin, WI and had lunch with Mike and the boys and my parents... going there is one of my FAVORITE things to do while at the cabin! Saturday was a very exciting day, Matthew decided that he wanted to go tubing with his cousins and ME! He was pretty cute! He lasted about 5 minutes and then had enough. There is a photo below... On Saturday night, Mike made us go out AGAIN with him and Kim came too! This time my bro, Michael joined us, I had a little too much fun and definitely paid for it later! :) On Sunday, the whole Wise clan came down to celebrate my b-day and sweet little Griffins too! He and I share a b-day! It was so much fun! Now I am spending this week recovering! :) Tomorrow we are off to Iowa to visit Ben's sister and her fam! We are really looking forward to it! We always have so much fun with them! Ash and Jordan and kids are coming too and Jackie is already there! Good times! Below are some pics from the b-day weekend! Hope you all are well!!

Matthew's first tubing experience!

Happy Birthday to me! :)

Also, last week we had photos taken of the whole Wise clan! Thought I would share one of the photos!

Baby ?? for Oopie

So one of my very best friends Oopie, otherwise known as Ali Forbes is having a baby! She is due in January and I could not be happier! She and her hubby Michael are going to be the very best parents ever! :) She had her ultrasound today and everything is A-OK!! Which is such great news! They are going to keep the sex a surprise! :) YAY for babies! So many of our friends are prego! It kind of makes me want another one! Maybe soon? We just need another bedroom! Maybe we could convert the closet???

Hope everyone is well! We are off to the cabin tomorrow for a long weekend! I can't wait!!! It is my absolute FAVORITE place to be!

Thomas the Train...

Well we have been waiting months for Thomas and he finally came! It was kind a joke but Matthew had a great time! The train ride was about 20 minutes and the AC went out 1/2 way through it. I'm sure we will talk about it for years to come! Below are a few photos from the day! We went with Ashley and Jordan and the kids and also some of our friends that we met through ECFE :)

Matthew and Kennedy enjoying the "lego" Thomas the Train...

Here we are on the train ride! There was a little girl behind us who screamed for the entire train ride, which added to the experience :)

Home at last!

Well, I am happy to say that we are home and back into our normal routine! We had so much fun with little Lukey but I have to admit, it was pretty tiring chasing after a baby. Plus little Lukey starts his day at about 5:30 or 6!!! We realized how good we have it with little Matthew. He is at such an easy age and he likes to sleep until 8! I do miss little Lukey though! We are going for a visit tomorrow :) Below are some things that we did while we had Lukey!

Here we are at the zoo watching the dolphin show. Sitting for 20 minutes was a little too long for Luke! But it is Matthew's favorite thing at the zoo!

Matthew was teaching Lukey to shoot some hoops!

Ben's sister and her family came over to hang out with us one day... so Matthew and Kennedy had to ride the scooters... so cute!
Ava came back to us on Friday afternoon so on Saturday we decided it would be best to get out of the house! We went to the Washington County Fair! They had a petting zoo... it was SO cute! Here are the kids checking out the bunnies!

Matthew wasn't too sure about petting the animals and needed to be held at first...

But then he was pretty daring and did it all on his own! My baby!!
Have I mentioned how much I LOVE summer!?? I am really dreading the winter! We have soooo much fun in the summer! It seems like there is just so much more to do when it is nice out!!