First - some really exciting news. Krystle and Pierce are building a townhouse 1 (1!!) block away from us! I am so excited! I cried (as in shoulders shaking, eyes leaking tears, cried) when they stopped over to tell us. I can not wait to have them so close to us. Since they are building, they won't be moving in until October. It seems far away now, but it will be here before we know it! Congratulations on your first home you guys!

I waited to blog about that until I knew our parents had been told! I didn't want them finding out about it on the internet!

Saturday our town had a festival and new city park grand opening. We headed down to the riverfront to partake and it was such a fun time! First was the kiddie parade, then there was children's entertainment (a live musical act that included singing, dancing and games with the kids- so fun!). Annika was right in the middle of the group of kids, dancing her heart out and enjoying herself. It was a bit too loud there for James so I took him across the park where he promptly fell asleep. What a good kid! After that we headed to the new park so Annika could play for a while. They were having lunch for everyone shortly and we wanted to stay for that. It took a while to get our food, but then again they were feeding the whole town! After lunch we headed back home so the kids (and I!) could get in a nap. That afternoon we met Gramme over at Great Grandma and Grandpa's townhouse for a visit. I don't think I've ever had a nicer visit with them - at least not in recent history! It was so much fun. Annika charmed Great Grandma like you wouldn't believe. And Great Grandma spoiled her rotten in return. Annika got away with whatever she wanted there and Great Grandma just kept saying "Oh, I could spoil that one." Um, yeah Grandma - you already are! Hee! At one point Great Grandma even threw her head back, put her arms in the air and let out a great big belly laugh. Grandpa was enjoying himself too. He was watching the kids and telling us about the neighbors. We were there over three hours and boy did that time go fast!

After that visit we headed out to see Nana and Papa quickly before the evening was over. They got a new car on Saturday and we wanted to check it out! We had a small appetizer with them while they ate dinner and then said our good-byes. Bedtime comes early around here and we needed to get home.

Sunday morning Grandpa Dan called. Kris's eyes lit up as he handed the phone to me. Grandpa and Marcia were inviting us out on their boat for the day. They recently purchased a brand new Bayliner boat - only in the water for the 4th time on Saturday! It was a scramble that morning to get everyone ready. I needed to purchase a new swimming suit (I have three and yet not one of them fits my 4 months postpartum body, ya know?). We needed life jackets for the kids and a few other essentials. We finally made it out to the lake at 1pm. It was a gorgeous day! It was in the low '80s with a slight breeze - perfect to be on the lake. We cruised around, we took in the sights of the other boaters and the development of the town and we anchored at one point too. Annika and I jumped in the lake and splashed around for a little while. She thought she was so cool in her life jacket, floating on her back, kicking her legs and being goofy. I, well, I was having fun too but I kept her very, very close to me too. I was so nervous something was going to happen to her! Yes, she had her life jacket securely fastened but I was nervous anyway! She had a ball though and didn't want to get back in the boat. Then we cruised around again and when we went really fast, her eyes lit up and she giggled like crazy. James thought it was all pretty cool too. Whenever we would cruise around he would fall asleep and then when we would stop, he would wake up. Silly boy. He looked so uncomfortable though in his life jacket. It was always up around his head and neck so he could barely reach his fingers to get them in his mouth. He was a pretty happy baby the whole time we were out though. After being on the water for three hours, we packed up and headed to town for some dinner. It was just a great family weekend.

And wouldn't you know that I forgot my camera for everything except the visit with Great Grandma and Grandpa! I can't believe I don't have pictures of their first time on the boat! I sure hope we can go out again some time this summer. I will definitely have my camera with me next time!

Today we've been home all day. We did some chores, we ran some errands and we generally just hung out as a family. Those are good days too.