Home from the DELLS!

Home sweet Home! We just got home this afternoon from spending five days in the Dells! We arrived on Wednesday at River Bay campground, which is located just outside the Dells. We stayed two night before my parents and sister arrived for the second two nights. Our cabin was located right next to the park which was perfect for the kids. Jaxson even met a little boy Caleb, every time he was at the park Jaxson went running! These two pictures were taken the first day after set up camp. Jaxson was so excited to be on vacation.

"what mom?- did you know that a princess never does anything wrong!:)"

Thursday, we spent the day at Pirates Cove. The had a large adventure area with tons of things for the kids to do. A huge jumping pillow, sand area, peddle bikes, a big playground. We brought our picnic lunch and then discovered the ice cream shop for desert!

After Pirates Cove a little nap we headed down to the pool!! Jaxson was a little fish! He is so confident in the water now and can now be completely independent as long as he has his tube!

His favorite part - taking a running start and jumping into the pool!

Vada having so much fun with daddy!! Throw me higher!!

Vada is our little cleaner!

Vada- taking a little snooze....This is not normal for her- she typically does not sit still for 5 seconds, so to fall asleep on me probably has not happened for over a year-or more!

Jaxson telling ghost stories..oooooo......doesn't he look scary!

Morning pancakes..YUM!

Jaxson taking a break from playing ball with Katie and posing for a picture!

Our plan to go to the outdoor water park sort of got eliminated due to the crazy July weather. Instead we went to the indoor water park which was just as much fun! Jaxson even went down the water slide all by himself!! He was so proud of himself!

Here he is posing with auntie Katie!

All in all it was the perfect summer vacation! I think that we will be on diets for the next two weeks, but what's a vacation without a little splurge! Grandma and Grandpa had a lot of fun playing with the kids. Jaxson and all his silly faces and Vada being Vada..... Now we are all exhausted!

Happy Summer! the Bean's

Happy Fourth of July!

This Fourth of July we decided to take a day trip down to Red Wing, Minnesota. It was a gorgeous ride through the bluffs. When we got into town we stopped at the Smokey Row Cafe for lunch.

Vada loves drinking out a big girl cup now- except mom doesn't like it so much when she decides to carry it around the house....as Jaxson would say :) .."what did she do this time?" The entire time at lunch she just wanted to walk around the restaurant and talk to other people when they were eating their lunch. Oh and she found the garbage can too..up, down, up, down...hi, hi, hi

Right next door to the cafe there was a cute little candy store- of course we had to stop!

Here is Jaxson peeking his head over the candy!


After lunch we met grandma and grandpa at Colvill Aquatic Center. What a beautiful park! We spent the afternoon swimming. Jaxson and Vada are such litte water bugs. Jaxson is so comfortable in the water- he is going to do great at swimming lessons!



Here Vada being Wacky with her Wacky Noodle!

Jaxons blowing me kisses!

After hours of swimming we went down to the park area within the grounds. Grandpa found us the perfect spot! We grilled up some brats while the kids played at the park and then had a quick dinner before the rain came in. We planned on staying a little longer, but mother nature had other things in mind. It actually worked out okay because then we were able to get home in time to go over the grandma Vickie's and grandpa Steve's to celebrate the last part of the fourth with them.

Vada and Jaxson blowing bubbles..Jaxson may be having a little more luck!

Vada trying to go swimming in the cooler!

Now the boys are doing it - with Vada trying to shut their heads in the cooler!

Vada's favorite new hobby- dumping, pouring, splashing..really anything that has to do with water.

This past week I went into Vada's room- thinking the kids were downstairs. I was surprised to find them in Vada's crib. I asked Jaxson, "how did Vada get in her crib?" He says. "oh she just climbed up and I flipped her over- that was the funnest part!"

They thought that they were soooo funny!

Summer is just flying by!! We are really enjoying our new van too- well maybe everyone except Vada. She has had a couple cases of getting car sick while riding in it..we are hoping that passes-SOON!. Presten started in the Buffalo branch this past week and he is doing great there! He was ready for a new adventure and I think he got one! My job is keeping me very busy this summer- there are some days I think I need to remind myself to breathe!

We hope that everyone is doing well- have a great week!! The Bean's