Are you ready for some football?!!

As you all know -football season has started! On Friday daddy and Jaxson went to the Vikings first pre-season game of 2009! What a week for Vikings football! Jaxson was so excited that Jake gave him a ticket to the game and this year he even made it through two quarters! Presten said that Jaxson was even cheering. He said that it would be quiet in the dome because everyone was watching the game and then all of a sudden you would hear Jaxson say "Go Vikes!"

Miss Vada and I decided to do a little shopping at the outlet while they were at the game. Vada however- is really not into shopping. You know hiding in racks and having mom chase me around the store and laughing so hard so everyone in the store is looking at us is WAY more fun than trying on clothes mom! Maybe one day I'll have a little shopping partner, but apparently not today:)

Here he is..number 4!

Can't go to a football game without getting some popcorn!

Since Vada was really not into shopping, I decided to take Jaxson on a shopping date. He needed some new clothes for school and a new book from the bookstore.

He loves to pose so here he is trying the clothes in the dressing room.

The poses and the faces are never ending!

We were leaving Maple Grove and Jaxson says "clothes-check, book-check, Costco-check" Alright, I think we got everything! Time to go home!

What a gorgeous weekend to spend at the park. Jaxson wanted to practice for his football season that will be starting in September.

Vada of course has to get in on the action too!

Here is Vada sending her baby down the slide

Just making sure she made it!

Swinging with her baby!

What a fast week! We really enjoyed being home this weekend especially with the beautiful weather. Saturday was also a perfect day for a baby shower! Our friends Lindsey and Jon are expecting in 9 weeks! We have lots of pregnant friends right now..can't wait for all the babies!

Two more weeks of summer and it is almost State Fair time!!

Have a great week!! The Bean's

Birthday Bug Bash!

Jaxson is turning four!! This year for his birthday he decided that he wanted to have a bug bash!! We had his party his favorite park- Elm Creek Park reserve! We served up lunch at the Cricket cafe...serving REAL crickets! The brave and daring guests had their choice between sour cream and onion and bacon and cheese! The only daring soul and in our family was daddy!

A bug party would not be complete without your bug hat!

To initiate all the kids into the bug party they had to crawl through the spider web...and be sure to not get bitten by the SPIDER! After they entered through the web they received their bug hat!

NOW we are BUGS!!

We even got to decorate bug cupcakes!

The little bugs hard at work on their bug cupcake!

Saturday morning we headed down to Woullets in Minneapolis for Jaxson to pick out his birthday dessert. He went with the classic chocolate, chocolate cake! My parents and sister celebrated with us Saturday enjoying Jaxson's favorite homemade pizza and cake!

Even though it was Jaxson's birthday- we couldn't forget about Little miss Vada. She got an early birthday scooter!

Jaxson getting excited to open his gifts! His real birthday is Wednesday...so he is getting quite the celebration!

This past week, Vada has become quite the little helper. She is also a very good gardener. She helped me pick tomatoes and green beans and cut them all up for dinner! Vada has now decided the least amount of clothes the better...believe me this can get very interesting, especially if we are not at home!

Jaxson finished his t-ball season! He had such a great time meeting all new friends! Up next- flag football!

Vada always wanting to get in on the action.

Once again we had a wonderful time at National Night Out! Here is Jaxson getting ready for the bike parade!

Summer is slowly slipping away!! We have been spending every minute that we can at the beach! Jaxson and Vada LOVE to swim! We are looking forward to hanging low the last few weeks in August and getting ready for another year of preschool!

We hope that you are all doing well and are enjoying the summer! The Bean's

next week!

We'll be back on track next week-promise! It has been a busy last couple of weeks. We hope that you are all having a wonderful summer!