Summer Lovin...too bad the weather is preventing us from enjoying the great outdoors!

So far the Chambers family has gone on a few trips.  We have been to Minneapolis twice now.  We recently went to see the Twins play the Padres for Girl Scouts, which was an interesting experience since 1.) the weather (it was raining off and on) and 2.) we took Avery along.  Amazingly we had a great time at the game.  The first three innings we had to stay under shelter because of the rain, but the rest of the evening was wonderful.  We also tried out a baby carrier so that we did not have to deal with a wiggle worm throughout the game.

Here is Avery and I at the game.  She was literaly attached to me for the whole game.  No whining or complaining...unless she was hungry.

Caleb and McKayla enjoying the game and finding time to smile for camera!

Mac took this picture of her parentals!

The day after the game was father's day.  We started off by going to one of our favorite stores...IKEA!  Although we found a million and one things we "could" use in our house, we ended up just getting ideas. 

Happy Father's Day!

We then decided to head back to the MOA and surprise the kids by taking them to "Sea Life"

They did a ton of renevations since the last time we were there.  The kids had a ton of fun.  Avery even had a blast watching the fish, shark, jellyfishes, etc. 

We also spent Father's Day by going to Shawn's favorite place to eat...Buffalo Wild Wings.  On our venture home, we did not arrive until 10:30pm...yikes!  Three crabby kids easily fell asleep.  We decided to give daddy his presents the next day. Of course if anyone knows my hubby he only receives 3 kind of presents 1.) Iowa Hawkeye stuff 2.) Raiders 3.) U2.  The kids surprised Shawn with Iowa Hawkeye football figurines while I got him a signed autographed football (glad I have connections at work) that included Ricky Stanzi #12 before he got drafted.

McKayla, Shawn, Caleb, and Avery!

Of course we had anothe celebration following Father's Day and that was McKayla's 9th Birthday!  This year instead of having a bowling party, she asked if she and her friend, Emily Dunlop, could have manicure/pedicures....gosh I miss the days when toys were so easy.  So, the same weekend of the Twins game, the girls got to go to "Scoops" in the MOA and have a fun time!

After having their manicures, the girls go to go to the Banana Sundae lounge and have their feet pampered. The girls had a blast.  They were able to wear robs and of course their tiara and choose 2 nail polishes that they got to keep.  McKayla chose sparkly silver and purple, while Emily was silver and teal.

The one weekend when we had nowhere to go, we decided to take the kids to see Cars 2.  The kids had a blast, except mommy and Avery ended up hanging out in the lounge.  Avery was fighting being sleepy and we did not want to interrupt anyone.  Daddy got to hang with the kids, besides, the last kid movie outing I got to take them to Kungfu Panda 2.  So it only seems fair!  Following the movie we went to the tourist site of Okoboji, IA.  Funny how a lot of friends make it a big deal to go there, but when you live close by, it is just a day trip.  Here are pics of us on the dock with the kids. Like I said, Mother Nature is very confused about the weather. It was cloudy, but cool enough to be in sandals or jeans.  Hopefully we will be able to take the kids to the waterpark someday.  July will be verybusy as it will be Fourth of July weekend, Avery's Baptism, Avery's 1st Birthday, and vacation to Des Moines, IA (we wanted to do stuff close to family).

Time is flying fast!

Summer is already coming soon enough!  The weather has been so inconsistent, you cannot tell if it is spring or summer.  So far both kids are done with school and now are at home with Dad.  We have had several events happen so quickly.  First things first, Avery had to have tubes placed in both ears. Her medication just did not work well enough for the infections to go away.  So once again another surgery. She was such a trooper.  Caleb, Avery, and I drove the night before the surgery to Mankato since she had to check in at 6am.  It was pretty tough to get the kids up by myself, but we made it in time.  Avery had the cutest room.  It was decked out with "Finding Nemo" decals all over the walls.  Thank goodness I packed an activity bag for Caleb. He kept himself busy coloring in his Spiderman book.  Avery never cried according to the nurses.  The surgery went so quick, it took about 10 minutes tops and then we were out of there.  Of course, since we had to get up so early, we headed back to the hotel room and Avery and I fell asleep, while Caleb watched the tv.

Big Brother Caleb behaving!

Presurgery...Avery having fun playing with mommy's cell phone!

Sleepy after her surgery.

Doctor cleared us to go home!

We also went to Minneapolis for Memorial Day weekend with the Dunlop's.  We were able to spend time at the Mall of America where the kids had fun at the Nickelodeon Theme Park.  Daddy also had fun and went on some rides with Caleb.  Later that day, the dad's went to the Twins game while the mom's and kids played at the waterpark in our hotel "The Depot"

I think the best part was every 15 min. the park would sound like a train station and at the end tons of water would gush everywhere.  McKayla, Caleb, and even Avery had fun.

Shawn and Caleb racing!

McKayla and Emily going for a swing!

Caleb visited by Squidward and Spongebob!

The Depot Waterpark

Water gushing on the big kids!

Everyone playing in the big kid pool!

Mom with all 3 kids!

This was a great time because they had sections for all 3 of the kids to enjoy.  I even went down on the waterslide!

More events to come.  Summer has not officially started, so we hope to have great weather and fun times.