Let's play dress-up!

Skylar decided to make Brennen a girl today! I have to say that he makes a really cute girl. I can't believe that his hair is long enough to put in pigtails!


James got in on the fun too!

Skylar loves to play tough!

Kellen, of course, refused to play dress-up! He does not like make believe play.

Charlotta smiled for the first time today!

I know she is not smiling here, but she gave us lots of smiles today and she even giggled for Papa!

Charlotta is 4 weeks old!

She's getting pretty big!

Back from a week at the lake!

We have been at the lake house for the past week. The lake is nice and warm now, so we did a lot of swimming. Jt got the wave runners up and running and so we did a lot of that as well. The kids (except for Kellen) really love the wave runners! Brad and Lovisa came up on Sunday for a visit and stayed until Thursday. We had a really wonderful time with them. Brad and James were best pals. They played baseball, Kubb, pretty much anything that involved throwing something.




These two just love each other so much. They just can't keep their hands off each other. Sometimes, it drives me crazy (like when they are hitting and kicking each other), but there are rare moments when they melt my heart!

I think this picture almost looks fake, like we added the lake background to a picture of Skylar!

Girls Vs. Boys in Kubb. The girls won!!







Charlotta spent most of her time sleeping!



Waiting to watch the fireworks!


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Skylar is off to swim camp!

I have been really nervous about Skylar going to swim camp because it is in a college dorm, but she was very excited about it. Once she met her roommate, she could not wait for me to leave. They bonded instantly and I am sure that she is having a blast. I left feeling like she was going to be just fine. She comes home on Friday!

A weekend at the lake!

We went to the lake this weekend. We have not been there for about a month and so the lawn was like a jungle. JT hopped on the mower right away and Brennen loves to ride along with him! I was going to take a lot more pictures, but Charlotta must have been on a growth spurt because she ate non-stop all day. I literally did nothing but feed a baby!

Charlotta is 2 weeks old!

We had a doctor's visit today and Charlotta is now up to 7lbs 8oz. Here she is with her proud Papa!

An overnight stop in Oskaloosa!

After the Water Olympics, we had to pack up to head home. Since JT had to be back in Sioux Center right away, he caught a plane back and I had to drive the car home. I drove until 2:30am and made it to Oskaloosa for a visit to Uncle Ross. We slept and then spent the morning in the pool and then were on the road again.

Ross and his new niece!

In the pool!

Wet and Wild Water Olympics!

Lovisa and Brad put together a water Olympics to celebrate Skylar's birthday! We all had so much fun. I am not really sure who had more fun-the kids or the adults!

We started out with a little slip and slide fun!


Visa and Evan race.Visa has the early lead, but...

Evan has better finishing speed!

Skylar kicked my butt!


James and Carly race.


Then came the start of the Olympics. Up first, a nonalcoholic version of flippy-cup! I can tell you that the Dean's (including me) suck at this game! Since there were two Deans on the blue team, we lost!

Second event, fill the cup on your head then dump it in the bucket. Once your team fills the bucket up to the line, you win.

Notice: Like mother, like daughter. Both of us filled up our cups and then proceeded to dump them on the table instead of in the bucket! (Byron is yelling at me for missing, if you can see his face!)



Then came get dizzy and run!

The funniest part, I can not even show you because the video accidentally got erased. My brother Byron ran the exact same way as I did. One arm straight out and the other arm swinging! It was so funny!
James falls after getting dizzy!

Next came the wet T-shirt race. We had to transfer the wet shirt to the next person and then run around the stick and finish by going down the slip and slide. Here you see Wystan getting a concussion-he smacked his head pretty hard!

Then it was time for birthday cake!


Two happy kids!


After the festivities, Brad decided to just run and slide down the grass. He was so muddy and I am not sure how long it will take the grass to recover!

It was a fabulous party and I really want to thank Visa and Brad for putting it together! We all had a great time!