Moving up to "Cruisers" story time at the library

Getting up close to the story teller. He also stole one of her books

Going to IKEA is not as relaxing as it used to be...

 

...which was not that relaxing to begin with

 Sunday field trip to Petsmart. Jason loves animals and calls most of them "ba's". He seems to like dogs the best

This boy loves the water

 

He watches the action for a minute and then goes for it

 Stallings Park

 It was a last minute stop so he didn't have his suit... but he didn't care one bit

He also didn't care that he was the only little guy out there :)

Poor little guy

Getting his breathing under control while watching Fireman Sam. Makes us extra thankful for his health and praying for all those little ones and their parents who have to see their kids hooked up to all sorts of machines.

Trip to Minnesota!

 First stop was Jesse and Courtney's house. They were also able to come out to the cabin with Audrey and Hazel (and baby number three due in January!) later in the week

 Jason enjoyed his first ride on a pontoon

 They also rented a jet ski

Jason loved walking on the tube (only one bloody lip - he fared much better than the jet ski at the hands of the Ross boys)

 Austin kept busy doing a puzzle with Grandma

 We spent two days at a beautiful beach. The mustache is a result of a face plant in the sand after eating a nectarine :)

 There were actually some small waves

 Our boy with the surfer/hockey hair

 

Readin' in the nude

We got to spend some good time with Auntie Sue and Uncle Bob. Jon and Dave Marthaler also spent an evening at the cabin. On our last night, Auntie Miriam and Uncle Dave hosted a Mattson Clan party at their house so we were able to see a ton of family!

 The Ross clan! Thanks Grandma and Grandpa for a wonderful trip!

Love to our MN family from NC

Happy Fourth of July!

 Indian Trail Parade

 It was a lot for Jason to take in

 Jason's favorite was the McDonald's float b/c of the music

Fun at the pool

Some videos from the week: