It's Adam's first birthday tomorrow. For this occasion we got the kids a Rainbow Play System for the backyard. We got it last Thursday and I worked all day Friday on in. I got started before the boys woke up so Susie gave them breakfast and watched TV with them for a while. Then Brayden figured out that I wasn't around so he asked mom where I was. She said, "Well, why don't you go look out the window and see if you can find him." He went and looked out, turned around and said "Get me dressed, get my shoes, and get me my tools, I have to go help Daddy." So we got about halfway done with it when Susie had to go to work, so I figured I'd finish it Saturday. Little did I know it was going to downpour all day long. Denny and Jeanie came over on Sunday to watch the kids for me while I finished it up. Holy Cow do the kids love it. Brayden climbed up in the tower right away, grabbed the steering wheel and kept yelling "Arr Matey!" I guess he was a pirate. We put Adam in the swing and he wouldn't stop smiling. I think they'll get a lot of years of use out of it.
Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there. We had a nice weekend here. On Saturday we went to Lake Elmo for a llama and alpaca show with my parents. They had a lot of craft shows and things for sale that Susie liked looking at. Pretty much everything a knitter could ever dream of. After the show we took my parents out for dinner, for Mother's day and my dad's birthday. That night we got home and had a fire in the new fire pit Brayden and I built for Susie for her present. It turned out really nice. I built it into our paver patio. We were lucky enough to find stones to match it exactly. On Sunday we went to Susie's parents house for Dinner. The boys got to spend some time with their aunt and uncle and play outside for a while, it was a really nice day. That night we got home and brought the boys out for another fire. Brayden loved roasting marshmallows and sitting on mommy's lap.
We took the boys to the Twins game tonight. It was our first outing to a night game with Adam and it went pretty well. Brayden and Adam loved the train ride. Adam flirted with anyone who would pay attention, and that turned out to be a lot of young ladies sitting next to and behind us. We stayed at the game until the 7th inning. The Twins were up a run and I forgot the nipple to Adam's bottle so it seemed like a good time to go. Little did we know the Rays would make it interesting and we'd miss a great ninth. Oh well, we didn't get home until almost 10 and the boys were pretty well wrecked by then. We've got some tickets to Saturday's game too, so I'll try to get some good pics to post then.
We took a long weekend and went down to Sioux City to visit all our friends we don't get to see enough. We stayed with Mike and Melissa from Thursday night until Sunday and we had a pretty fun filled weekend. Friday was a great day so the boys played together outside almost all day. In the afternoon Mike, Chris and I went and golfed 9 holes. I shot a 50, which wasn't to bad for the first time out this year, and I didn't even loose my ball. That night we went back to the Hames household. Chris and Abby brought their kids and Mike grilled up some of the biggest New York Strip steaks I've ever seen. Good God he's good at grilling. So the kids were up 'till 10 or so playing that night in the backyard and had a great time together. Saturday was rainy and cold so we went to the mall to have lunch and play in the Lewis and Clark play area. Chris and Abby had up over for a grill out and we ended up with a house full of kids. I don't know if Brayden could have had more fun. We tried to get all the kids together for a picture, and that went pretty well, we just couldn't get Ben in, but the rest at least looked at the camera when we asked. That night the boys and I went to Town House and One Eyed Jacks to play Big Buck Hunter and have some beers. Then we decided to go bowling for a little while. On Sunday we went to Famous Dave's for lunch and then we took the kids to the Circus. Brayden and Adam slept through the first half, but woke up to see the second. After that we went back to Mike and Melissa's to pack up, said our goodbyes, and drove the five hours back home. Man, what a long ride.
Hope everyone had a great Easter weekend. We spent Friday and Saturday in Marshfield WI. My grandma Edith had a tumor and a quarter of her lung removed Thursday, so we brought the boys up to visit her. My mom brought a big lunch to the hospital, so we had a little family dinner with my parents, uncle, and his boys. We were also able to visit my Aunt and her family for a while Saturday morning. Adam really liked visiting his cousin Austin, they are about a week apart. On Sunday we went to Church with Susie's parents and had brunch at their house. Adam and I took a long nap after brunch and woke up just in time for dinner. Cathy, George, Annie and Mike were there so we had a big sit down dinner. After dinner Brayden and the rest of the boys went out to throw the football around, but Adam stayed inside to get his first haircut. It turned out really nice, Jeanie did a great job.
Today I took the boys and our neighbor Brian to the Twins and Mariners game at the dome. Thank you Kersten for the tickets. She gave us 6, but we only used three, so we had a lot of room to ourselves. We took the light-rail downtown and got to the game a little late, apparently there were some problems with our train. That was OK though. We didn't have to sit through any pregame festivities and were able sit down and watch baseball. Brayden and Adam did extremely well. Neither of them fussed or anything. They both cheered and clapped when the team got hits or strike outs, and watched the players or fans intently. We had a really good time. Hopefully we can get to a few more indoor games before the team is in their new stadium next year.
Trent and Susie have been married since February '04. We've lived in our home for four years now. We have two little boys; Brayden is three years old and Adam will be one in June.
