August

August was a full month.

Some great friends from Rice Lake visited and our boys had a great time with their son. We visited the zoo and, as always, feeding the geese was the favorite activity (yuck)!
My boy loves to climb.

We took a trip to MN to see friends and Chris' family. The boys enjoyed the zoo.

Cousin Kacey was there, too.

We were able to see the butterfly exhibit for the first time. It was great! Gavin tried to catch one the entire time we were there. At the very end, this beauty landed on his hat.

Part of the new polar bear exhibit. Chris had to drag Reily out of this one--kicking and screaming. It was WAY past naptime and time to leave.

He was even too tired to walk all the way to the car. Thank goodness he has such a nice daddy.

Of course, there was some swimming. Uncle Scott got to be the "jet ski".

And, one final trip to the beach before school started.

The boys figured out they could eat in the water. Apparently, this was the most fun two kids could have--until Reily forgot he had a cookie in his hand and fully submerged it.