Where does he get the blond hair from?

My cute kid

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A picture of me just a few years before. . . . :)

See, told you I had blond hair. :)

This is just to prove that, YES, Zeke is my son. :)

Visit from G-pa and Ama

Danny's Dad, Rocky, and step mom, Rebecca are visiting the states for about a month from Taiwan. We have had a great time with them and wanted to share some pics.

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Here is Rebecca and I making zucchini muffins and cookies. They are taking a Kitchen Aid mixer back with them and Rebecca wanted to learn some new recipes.

Playing a heated game of Mah jongCousin Hannah and Zeke solving the world's problems while looking out the front picture window.
Zeke searched high and low to find David hiding in his sandbox. He couldn't quite figure out where the rest of him was hidden.

The whole gang minus Danny's older sister Debbie and family who live in Alaska.

Fun Family Times!

Some Dirty Sticky Fun

We went to Dad's softball game and Zeke decided to get involved in all of the action. I think he decided things involving dirt and baseballs are definitely fun!

I decided it was time to introduce the sucker.

It was already WAY past Zeke's usually bedtime and he was filthy. So. . . we might as well introduce loads of sugar with no nutritional value.

What is this thing, Mama? Are you sure you put it in your mouth?

I starting to get this sucker thing figured out.

Success!

First Haircut

Zeke's hair was getting long.

It used to be cool and spiked, but the MN humidity won that battle. Now, it is just getting in his eyes.
So, Dad grabbed the scissors.
Mom grabbed the grapes.
We set off on this adventure together.



Man, beauty is tough work!

Really tough work
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But, worth it in the end!

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I look good!

Strawberry Picking. . . I mean eating

The whole family went Strawberry Picking at Johnson's Farms outside of Fergus.

Danny's sister Beth, brother-in-law Eric, nieces Ashley and Kari, nephews Toby and David

Danny's brother Andy, sister-in-law Shana, niece HannahLots of yummy strawberries! The babies got to hang out and enjoy too.

Zeke wanted in on the action!

Hannah joined in too.

Lots of fun and good conversation on hopefully our first annual Strawberry picking day!

Fun on Ossawinnamakee Lake

Finally, more of our Montana adventure from May!

I got a pedicure with my mom and sister while the husbands and Grandpa took care of the kids.

Good stuff!

We got to spend time with our sweet niece Morgan.

She is quickly catching up to Zeke. She now weighs 16lbs at 4months and Zeke is 19.5lbs at 13 months. I can't wait to see them together again.

Ryan turned two and we all got to celebrate together.

The ice cream cake was cool, but the trucks on top might have been better.

We spend a few days at my parent's beautiful cabin in the mountains.

Definitely, my favorite place on earth.

Zeke got to try out the tepee.

The little boys joined the red hat society with Papa.

And we got to enjoy a beautiful hike in the Montana mountains.

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Again, I say, good stuff.