Fun with the Yangs!

You can tell its summer and one of our favorite babysitters is back from College because Mommy and Daddy are able to go out last minute!  Yesterday we got to go out with Bobby and Julie for another fun, fun, fun night!  Seriously!  We have so much fun with these two!!  We started at 'ghetto sushi' just kidding...it's an inside joke but it's a hole in the wall Sushi place in Scottsdale that we for sure will be going to again!  Julie always does a great job of ordering safe and adventurous rolls!

Mommy tried scallops and a bunch of new stuff that she liked...including Amber Jack.  YUM!  And if your roll falls apart in the middle of a test, don't be afraid to just use a spoon!

 Daddy tried Uni (?) again and well, still wasn't a fan!

 After that we went to Dave and Busters for some bowling!

 Bowling and beer....lots of it....like 3 or 4 of these tubes.  We lost count!

 Refill please!

 Nothing like wearing a dress with bowling shoes LOL

 We had so much fun but the fun didn't stop there!  Next stop?  Dancing at Sand Bar!  Laughter, fun, and calorie burning definitely all go together when the four of us get together.  We smile just remembering Bobby's dance while bowling!

Some of us were dragging the next day and some of us took advil and a glass of water before bed and were just fine.  We won't name names but next time we go out we bet that all of us will follow the advil protocol.  We aren't 21 after all but we sure have fun like we are!

Ouch!!!!!

Worst Mommy moment in a while...while going to the clubhouse pool to meet friends Trevor got his thumb stuck in the heavy exterior door.  :-(  While opening the door the rug underneath the door got stuck so Mommy was fixing that not realizing that his thumb was in the hinged part of the door until she hears a blood curdling scream and sees Trevor's look of shock and hurt. :-(  It hurt so bad that he was holding his thumb running in circles around the clubhouse refusing to come to Mommy.  Luckily Miss Rita, one of Trevor's favorite ladies that works at the clubhouse was there and she sprang into action by just scooping him up and going to get ice then bringing him to her office to put a bandaid on.  After that he would go to Mommy but continued to cry big crocodile tears for about 30 minutes.

 The bandaid stayed on for quite a few days and when it came off his thumb looked huge!!  

Poor guy :-(  Now it is all black so now we just pray the nail stays on.  Trevor definitely learned not to put fingers in doors and Mommy definitely learned to pay attention to where little fingers are around doors!  Sorry bud :-(

Can't Catch Me...I'm the Gingerbread Man

We had a playdate with Sharon, Connor and Kennedy where we started at their library where Mother Goose told that tale of the Gingerbread man and we learned the recipe for making ginger cookies.  She also did a magic show and Trevor volunteered to help and got called up on stage!

 He did a great job and was oh so proud being up there helping!

 After the library we went over to Sharon's and made our own gingerbread men and had lunch!

 Trevor wasn't afraid to load his gingerbread man up with every imaginable topping.  Good thing he didn't run away so T could gobble him up!

La Casa Models

Speaking of modeling you will also find Trevor and Ashley in the upcoming La Casa de Cristo Preschool brochure!

 Mrs. L the Director asked Sara to take a few pics of the kids together in their La Casa shirt.

 Not sure which one she'll use but they are all pretty cute!

 It will be with the tag line 'the preschool to grow with!'

Models!

Not sure if we've mentioned or not but Sara and Brian have been helping good friends of theirs launch a new product - a car seat cooler for kids!  Brian is great help because of his retail background and Sara has finance and marketing experience and time on her hands!  Well when we got back from MN Julie asked Sara and kids to model for the website and product packaging.  Sara wasn't so sure given she indulged quite a bit on vacation but agreed because that's what friends do.  They turned out pretty cute!  We wore our own clothes and did our own hair and makeup.  Pretty low maintenance models here!  We didn't even require photo shop!

 You'll see the above image displayed pretty prominently on the product packaging!! Daddy is so excited to be married to a model HA HA HA

 We got a cute pic of the three kids together.  Remy is Julie and Bobby's daughter.  She is such a cutie!

And Trevor was sure hamming it up!  We got some great shots, just what Julie wanted so everyone was happy!  More to come on this awesome product later!!

Summer Camp!

 We were referred to a nearby school that has summer camp for ages 18+ months.  Yay for Ashley turning 18 months just in time for camp to start.  It's like it was meant to be...she's at the age where she should be around kids.  We've been going to Kids Korner at the Clubhouse when we can and she seems to enjoy that so going to summer camp on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 9:15-11:45am should be great!

They both did great at summer camp!  Trevor walked out asking if he could go every day and Ashley walked in and waved goodbye to Mommy.  No tears!  Such a big girl!  She must have had fun because when we got home she took a 3+ hour nap after lunch!  We are glad we found this activity for the kids to have!  Too bad it isn't all summer long LOL

Back to Routine

 Nana Jeanne always spoils us by sending us back to AZ with a suitcase full of clean clothes so unpacking is a breeze and we can jump right into our family routine.  We stopped at Oregano's for pizza for dinner...yum!!! And then it was a weekend of swimming in our pool!

Nobody is safe when the boys have squirt guns!

 Ashley is very good at pointing out airplanes now!

 Pretty girl in her new hat and swimsuit with snaps on the bottom...best invention ever!

 It was so fun being around friends and family back in MN but it is nice being home in AZ all together too! 

The rest of our trip to MN

 Believe it or not, we had even more fun to document during our time in MN!!  Like how the weather was beautiful, although a bit humid if you ask us Arizonans but it was nice!  Popsicles every day!

On Tuesday Sara spent the day in the Cities.  First off was meeting a very good friend's 5 day old baby!!!  Little Nicholas was just too cute and snuggly!

 Then she met another very good friend for lunch!  Thanks Barb for coming across town so we could do that!  It's so fun to catch up with friends while in MN but of course there is never enough time to see everyone so Sara will see the friends she missed next trip hopefully!  While Mommy was away the kids had a special day with Nana Jeanne and Papa Steve.  Apparently it rained a lot down in Owatonna and the kids thought that was pretty fun.  They don't really know what rain or mud is any more!!

Mommy got home in time to go to wine tasting with her Mom and Dad at the local Elks club.  What a fun event!!  Made Mommy miss small town living though!  Where were the kids you ask?  Nana Jeanne and Papa Steve's neighbor Samantha watched the kids.  Put them to bed and everything!  So nice!

 On Wednesday we met a good family friend at Sara's favorite pizza place (and the place she used to work) in Waseca and then headed up to the Cities so that the Roslansky cousins could play again!  Jim and Annie have a special perk from a friend of theirs that owns a restaurant....free dinner!  The boys are just so cute together!

 Speaking of cute together so are the little girls!  Ellie always tries to take Ashley's nuk even though she doesn't use one!  Stinker!

 The kids all gathered around Uncle Jim.  He's like a magnet for fun!

 On Thursday we spent the day at home.  No plans, which was nice since we'd been on the go since we flew into St. Louis on Wednesday!  Ashley has become even more of a big girl on this trip.  No high chair for her.  She lets us know when and what she wants to eat then proudly sits all by herself at the special little table!

 We had a wonderful meal on the grill for lunch proceeded by daytime s'mores!  Hardly needed a fire with it being so hot or should we say hardly needed a hot marshmallow to melt the chocolate. 

 YUM!

 Big girl is also all done with a sippy cup!   Big girls only drink from big cups!

 Trevor discovered his new BFFs....worms.  All boy this one!

Ewww!

 The kids helped Nana Jeanne water some new plants!

 And then we went to feed the ducks.  It looks here like Trevor is aiming right for the duck but that really wasn't the case!

Ashley's version of feeding the ducks is to eat the bread herself!

 Trevor discovered another spot that had a lot of ducks...

 ...and before you know it Trevor had ducks swimming from all over for his bread!

 Then we did some swinging.  As it turns out Ashley now likes to swing.  She didn't really enjoy it before!

 Weeeeeeeeeeee!

Then off to before dinner ice cream!  Trevor ate his special sprinkle cone no problem but Ashley wanted anyone's that wasn't hers!

She for sure didn't want to be neat and use a spoon!

No, that would be too easy!  It's much preferred to eat half the side of the cone then smash it up to your face.  Such a dainty eater LOL

So all in all we had a wonderful time in Minnesota with everyone.  Trevor was so sad at the airport.  He didn't want to leave.  He was afraid of never seeing Nana and Papa Steve again :-(  He then talked for the next hour about moving to Minnesota.  We'll see if he still feels that way if we go back in the winter!!!