White Bear Lake Lacrosse Tournament

My lacrosse team played in the White Bear Lake lacrosse tournament again.  While we lost the first game, we won the next two to be champions of the consolation bracket.  Here are some photo highlights.

The best part was that our cousins came up to watch me play and had lunch with us!

Love,
Ben

Hammy on the Prowl

Every week, I have to change Hammy's bedding and clean his cage.  That gives him some time to run around in his hamster ball!

Love,
Cameron

Father's Day 2012

This year for Father's Day, we took Dad to Benihana for dinner.  It was a lot of fun watching our chef do silly things with shrimp.  They even took this awesome photo of us with Dad.

Love,
Ainsley, Ben, and Cameron

Hammy!

Mom left me at Aunt Michelle's for a few days, so naturally, Aunt Michelle bought me a hamster.  I named him Hammy.

Love,
Cameron

Our First Field Lacrosse Game of 2012

We played out first field lacrosse game this summer.  We beat Minnetonka Team #1 4-0.

Love,
Ben

My Broken Foot

I was down on the farm with my cousins and I was horsing around when I broke my foot.
Here are my x-rays.

In case you can't see the break, here it is outlined in yellow.

I still had fun with my cousins.

Love,
Ainsley

A Birdhouse for Mrs. Thomas

I made a birdhouse for Mrs. Thomas, my teacher, as an end of school year present.  Well, Dad helped me.

Love,
Ben

Playing at the Park

We were at the park for lacrosse pictures, and we hit the playground before going home.

Love,
Ainsley

Turtles?

We came home one night and a turtle was laying eggs in our front lawn.  We think. Now, we wait and see if anything hatches.

Love,
Ainsley

Me and Mom

Here's a picture of me and Mommy.

Love,
Ainsley

Bike Hike

Every year, my school does a "bike hike" for second graders.  We ride our bikes to a nearby park and play games.  Here I am with a banana on my back.

Here is my whole class.  I am hidden behind a young man near the top in the center.  You can find me because my friend Andy is giving me rabbit ears. 

Love,
Cameron

Grandma Jan and Grandpa Walter Visit the Millennium Garden

 Grandma and Grandpa came to visit us and we took them to the Millennium Garden. In case you're wondering, Ainsley was very sassy and wouldn't be photographed.  I, on the other hand, have never been more photogenic.

Love,
Cameron

Purple Belt Graduation

Here are some photos of my graduation from green to purple belt in karate.  These photos were stuck on the old camera too.

Here I am doing a demonstration of my skills.

Mr. Salas is giving me my purple belt.

The proud graduate!

Love,
Cameron

More From Lake Itasca: The Lost Photos

Our normally trusty little Sony camera died this week and in an effort to empty it out, we found some pictures from our Lake Itasca trip that Cameron took.

Here is Ben at Preacher's Grove.

Here is Ben with a sculpture at the Headwaters visitor's center.

 

Here is a self portrait of me and Ben near the headwaters.

 

 

Here is a self-portrait of me with the first few yards of the Mississippi River behind me.

Here is my picture of the big white pine.  Dad and I thought it was a better shot than his.

Love,
Cameron

My Last Day of School

Today was my last day of school.  Mommy and Daddy both took me today.  Daddy took this cute picture of me next to the lockers.

Here is my with my teachers:  Miss Amanda, Miss Sue, and Miss Lacey.

I will miss going to school, but I am looking forward to pre-school in the fall.

Love,
Ainsley

My 8th Birthday Party

We had my 8th birthday party at my karate school, Dojo Karate.  It was a lot of fun to have all of my friends and my brother and sister there. 

We started out warming up.  Didn't Ainsley look cute in her karate outfit?

After some basic karate moves, we took a break and played dodgeball!

Then Mr. Lefavor brought out the kicking towers and we all got to do flying kicks! Ainsley and Ben did awesome.

After kicking the towers, we got to do battle with Nerf like swords.  Most kids were nice.  Ben and I really went after each other. 

Mom and Ainsley even had a turn.

Just before dinner, we all got to break boards with our hands.  Ainsley  had some help from Mr. Lefavor, but she did an awesome job!

We ended the party by having a massive Nerf gun battle.  It was soooooo much fun.

Love,
Cameron

Atop the Foshay Tower

Mom and Dad and I visited the top of the Foshay Tower this morning.  It was awesome to see everything in the Twin Cities.

This was the view facing south.  You can see an airplane landing in the left, just above the horizon.

This is the IDS tower, where you might recall the boys and Mom and Dad having brunch a few years back before I was born.

This is Capella Tower, where Dad used to work.

 This is Wells Fargo place, and we just thought it was cool.

 

Here's a cute shot of me and Mom.

 

And here's another of us, sitting down and resting while Dad took more pictures.

Love,
Ainsley