Mom's Birthday Weekend

 Saturday night Kyle and I went to see Ed Sheeran play at US Bank Stadium

Openers were Lukas Graham and Myles Smith

Ed came out in the center stage, which was directly behind a pole for our view, but the bridge was super cool that gave him a walkway back to the main stage and he wasn't blocked by a pole there. 

It was good, the loop pedal he used was so cool, hence the name 'Loop Tour' ha. 

Sunday was my birthday, for my 44th year I have made a goal to run a mile everyday. (I mighta allow walking a mile if it comes to that, but so far 9 days later I've ran at least one mile each day) 

After my quick run it as time to feed the kids before our trolley tour at 1:00. I had wanted to ride the trolley that goes by our house for a long time, figured if I bought tickets on my birthday then no one could complain :-) 

However it was rather a nightmare dealing with them hangry. We waited for about 40 minutes at breakfast club but the wait was getting longer so we left and went down the street because we didn't want to be late for the trolley. Pre food photo... not a keeper. 

Post food photo, still not the greatest...

Alright one more attempt.... finally. (pay no attention to the figure at the bottom of the frame... Kyle just wanted to be a part of it, lol!)

The tour was great, they no longer go by our house. He said the trek all the way around lake of the isles was too much for guests so they shortened it by going down Hennepin then just doing isle for a little bit. 

The house hunting was under way. We have pretty specific perimeters, which makes this even more shocking given just in this area the prices are easily $300-800k higher, gulp. Welcome to Edina. This idea of moving wasn't BRAND new because I did go see a house over Father's Day weekend, it's been in the back of our mind for a while given the last three years of driving and more so this past year being the first time all three were back in the same district since 2022. We weren't sure if everyone would land in the Edina school, but here we are and they have. AND all four are in sports which makes it even more beneficial for us to live in the community. So we're biting the bullet, we're saying goodbye to our beloved lakes (for now) our amazing bike trails and running paths, and hello newer house that better fits the needs of our family and hello to walking to school again <3 (well walking to elementary and middle school which is the next 6 years). 

August Adventures (part 1)

Having my drone out for Bayfield gave me the bug to capture some more so I brought it to one of my last out door swims to capture the pool. Fun to see it from this angle. 

August 5th was National Night out. Thomas had a baseball game but joined us at the neighbors when he got home. Lots of big kids taking over the baby splash pad slide. 

Isaac's football practice started. He made both these collages that were shared by one of the coaches. 

Training has shifted to running now that I have a ten mile to prepare for. Oakley likes that. And ran a little father than planned. Wanted less than four but ended up doing four and a half.   

Thomas lost a tooth! It's taken him a bit to lose teeth, probably due to them being all crowded. He got an expander at the end of this month (August). 

Top tooth is wiggly and then seven hours later he pulled it out! 

10am - then 5:25 - then 5:28

Family shopping trip to scheels.

One of my swimming buddies has been inviting me to the monthly full moon swims they do at our nearby lake. I'm usually just too tired from the day to make it, BUT we finally did! Kyle came with me and served as a safety paddler on the paddle board. It was a gorgeous night. Took longer than I thought for the moon to come up, but it was fun. And we looked so cool with lights in our swim buoys just bopping across the water. Like little colorful bubbles swimming. 

August 9th 

August 10th we took Oakley to the dog park down by the Mississippi River. 

We used to take Harpo here. He loved running around, he's not a fan of swimming but did get his feet wet - which led to lots of sand and a dirty dirty dog. We went straight to get washed after this. 

Trivia night at Pizza Luce

And... BACK TO SCHOOL! Middle School kids had their get connected day on August 12th. Which was picture day and walk your schedule time. School would start in two weeks. We now have THREE middle schoolers - Jesus take the wheel.  

Celebratory malts afterwards.  

Thomas's late summer baseball league started. This is his first season of kid pitch. Kyle was one of the coaches. 

And would you believe it!?! A whole two years after the hail storm and exactly one year to the DAY our roof tile finally arrived for our new roof install. 

For my birthday I wanted to finally check out this sauna and cold plunge place called Portal Thermaculture. Kyle and I made a little date night out of it and went. Pretty relaxing. The cold plunge was miserable for the 2-3 minutes you're in there but it actually left our bodies feeling amazing. They recommend three cycles of 15 minutes sauna then 3 minutes cold plunge. We'll def be going back. 

 

Then out to eat at Freehouse to use one of my birthday perks. 

The next day on my actual birthday I wanted to go to the arboretum because it had been YEARS since we went. The kids all complained but I think they had a good time. It was pretty hot walking. But we got a shuttle ride for a little of the ways back. 

Stopped at the shrub maze the kids remembered going to when they were little. 

 

For my birthday cake I was craving an angel food cake with strawberry whipped frosting. I also made a tres leche cake but I took that to a work picnic the following day. 

This is 43 :-)