Charlie

OK I lied, one more...

The Lundstrom Summer

I was so excited for summer to get here.  At one point this winter I swore it was never going to warm up enough to wear flip flops again.  I am not a fan of the cold weather!  Well, summer flew by regardless of how hard I tried to make it slow down.  Here is a quick update of how our summer went.

Tyson went to a camp this summer that was Monday thru Friday from 8:30 to 3:30, so basically he had no summer.  I had a hard time with the decision to make him go to camp all day all summer, but I now know it was the best decision for him.  Camp ended and for the last two weeks he has enjoyed a "real" summer break.  Suprisingly he really is not a fan of the summer break.  He is bored to tears and talks about school 24 hours a day.  Where did this kid come from?  I LOVED summer breaks, watching TV all day was all I needed to keep me entertained.  The camp was amazing and much more than we ever expected.  I am not sure how to describe it but he grew up so much.  It is so awesome to see the changes in him.  Makes this mommy proud!

We went on the boat a whopping 3 times this summer.  It rained all of July so everything flooded and we couldn't get our boat on the lake.  Once we did get out we realized that Charlie is a boat kind of kid.  He is normally very naughty, but once he gets on the boat he is actually really good.  Crazy, but very encouraging.

Typical  brotherly love!

So Sweet!

So realizing that our summer is coming to a quick end we decided to try and do some things we have talked about doing all summer.  Like going to ride the "real" train in Abeliene, KS.  The boys really liked it last year so we wanted to do it again.  We started our day by riding the really awesome, really old, wooden carousel.  Both boys HATED it!  Tyson wouldn't even ride it and Charlie rode it crying the whole time.  Luckily the train ride was a bigger success.  The only bad thing was my camera died after the ride so we didn't get any happy pictures!

Maybe . . .

NOPE!

OK I think I have bored you enough for today.  More summer fun to come ...

Walk Update

I just wanted to update that we actually raised $4295 for the walk!  Thank you all so much for your generosity.  It was an amazing day!  I also wanted to share what our Team Tyson & Charlie shirts said so here are some close up pictures of them.  Joel designed them and I think they turned out pretty good.  We will definitely be doing the walk next year for anyone who wants to join us or donate to us, so mark your calendar!

Sorry for the boring post but I had to do it!

I Love Pasta!

Good thing Mom put a bib on me or I would have been a mess!

Our Project

I don't want to make excuses for not blogging the last month, but Joel and I have been crazy busy around here.  We have lived in our house for almost 4 years now and have been talking about screening in our back porch since we toured the house the very first time.  We also spent a weekend at my brother's house and saw his new patio stones and thought, "Wow, this would look good on our patio!"  So we decided we have talked about it long enough, and did it!  We recruited some help from great friends (who work for basically nothing) and started on one rainy day.  With a great deadline of the 4th of July where we have lots of house guests, we worked our toochies off!  Poor Charlie was straight up ignored for 2 weeks!  But we do think all the hard work paid off, you be the judge.

And this is what Charlie was up to while we worked! :)

$4195 and 7th Place!

What started out as a little idea at Christmas turned into 28 people in bright orange shirts walking for Autism Speaks!  Our group raised $4195 and ended in 7th place overall.  And just to let you know we weren't 7th out of 10 or something like that, there were over 100 teams!  It was overwhelming and exciting at the same time.  It just amazed us.  We had no idea it would turn into this.  I can't even begin to explain what it felt like.  I can't begin to express our thanks to all who support us.  It really put it all into perspective when you looked around and saw the 1000's of people who are affected by this that were walking that day.  I am so proud of our team.  So proud of our family.  And so very proud of my two little boys!  Thank you everyone!

Our Family

The Majority of Our Family :)

Team Tyson & Charlie!

Hey Batter, Batter!

Tyson had his first t-ball game this week.  I am not going to lie, if he doesn't like baseball I will be slightly disappointed.  I have always looked forward to spending weekends at the ballpark watching my sons play baseball.  So far, so good!  He loved it and had the time of his life.  He did so much better during the game than what he has been doing at practice.  It was so fun to watch.  We also left Charlie with a babysitter so we actually got to WATCH him play.  And after the game the three of us went out for ice cream.  It was a GREAT night!

On the way to the game!

Listening to the pregame speech.  He loves that Joel is his coach!

Playing the field!

Finally up to bat!

Run!

Yep, sliding into first!  He slid into every base every time! :) Safe!!

So proud of himself!

His famous stance!

Making friends at third!

His first run scored!

Posing after the game.

Him and Coach eating ice cream!