Enjoying the summer sun!

Whenever I am not working, I love spending time with baby boy!  Saturday it was beautiful in MN, 80's but not overly humid.  Hudson & I started out our morning by meeting Katie & Gunner at Caribou in uptown to grab a treat, then over to Calhoun for a nice long walk.

 Enjoying the day!

After our walk, we headed home to take a little nap.  After our nap we headed to the pool.



We weren't too sure of the water at first but after a little snack....

We had absolutely no fear of the water!

Love spending my day with baby boy! 

Wine & Art Festival with a summer BBQ

One of my favorite summertime activities in Cannon Falls is the Wine & Art festival.  The first year they did this was back in 2009 and I have gone every year since.  Usually Katie comes with me but this year she had a wedding to go too, so she had to miss out.  Luckily my sister, cousin Rachel & Lisa, and our friend Bridget were able to come along.  Every year it has been really hot & humid, this year it was still warm but overall not too bad.  For $20 you are able to sample 10 wines from wineries all over MN.  This year you could also buy a glass of wine for $5 and up to 6 bottles of wine.  They were also selling beer for those who may want to check out the vendors but aren't huge wine drinkers.  Of course us ladies went for the wine tasting :)

There are also numerous vendors from all over MN selling various things.  Our favorite stand was "Hat Trix" Fabulous Hats & Bridal Millinery located in Bloomington, MN. 

From there we headed back to our house to meet up with the kiddos & dads for a BBQ.  We had both pools, the sprinkler, and the water table set up for the kids which was perfect for the warm afternoon.

Enjoying the crazy flower sprinkler (this is like 15 years old)

Hudson would not go near it but he had a great time watching the other kids running through it

As soon as the water shut off though, he would go running over for me to turn it back on

Playing with the water table

Hanging out with Josie in the castle

It was a fun afternoon with good friends.  The kids had fun playing together and did a great job sharing all the toys.  Looking forward to doing it again next year :)

Busy boy......

There is never a full moment in our household with baby boy.  He is constantly on the go and always keeping us on our toes.  Here are some recent pics of Hudson :)

Stuck his whole hand in the peanut butter, wasn't too sure at first....

Then he remembered how much he loves PB!

Cheesy smile for mama

Watching some disney junior in the laundry basket with our blankets & stuffed animals

(that panda was mine when I was little, now Hudson sleeps with it)

Who made this mess?  Not me :)

Eating breakfast while watching Elmo on the iPad (over & over again)

Sleepy boy :)

Color Run........

The happiest 5K on the planet!  My sister, her friend Cassie, and a few of my coworkers and I had the great opportunity to participate in this fun event.  I had seen a pin on pinterest back in January and started researching this "Color Run" and as luck would have it, they were planning their first event in MN this year!  So when registration opened in February, I rounded up a group and created a team to participate.  So looking forward to participating again next year! 

The only rule is that you have to be wearing white on top.  So this is how we looked when we first started.

Just a small part of the group waiting to start the run.  Because of the high number of people who wanted to participate, they added two more race times for a total of almost 20,000 people!

Let the color run begin!

For those who don't know, the color run equates to the runner being doused with color at every kilometer of this 5K.  At the end of the race there is a color party where everyone has a packet of color they toss into the air.  Here is what we looked like at the end.....

Ashley, myself, Tonia, & Cassie

Again.... myself, Tonia, Ashley, & Cassie

Tonia, Ashley, & myself

Myself & Ashley

Megan, Jackie, myself, Lauren, Ashley, & Jillian

Cabin Fun

For the past 22 years my family (Flategraff's) has headed up to Alexandria to spend the 4th of July at the Germscheid's cabin.  We tend to go a little overboard in celebrating America but it does make for a fun weekend.  During grad school I always had to miss out because of summer classes or clinicals :(  The first year Justin went was 2008 but then we did not make the trip again due to him being on call and then having baby boy.  Last year he stayed behind and I went with Hudson.  This year we were finally all able to go for at least part of it and what a great week it was.  We had a great time catching up, participating in yard game olympics (TBC next year), plenty of great food (Thanks Bill!), and great weather.  Hudson had a great time playing in the sand, swimming in the lake, riding the boat, & he even took his first Jet-ski ride with mama.  I was a little worried as last year the lifejacket was a complete fail but this year we were able to get it on without a tear :)

Here are some pictures of the week from my camera.  I still need to get some of the 4th of July pics from my mom as well as Hudson on the Jet-ski.

The swiffer was one of Hudson's favorite toys at the cabin :/  My son loves to clean.....

Ralph found some of Bill & Matt's old trucks which kept baby boy well occupied :)

Getting ready to splash mama!

Love this smile!  Throwing rocks & sand into the lake

Playing in the lake.  Shortly after this he started walking right into the water, yikes!

Playing in the lake with mama!  Once he got used to it, he did not want to get out

Loving the water, such a fish!

In high school one of my favorite courses was photography.  I loved playing with different settings on my camera, but unfortunately I forgot a lot of what I learned when we got our Cannon Rebel :(  But at the cabin I was lucky to get a little photographer session from Lexie, an awesome photographer!  Here are some pics of the sunset in manual :)

Hoping to get the rest of the pics soon from my mom so I can post those too!  Can't wait for next years cabin adventure!