A Long Time.

I can't say there has been a ton going on in our lives, but enough to keep me busy and away from our blog. The boys are doing great! Cooper has recently been going to the library on Thursday mornings with my Mom to story time and then they dance and play with instruments afterward. He is really enjoying it and it's great for his shy personality. He's so like me in so many ways and sometimes I wish he weren't. My sister and Maggie go along as well and Jenna said you can just see him take it all in at first and then when he feels comfortable enough, he'll go up and get an instrument and participate. She also said that when something new is introduced, he's very reluctant to try. So much like me. I wish he weren't in that aspect. :(

Tucker is growing like a weed. He had his 18 month check-up last Friday and he's 34 inches, 32 lbs 6 oz. I think he definitely takes after Jason's side of the family as he's got these massive hands and feet. The one thing, among many great things about his Grandpa Miller, that I remember is that he had huge hands. :) Tucker is fearless. He will walk/jump right off the couch, climb on the back of the couch, and he'll stand on their toy buckets after he dumps every single toy out. He's an instigator with his brother and the moment Cooper will try to knock his hand away, he cries and wants to get Cooper in trouble. He's super naughty, but we love him like no other.  :)

Jason's been doing quite a bit of traveling. Some of it is for work, the other part was personal. At the end of May, his good friend Mike and him, went camping in northern MN. Then in June, he traveled to Lake Geneva for his annual meeting. After that he drove up to Minocqua to help his Dad and Mary move out of their Minocqua house and into the Mercer house. They have recently sold the Minocqua house and are going to stay in Mercer full-time now. After moving them, he drove over to Green Bay to play in a golf outing with his friend, Adam. After he got home from that on a Sunday, he traveled to NYC on Tuesday. He's currently in Kansas City but will be home tonight. I'm so thankful.

I've just been busy with the boys and work. Nothing too crazy. House projects are still at the top of our list and Jason is super close to finishing the kitchen floor. He tore out the old banister in the kitchen and we purchased new rot-iron rungs (or whatever they're called). I think the next project before summer is over and after we get the floor done, is to cut down the huge blue spruce in the backyard and make a nice seating/fire pit area. The tree is very pretty, but it's right in the way and animals get underneath of it and Sadie goes crazy. Time for it to go. Then this winter, we're going to start tearing out the doorway and some walls in our upstairs bathroom and make it larger. It's pretty small the way it currently is and it would be nice to open it up.

All in all, we've been busy with our normal daily lives and just taking care of things at home. We'll finally be able to have some down time in about a month when we can sit back and finally relax. :)