Bode's 1st Birthday!

 My baby turned one on August 22nd!  The year went by VERY quickly.  It seems like just yesterday my ankles were about to burst and we were moving into to our new house with only one child.  We are so glad everything looks completely different this August 22nd!  We have two children now, my ankles aren't swollen and we've been enjoying life for the last 12 months!  This first picture is from Bode's actual birthday, which was on a Wednesday.  Drew gave him a present to open before school.  It was a nerf basketball.  I think Drew picked this out so Bode will stop playing with his! 

 We gave Bode a cupcake for dessert after dinner on his birthday.  He loved it!

 Grandma Jan made the cakes for Bode's party on Saturday.  I thought they turned out absolutely adorable!

 Bode enjoying his cake at his party on Saturday.  We had a great time with friends and family.  Thanks to all of you for coming and for the wonderful gifts!

The little prince sitting in front of all of his wonderful gifts!

Say bye,bye to summer!

 We had our neice Alex come and stay the night with us a couple of weeks ago.  We all had a bunch of fun, but I think Drew might have had the most fun!

 Bode in mid- cup drop! Amazing!

 Tripoli days was last weekend.  Drew got to ride on the tractor train.  He remembered it from last year and it was the high light again this year.  He even got his picture in our newspaper riding it.

 Bode with a noodle between his eyes.  He absolutely loves noodles! I wonder where he gets that from! :)

 Drew on the other hand, loves pickles and chips.  He really likes it if they are put together in the form of dill pickle chips!

 Playing in the sandbox together on our last Friday of summer break.  It was fun, but we hate that it is the last one of the summer!

 Bode and Tom playing together during the weinee roast.  We had the football team over on Thursday for hotdogs.  We made 100 hotdogs and most of them were gone by the end of the night!

This is my favorite brothers picture right now.  It is really hard to get them both to look at the camera and smile at the same time, but when they do it is priceless.

Summer is over, but  we had a great one.  We got to spend a lot of time together as a family of four.  We were able to watch Uncle Danny marry Aunt Kelsey, visit Adventure Land, spend a week at the lake in Minnesota, and just enjoy one another.  We are sad to see all the free time go, but also exicted for another school year to begin.  Drew will be going to pre-school half days again this year and is super exicted about it.  Bode turns one in a little over a week and is army crawling everywhere.  Football has started and the first game is Friday night.  Everything is in full swing around here again!

Vacation Pictures

 We spent last week on our annual Urbanek family vacation in Minnesota.  It was a great time filled with family and fun.  We were in Walker, MN on Lake Benedict. (It connects to Leech Lake) On Monday night the kids and Grandma Jan treated us to "An Enchanted Evening"  They dressed up and served us appetizers and drinks, followed by a nice sit down meal, and it ended with desserts and dancing on the beach by the lake.  This first picture is from the end of that night when Grandma Jan led the kids into the lake to dance in their fancy clothes.  They totally loved it!

 Bode all dressed up for the evening.

 Three very handsome dudes!

 Dancing on the beach for us while we ate our desserts.

 A toast during our beautiful dinner!

 We were each escorted into the dining room by one of the lovely hosts or hostesses.

 Drew took his job as a server very seriously!

 He did stop to sample the food as well though

 The hot tub was a popular spot throughout the week, even though it was hot outside!

 Drew loved racing on the boat!  He always had to drive as well!

 Bode really enjoyed playing in the sand!

 He's also quite the observer.

 Drew could live on the beach.

Treasure City.  We have to stop at this junk store every year and Drew has to ride the school bus every year.  This was Bode's first experience.

 A few more pictures from the Enchanted Evening.

 Bode ran around the house in his walker, and he usually had that spatula in his hand!

 Papa and Drew tuckered out on Thursday!

 Drew caught a rock bass all by himself one afternoon.  Joe and Dean had him with them on the boat and he was casting and reeling in while they were fishing.  He told Joe, "Daddy, I got one!" and Joe thought he probably had a weed and took it from him to help.  Joe realized there really was a fish on there and gave it back to Drew to reel in!  Pretty impressive for a three and a half year old! He didn't however, really want to hold it for a picture, but he toughed it out and smiled to humor me!

 Family pictures!

 It was really hard to get Drew to hold still long enough for the pictures. He moved in almost all of them, so I put this one in because it is funny and it shows how hard it is to get him to stand still!

Mark and Jan had these shirts made for vacation.  I think they turned out great, especially with the family tree on the back.  We had a wonderful time this year and we are already counting down the days until we get to go back again next year.  School starts in less than two weeks and Joe started football on Monday.  Things are gearing back up here in Tripoli, and we are excited for everything that is yet to come!