Summer comes to a close

Summer is winding down. We went to the state fair last Thursday. Gavin was a trooper. He loved people watching and also enjoyed cookies from Sweet Martha's and anything else he got fed. Jacob was good too and got to go on a lot of rides, which was a real bonus after I had warned him that he'd only get to go on the Space Needle and the Sky Ride. I don't think our group did a very good job at eating a good variety of foods this year. We didn't find the Pig Lickers (chocolate covered bacon) and I didn't get a gyro. We did have enough cheese curds and we tried deep fried pickles, wouldn't recommend them. As we add more kids each year we see less and less of the fair and more and more of the rides. We never got to go on the midway rides at the state fair.

Jacob enjoys a ride on the ferris wheel.

Maddie gives Gavin some cookie.

We spent the last couple weekends in Melrose. We had a wedding on the 16th that Adrea was in. I think Fred might have had the best time, but the roughest next day. The we had the Jeske family reunion on the 17th, Fred did not make it to the reunion in Springfield. It's hard to enjoy a reunion in a park. Mostly Alyssa and I just chased kids.


This past weekend Fred spent working on the shed in his parents' backyard. Its seems to be a long slow process to get the shed sided. He'll be working on it again this weekend. Me and the kids spent most of our time with Alyssa and her kids and my parents. I did get to go out to Johnny Holms on Friday night. I went with my sisters, so that was a good time. On Sunday I had my girls fantasy football draft. I never know what I am doing, so we'll see how I do this year. I drug Alyssa into it this year too.

This week Alyssa and her kids and mom came down to go to the zoo on Monday and the Arboretum on Tuesday and then swimming at the community center. It gets a little wild with the kids together, but they did pretty good on our outtings.

Oh, Gavin also got his first tooth around the 18th. I think the next is coming in anyday now too.