I had a hard time picking between this one and the one of the boys watching it rain from the porch with the sun shining.
But some thing about this picture compelled me. The way it became eerie and ageless simply by desaturating it. I’m sure no one will care except me but, darn it, welcome to the 365 railroad pic.

We had a blast at the “Great Minnesota ge together” today. A beautiful day for it as well. The boys loved having their Mimi and PawPaw along and we stayed a lot longer than any of us would’ve thought.
The 3yo was infatuated with the skyride so I took him up. What a great way to see the sights!

My Dad and StepMom are in from Atlanta and the boys are super excited. Sadly, I didn’t get any fancy pictures of the boys with their Mimi and Pawpaw but there is tomorrow… when we tackle the MN state fair!

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Some folks are having fun with a lake creature, so I thought I stage appropriate photo of my sighting. I see this on the way to and from work. Makes me smile.

We finally replaced our cheapy couch with a nicer loveseat. With such limited space in our house we decided to go with the loveseat as opposed to the couch. Looks cozy to me.

Strobist info: sb900 at 1/4 power and sb600 at 1/16 power on opposite sides of the room bounced into the ceiling.

The big guy turned 3 today! Hard to believe.
We had a great birthday bash with most of his friends at Choo Choo Bob’s Train Store. The place was perfect, the guest were a joy, and the birthday boy ran on all cylinders… and had the time of his life.

Happy Birthday little man!

A fun evening at home in the backyard. My creations are (from left to right) a fort, a “momo” or motorcycle, cornstalk, and a camera… of course.

I’m surprised how much I actually missed this house. Feels good to finally be home.
Turns out I forgot to cut the grass before leaving. The yard was a bit crazy. At least the corn was still standing.

Ummm… yeah… it doesn’t get much cuter than this. We’ve been on the road all day today and these boys (and we) feel it. Tired hombres. You can see the older brother torments his younger brother (with wet willies) even in his sleep.
Now somehow my wife and I are supposed to sleep in that bed too. I call dibs on the non-wet-willy side of the bed.

Strobist info: sb600 at 1/4power bounced into ceiling. Triggered by manual CLS and held by a VAL (aka my wife)

The 2yo’s Colorada Grandma wanted to celebrate his birthday early by taking the fam to Chuck E Cheese. It goes without saying that he loved every minute of it. Especially this school bus. I think he drove it 10 times.