The Bartel's Est. 2004: August 2010

I can't believe it's August already! Where does the time go? I'm already seeing the "Back to School" commericals on TV and getting that queezy feeling in the pit of my stomach.

Summer T-Ball has come to an end. We really enjoyed watching McKenna and Zander every Thursday night. Every game they got a little better.

The kids were just tickeled when they received their very first trophy after the last game. The trophies are proudly displayed in their rooms. Well, at least Zander's is. McKenna's trophy is in our vehicle right now so she can show it off to people wherever she goes.

Jason is finally out of his cast and doesn't have to wear his "moon boot" anymore either. We were watching Twilight the other night and noticed Bella had the same walking cast on as Jason. The kids were all excited about it...Jason, not so much. Dr's orders, he can only be on his feet a maximum of 2hrs per day.

(Shyah right!)

I was in WalMart the other day and noticed a good lookin' crippled man trying to decide which beer to put in his scooter. Of course I couldn't resist snapping this photo. I just might tag him on this so he can use this as his new fb profile pic. Ha! I was literally laughing outloud.

Gage's new thing is to spend 80% of his day with his chubby little finger up his nose. Seriously, it's gotten to the point where it's not even embarrassing anymore when we go out in public and my child says, "Wook mommy, I gotta booogie!", and repeats the process over and over and over. He gets seriously pissed off when I tell him to stop or take his finger out of his nose. When we've tried to stop him he immediately sticks his finger up his nostril, not even searching for a booger, and intentionally walks around looking at me with that "oh no you didn't!" stare.

We went up north 2 weeks ago and had a really nice time with the Bartel side. Gage didn't like the boat too much, but McKenna and Zander loved it. We saw an eagle swoop up a fish, and on the way back to the cottage we even saw a big black bear running across the road. Besides completely freaking out, I thought it was pretty neat to see. I also hope I never have to see one again.

It's Tornado Weather here in Wisconsin. The other evening the storms were pretty intense. The sky turned to a calm, ire shade of orangish red before round 2 of lightning, rain and tornado warnings came, lasting the entire night and into the next day.

Since it's been hot and muggy outside, the kids are constantly outside swimming and having a blast. When it's hot it makes for a better day at the beach.