June 2010

It has been a busy month at the Mellenthin residence and the camera has been a little absent.  June has been filled with fixing the house so we can put it on the market, getting ready for baby 2 (sounds better than 'it' right) and having fun in the sun.  Jeffrey and Talaine visited for the Bellin Run and soon the Roquette grandparents will be here to visit, we spent a weekend in Madison with Angie, Moe & Christian and now it is time to relax and enjoy the summer.  Here are a  few pics from June.

Bellin Run - Kid's Edition

Last night was the Children's Bellin Run and the rain held out so the kids could run their tails off.  Pen planned a Bellin tailgate party at our house for pre and post race fun.  The kids had a blast and the parents enjoyed getting together for beer and brats.  What a great way to start the weekend, with family and friends.

Trying to find a new template; patience is required

Summer Fun

What a great weekend.  Weather was perfect, lots of time with the family playing outside, planting flowers, washing vehicles and we got to watch Riley Berggren.  Sunday fun day was moved to Monday when the Berggrens returned from MN.  The kids never cease to amaze me.   Monday night they had fun in the sun with the sprinkler, and who let them get a hold of the spray on sun block?

Summer is Here

Garage sales, yard work, neighbors kids playing in the backyard and dinner outside...a great start to the weekend.  Tomorrow we will take some pictures of all the events since I predict it will be very similar to today.  Sunday morning the boys are testing the boat at 6AM, its going to be a windy day and I just want to make sure its ready to go when everyone is with.

Parker's First Race

May 1, 2010. Parker's first race. Today we ran the ACS Fun Run in Downtown Green Bay with about 25 other kids.

Ready. Set. Go.

Right out of the gate Parker sprinted hard so I told him to slow down a little as he tried to keep up with the older kids. Mom was at the 100m mark cheering us on. He made the turn at 200m and he was doing well. At 300m he looked at me and said "Dad, I'm getting tired." Naturally I told him to keep pushing, keep running, we are almost to the finish line. He did it, he kept running as hard as he could and we crossed the finish line together. No pictures of the actual race but I will never forget it and mom could see the determination in his face the whole time. Words cannot describe how proud we were as Parker ran his heart out on the quarter mile course. He was so excited after his bath tonight that he put his medal on and we got this picture.

Its been awhile

Some time has passed since our last post. Parker turned 4, Penny is 22 weeks along and Dave ran is first half marathon. So here is a recap of the last 5-6 weeks.