Miss Madiana just melts my heart in every way.  I so cherish our time together and wish she would SLOOOOOOOOOOW down in the growing department.  

Daddy’s little girl

Once Madiana became mobile, Brecken had to watch out for the attack of his little sister!  Right after she crawled his way and tipped over his popcorn bowl, Brecken made the announcement, “Madiana, NO THANK YOU!  That is NOT okay for you to do that!”  At least he asked nicely 🙂

One of B’s summer highlights was our “Mommy & Brecken Camp Out” (in the basement).  Eric might get a bit more adventurous and take him on a REAL camp out outside this fall.  

Madiana didn’t get to sleep in the tent with us, but had fun crawling around and checking it all out.

Reading books in the tent…

We took several trips to the park….. Even though some sadly ended in tantrums 🙁

One of our cooking projects this summer was to make a chocolate and peanut butter covered banana dipped in peanuts and put on a stick!  It was very State Fair-esque.

Trying our freshly made homemade peanut butter with a carrot…

Letting Madiana try her homemade sweet potatoes and squash…

Our family visited our alma mater, UNI, this summer!  This was only one of our many pictures, but the kids had a great time running around and seeing all of the big buildings.

Madiana and Mommy at my cousin’s wedding this summer!

I love this picture of the kiddos 🙂

Me with the beautiful bride!!!

Another big excitement this summer was Brecken getting a bike from his grandparents.  Along with a bike comes a helmet and safety gear, which B likes to wear all the time!!

An exciting part of Madiana’s summer has been learning to crawl, sit by herself and pull herself up to things.  She is on the move from the moment she wakes up to the moment her little head lays down!