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TOTALLY COOL!

I just googled "Nickelodeon Adventure" because Andy's little brother is coming this weekend, and I wanted to refresh my memory on some of their ticket packages. After I googled it, the FIFTH item on the first google page was one of my blog posts!!! Totally Awesome! The Cab Four is gonna blow up one day-just you wait and see! ;)

One of the World's greats

Today was another unbelievable day. There was a golf tournament here in Minnesota that was free, so we decided to take the kids. They were excited and know the basics about golf, and know who Tiger is. (This was a seniors tournament though) When we got there I stood in line to wait for Arnold Palmer's autograph. The boys both had on their Masters hats and we thought it would be neat if they could get those signed. We didn't get in. Bummer. But I did schlep the boys inside to at least get a peek at The Great One. As Mr. Palmer was leaving his signing station, he caught sight of Charlie and his hat. He took a double take and came right over to us. He shook Charlie's hand, talked to him, played a little game with him, and laughed. It was one of the most amazing things in the world to watch! Andy and I were in disbelief, and well Charlie, he just thought some nice man was coming up to play with him! We have tried to stress to Charlie just how awesome this man is (was) and how special he is. (Andy and I even joked that hopefully that handshake sent some magical golf powers into Charlie!) Someday. Someday Charlie will understand how cool of an opportunity it was and he'll be able to look back on it. And no, I DID NOT have my camera! Double bummer. Golf tourneys are usually pretty strict about that, so I didn't even try :( Pretty neat, awfully lucky.

Fourth of July 2009

Duncan was our 4th of July mascot! Isn't he so handsome? He was thrilled to have my mom and dad here by the way!
In keeping with tradition, we decorated the kids bikes again. They rode them around the neighborhood and had a blast. They even got red, white, and blue bells to put on the handle bars!

Towards lunch time we headed down to Excelsior Minnesota for a parade and afternoon filled with "festival" events. The kids sat and collected candy as it was thrown to them from people in the parade.

The rest of the afternoon was spent at Andy's boss' house. The kids had a blast playing baseball over there and lighting sparklers. They were exhausted by the time we left.

Date night

Andy and I totally took advantage having our "babysitters" in town. My mom and dad put the kids to bed one night and we went to see hands down the craziest movie of the year! Andy and I laughed so hard we were in tears, and we continue to quote lines from the movie. Seriously, so so so funny. Great summer flick. When we did have the kiddos we saw Ice Age 3 and that was cute as well.

By the way, after seeing The Hangover, my crush on Bradley Cooper is bigger than ever. What a hottie!

best day EVER!

Even though my mom and dad left yesterday, today may be the GREATEST! Let me explain:

*Thanks to a Southwest Airlines sale, we were able to book a trip (all FOUR of us) to Phoenix in October. 10th-17th

*Thanks to Southwest again, my mom and dad booked their tickets to come out to Minnesota on Christmas Day this year.

*We booked our room at the Phoenician for our stay in August. (If you know Andy and I well, you will recall we stay here every year for our Anniversary. We will miss it by a few months this year, but that's ok! This year the boys will be coming with, and I'm sure they'll love it. Just one night and two days at the pool-plenty for all of us.)

It was kind of a busy "travel" day. But all so exciting. Posts from the 4th and my parents visit will be up soon.

p.s. New blog song for MJ. Tragic.

Positive

The Bentley house is on lockdown. Positive tests confirm strep throat. Yuck.

Fort Wayne Trip

Here are some pictures of the trip to Indiana.









Some interesting facts:
1.My mom left last week. But, don't worry, she'll be back in MN July 2nd.
2.The drive to Indiana took over 10 hours. We broke it up into two days going there and coming home, which made life easier (?)
3.The kids and I will be in Phoenix July 31-August 23
4.Charlie started a new tball season here.
5.Duncan had his first tick. We ripped it off with a tweezers. Gross.
6.Andy has been traveling 50% or more of the month-BOOOOO!
7.The weather here has been wonderful. 80's and sunny most of the time.