"spaghetti!"

We ventured up to Thief River Falls last weekend to spend time with Ryan's dad and to celebrate Father's Day.  We spent a day fishing at Lake of the Woods.  This was a BIG trip for Carson -- 6 hours in the car one way, then the next day another 1.5 hours to the lake, first time wearing a life jacket, first time in a boat, first time since we've been home that we slept away from home, first time eating Swedish pancakes made by Grandpa Kenny, then another long trip home !  Overall, he did great!  Just before we left to go to the lake, Kenny's neighbor stopped us outside and said her friend was visiting who could take great pictures.  Since we haven't had a true family photo with all 5 of us yet, this was a great opportunity.  However, we were dressed for a day at the lake and I had literally just got Carson up from sleeping and put on his clothers 10 minutes earlier, he was still exhausted from the long day prior!  He still had some sleep lines on his face!  In Haiti, they have the children say "spaghetti!" for photos, so now that's what we say when we take pictures :)

Happy Father's Day to the great dads in our life:  Ryan-Papa-Daddy and Grandpa Kenny (Ryan's dad) and Grandpa Richard (Elizabeth's stepdad) and Elizabeth's dad, who is no longer with us, Grandpa Greg -- we miss you dearly!  Thank you Dads for all that you do, we love you!!