Dylanne is 6!

On July 20th, Dylanne celebrated her 6th birthday. My how time flies. We held her birthday party on Sunday the 19th in which family and friends joined us for walking tacos and cake.Dylanne next to her cake that Heather made for her.
Dylanne wanted a skateboard for her birthday. I wish it would have come with a first aid kit, although so far so good.
Dylanne really enjoyed all of her gifts and the fun time with her friends and family.

The best part of Dylanne's birthday is talking about the night she was born. We tell her about the tornado that hit in Cedar Rapids during Heather's labor. She thinks that it is funny that the nurses said we should have named her Storm or Rani.

Chicago White Sox

I've been very lucky in the month of July for one reason. I got to see the Chicago White Sox play two times in one week. On July 5th, John Harris, his son, his son's friend and I went to Kansas City to see the White Sox play the Royals. Even though we lost the game, we had a great time. On July 9th, the same group of guys went to Chicago to see the Sox play the Indians. We lost that game as well, but again, had a great time. I find it amazing how even as a 32 year old man, seeing Major League Baseball, still leaves me speechless.Picture of the scoreboard in US Cellular field in Chicago.
A picture from our seats in Chicago.

I forgot my camera for the Kansas City trip, but we had awesome seats for that game as well.

Blank Park Zoo

A couple weeks ago, the family and I went on a mini vacation to the Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines. It was a great little getaway and definately worth the time and the money. We had a fun time and the girls, who love animals, were laughing and smiling the whole time.
Here is the girls in front of one of the huge fish tanks that the park had in it's indoor exhibit.Here is all of us on the train.

Both of the girls really enjoyed feeding the animals, especially the goats.
Here are my favorite gals watching over the giraffes. What a great time and nice day with the family.