Up North at Grandpa Joel's Cabin(Anna Felkey's Cabin)

One long weekend in July the Knight's visited Anna and Nick at Anna's grandpa's place in Big Fork, MN. Boy did we luck out on the weather this year!! The kids played in the water and so did Ben and Olivia. We got to spend time with Joel, Joan(Anna's Aunt from Iowa) and both Champ and Scout.

Everyone had a blast, it was very relaxing and wonderful to spend quality time with our dear friends the Lovas's. Ben and the Ladies helped weed Joel's garden so all the wonderful veggies could brow big and nutritious.
Don't worry Olivia is out in the water by herself, she is a total natural! Mom was just out of the picture, don't think we are negligent!!

Here is Anna getting her practice in before baby Lovas shows up in end of August!!

Nick wasn't so sure so he joined Ben in using a Noodle for extra floatation. The water was so nice up there, Ben had a hard time getting out, once he determined it was okay for all of us of course:)!!Ben is a great "Reach and Pull" swimmer, Water Tots here he comes!! Ben is pretty good at swimming with his water shoes, hat and sunglasses, what a talented kid.

Joel had lots of tomato plants along the waters edge and Ben had to make sure they got plenty of water each and every day we were there. Scout did as well, he helped some of them end up in the lake as he was chasing balls and jumping over all the rocks on the edge. Champ spent the weekend hunting frogs and other creatures which were very prevalent at the lake. The dogs slept well each and every night. They had their own slumber party in the boat house.

As you can see with Olivia's big smile she had a wonderful time at the cabin and cannot wait to get back up there in the summers ahead!! One more wonderful weekend at the lake with the Felkey/Lovas's. Oh Yah Nick made some fabulous Halibut for dinner one night, what a very generous treat for the two families!!

Till next time.....

Mid Summer Update

I know can you believe it another update to the BLOG!!! what is the world coming too?!
The summer has been very nice, and Olivia is really loving the warm shady areas around the pool. Pretty in Pink is all you have to say!! she loves hanging out there watching her big brother Ben. I am sure next year we will have our hands full at the pool!! Can't wait!!!

So Ben is really loving the water, not like it is hard when it is 90 degrees and 60%RH!! He loves to jump off the side, watch out dad if you aren't ready he will jump anyway!

A belly flop is his specialty, he loves jumping as far as he can, we just need to work on starting at the edge. Next stop the diving board, can't wait, i bet he gets a 10 for the cannon ball!

After a hard day of swimming we need to get all the chlorine off, the two of them think bath time is a lot of fun! Someday they are going to hate us for this picture, but hey i got to have the fun now while i can.

I guess the laying by the pool, bath and jumping non stop in the jumparoo was too much for Olivia, she loves this thing so much she has no problem sleeping in it. Till the next day!!

Summer begins for 2010

It has been awhile i know but i am finally getting to update the blog.

Alot has happened since the last posting, The knight family has been blessed with another member, Olivia, YA!!!

Benjamin welcomed Olivia with open arms and some days we wish he didn't want to love her quite so much:)!

Olivia is a wonderful baby, cute(of course), and very, very happy:)!

Olivia loves to sit on a blancket out in the sun this summer, of course with a good shade tree:)!

Boy Dady makes weird faces, Olivia don't worry he will never grow out of the goofy face stage.

During one of the first trips to the Cabin this summer Ben got his first fishing pole, and he could hardly wait to use it. Well for his delight the sunnies under the dock made sure they sacrificed themselves so Ben could catch a fish. Ofcourse he was excited but he also didn't want to take the fish off the hook, looks like dad has a long future of removing fish, worms, leaches and other slimy stuff from the kids hooks!!

just for you Jaimie:)!

Ben Did a Header into the Door Jam!!

Ben did a header the other morning into the door jam!!

He was trying to belly flop onto Scouts bed and he misjudged the edge. It really hurt, there were many Alligator tears and lots of throbbing to go with it.

Don't worry he is a tough kid and a few minutes after the crying he was back to running around and chasing Scout!!!

Camping Indoors

I know what you are thinking, don't worry Benjamin was not actually building a campfire in doors he was playing with his Adventure Set!!!



Our good friends Sandra and Brandon and Griffin gave Ben this fantastically fun adventure set for his birthday!!! Ben absolutely loves to put on his explorer pack and go in and out of his tent!! Lots of smiles, both by Ben and by anyone playing with Ben!!!



It is a good thing it is durable because it took Ben a couple of tries before he realized he needed to duck down before entering or exiting his new tent!



Enjoy the pictures of Ben and his new explorer set:)!!

We got up early on Christmas day and head south to Fairmont. We spent the day with my Dad's family. I did not have to work on Friday so we were able to spend the night and see Grandpa and Grandma Eisenmenger too. The Christmas holiday once again flew by in a flash. Before the holidays came to an end the Alm family joined the Knights for dinner while Leslie was in town. Wendy made a great dinner and we had lots of good conversation and laughs.

We spent Christmas Eve at the Knight's, Ben looked pretty sharp in his Christmas sweater from Grandma Alm.