Kids, A Cow and Ample Blackmail Material

Yes, that is your's truly, Erik in the bovine costume and no, I do not do birthday parties.

Boy Scout Poprcorn 2009!

Jared Practicing Football

Here are a couple of videos of Jared at football practice last night. He was very excited to get to line up at running back and pound the rock!

Ella's First Big Walk

This is it, she had taken no more than one or two short steps prior to this..... Be sure to watch to the end!

Day Trip to Amicalola Falls

We took a quick drive up to Amicalola Falls State Park this past Sunday and did about four miles of hiking and site seeing. We took the whole crew, dog included. Below are some pictures and a quick video... Enjoy!

Wills Park

We had a wonderful Saturday at the park last weekend. Ella loved swinging at the park and the twins had a great time playing catch with dad. What a great Saturday!

Enjoy the pics!!

Brady has some serious chops!

Brady made us all very proud a few weeks back when he played in his first live Orchestra performance. All of the kids played so well, at times I forgot we were watching fourth graders and not the Philharmonic! Yo-Yo Ma would be proud. This particular song, Mary Had a Little Lamb, was one of many excellent performances including: Caribbean Island, Hot Cross Buns and a little known but catchy piece, Old McDonald Had a Farm.

Derby Day

Ready, Set... Go!!!

The boys participated today in their 3rd Derby Day for Cub Scouts. First off let me just say that their cars were very original and distinctive. They had just a little bit of help from mom and dad;)

We started racing cars about 9:30 this morning. We had a wonderful day and when it was time for trophies Jared won the trophy for MOST CREATIVE and Brady for MOST UNUSUAL.. It was a fantastic Derby Day.

Carousel

Hi, last week we visited our favorite mall. There is a very fun carousel there that the boys have always enjoyed. It was so awesome to be able to have our Ella ride her very first Carousel ride. She absolutely loved all of the animals. We had a wonderful night! What great memories..

Enjoy the pics!

Happy Halloween!

We had such a great Halloween, the kids were so darn cute and they behaved very well. Especially since the candy odds were against them. Jared was Darth Vader, Brady was a Black Ninja and Ms. Ella was our little Lady Bug!


What a great night we had, enjoy the pics!

Good Morning Ella, Happy 1st Halloween!!

Popcorn Time!

It's that time of year again where Scouts all across America hit the streets and sell the delicious Trail's End popcorn. Brady and Jared are asking that our blog readers have a look at the below product page and assuming you can't resist the allure of gourmet popcorn, email naslundfamily@gmail.com with any orders. Click the image for a large view of the product page. We will cover any and all delivery and shipping costs of your order.

What you always wanted to know about scouting and popcorn:

• All orders will be filled in time to give as Holiday gifts or have around for the Holidays.
• 70% of all proceeds go to our local cub scout pack.
  
• Popcorn sales help fund most of our yearly activities like camping and space camp.
  
• All Trail's End products are certified Kosher (except for Trail's End Trail Mix)
  
• All Trail's End popcorn is made and packaged in the US
  

Click the image for a large view of the product page. 

Go Red Eagles!

The boys had their first scrimmage a couple of Saturday's ago, and they had a great time and did really well. Here is a short video of them running through their first banner. Brady is in the green short because he was sidelined due to his still recovering broken right forearm. PS. He is cleared to play as of today!

Ella Goes Bananas

Ella had her first taste of bananas the other day, and I would say that she is a big fan! It is a joy to get to watch her experience life one new thing at a time, what a treasure! Be sure to watch to the end for a great laugh and smile!

Our children sure are sweet!

Hi all, we had a great afternoon hanging out and relaxing right before school started. Ella just loves being by her big brothers, Jared and Brady. They are so sweet to her. They really make her giggle and smile.

Enjoy the pics!

Jared and Brady at Football Practice

Here are Jared and Brady in their brand new jerseys. Jared is #51 and Brady is #75. They play for the 8 year old Red Eagles. They of course are 9, but they were 8 on May 1st of this year which is the cutoff date.

They had a great time at practice today, they are really getting into it. The coaches have told us that they are going to start them side by side on the offensive line, Jared at left guard and Brady at left tackle.

Today at practice they had their first scrimmage. Brady is still not allowed to go full speed (i.e. no scrimmages or games) for two more weeks. His cast is off, but he has to wear a splint.

Below is a video of Jared making his first tackle. Be sure to watch it in full screen to be able to see the action. Jared is lined up at outside linebacker. He is wearing red socks, white pants, and a black and yellow jersey. I think it will be hard to pick him out, but he is the one that makes the tackle at the end of the play.

It was hard not to get excited, I guess you could say I am living a bit vicariously through this experience!

July 08

Hi All, it has been a great month! We had Grandma Kathy and Grandpa Dan visit over the 4th and it was fantastic to have them here with us. We relaxed and had a great time.
We also had the twins belated b-day party this July, almost everyone made it. All the kids were behaved and as you can see from the pics, everyone had a blast!
We have had a great summer, can hardly believe school starts in a little over two weeks.

Enjoy the pics!

St. Louis, Ella's Sip n See

Hi all! It has been awhile since we have checked in and updated our blog. Life has been quite busy. We have had such a great summer, despite injuries.

We headed to St. Louis late June to visit family and to have some great fun. This was Ella's grand appearance also, she met the family and some friends. Ella's Sip n See was fantastic (thank you Jen G,Kathy and Julie)Ella had a great day and was full of smiles for everyone to see. Ella definetly slept good that night!

Unfortanetly Brady broke his forearm while we were in St. Louis. He was climbing a fence (of course after we asked him not too) to get a ball for his cousins and landed right on his arm. He is okay now and will get his cast off in three weeks. Then he will have a splint for two weeks. He will be able to take the splint off to swim and shower, but still needs to take it easy. He is in great spirits despite all of this, he is quite the young man:) Jared is doing great, he is helping Brady and mom with Ella.

Jen and I are very lucky!

Hilton Head Vacation 08'

We left for Hilton Head on Saturday May 31st for a week Naslund Family vacation. We met Nana Mary,Grandpa Paul and The Morris Family. (Andrea,Trey,Hailey,Hannah and baby to be.) We had a blast, the company was fantastic and the house was beautiful. The house was located right by the beach. We had a great time hanging out by the pool, cooking out, going to the beach and just spending time together. We even saw some dolphins in the ocean. What a great vacation!!

Jen H's visit and Cubscout Advancement

Where do we begin, we have had a very busy summer. Our friend Jen H. came to visit for a few days. We had a great time chatting and hanging out at the pool. Jen got to meet Ella and see the boys. It was so much fun to have her here, we hated for her to leave us.

While Jen was here the boys advanced from Bear's to Webelo's in scouts. It was a great achievement for Jared and Brady.
Enjoy the slideshow!