Summer Days

Wow.... Summer has flown by! Since my last blog we have been on several trips, celebrated several birthdays and are now running around the house like crazy chasing our very mobile 10 month old! Hope Summer has been a blast for all of you....full of popsicles, swimming, lazy days, the sound of crickets at night, pjs till noon, donuts for breakfast, running barefoot through the grass, chasing lightning bugs, eating cold, cold ice cream and spending lots of good family time together.

So let me attempt to get you caught up....

Who lets their children run around in the front yard like this?  Oh wait, they're catching bugs...well that's different.  :)

We also had the fun opportunity to get away for a night with my brother, sis-in-law, and their kids to Great Wolf Lodge.  We had such a fabulous time!  It is always special to hang out with them because we all have so much in common....and they are just so dadgum fun to be with!  Logan and Peter have a special relationship since they are the same age and "best friends" as Logan tells it....and the girls just adore Caroline and she is wonderful with them!  So we got away for a night in late July... and here's how it all went down.

Look at our silly boys.  Always making a fart noise, fart face, or armpit fart.  What's the fascination, really?

This hotel has really figured out how to win the hearts of little kids.  When they're not swimming, they can go on this "MagiQuest" treasure hunt with magic wands that light things up all over the hotel.  And then when you're not doing that, well there's always ice cream.  (scroll down a few pics....)

Caroline took the "Princesses of the North" on their treasure hunt...

Beth was very into the unicorn wand...

And the boys were the "Silver Dragons" I think....well they were on their own highly competitive hunt against the girls...although the girls didn't know it was a race. 

Beth loving the ice cream.  She is so funny I can't stand it.

Ready for a full day at the waterpark....

The cousins minus Tag.  Yeah, he's not quite old enough to enjoy the amenities at ol GWL...so he got to have some special time with Papa B, Nana, and a sweet babysitter named Angela.

Beth and Faith Anna really enjoyed this little splash park outside.  I mean really enjoyed it.  Keep scrolling....

Remember the ice cream?  Yes, it was thoroughly enjoyed as well...

...especially by Beth...

...and Logan....

...and Faith Anna.

Fun times!

Then back at home, we sure missed Tag man.  The kids kept asking why he wasn't with us.  We tried to explain that they wouldn't let a 9 month old go on the Howling Tornado water slide....

This is a cute pic of our neighbor Hayley rocking Tag to sleep.  She just adores him...and he adores her!
All for now!  I'll try to post our Michigan pics tomorrow.  Sweet dreams...