Birthday Month

July is a very busy month for our family.

We kick off the month with my birthday. Towards the end of the month, we celebrate my sister and brother's birthday. They both also thought it sounded like a good month to get married.

My sister also had two of her kids in July. Two years and three days apart. Today we celebrated their birthdays. Noah turned 8 this month and Ella turned 6.

We swam, played, opened presents, and ate lots!! It was a great day to spend with cousins in the pool!

As if the summer doesn't go fast enough, with all these special days it seems to fly!!

Helping Hands

1. Why is it that it takes way longer to do things when there are more hands involved?

2. I will save these pictures, so when they are teenagers and don't want to help, I can remind them of how helpful they once were.

3. Love 'em to pieces.

Addy wants to wash Molly's hair every night!

Water Table

We got the kids a water table early this summer for some outside fun that everyone could do together. It has been a huge hit and it has very helpful while Ken is grilling and I am in prepping for dinner. For the most part, everyone has stayed fairly dry while engaging in this fun. Very surprising!
However, Molly somehow found her way to the dog's water bowl.

Daddy's Day

Happy Father's Day to the best daddy out there!! Thanks for all you do for us! We love you!!

It's Official

Today is my first official day of summer break! I am going to miss these kiddos.


However, I am looking forward to a fun summer with my own kids. Last year was a bit difficult with the girls being soooo needy. We hardly made it outside and when we did it was quick stressful trips. I can already see how much better things are going to be this year!!

My to-do list is a mile long, with one thing already accomplished. Stay tuned for that...

We don't have any big vacation plans. What do you do with a 4-year old and 1-year old twins? We don't get much farther than the park!! I'll take any suggestions : )

Cone heads

Who is in there?
Boo. It's Addy. And she thinks she is really funny.

Connor wouldn't miss out on this one.

There is Molly in the background applying Aquaphor to her face. And Connor's. What nutty kids!

Happy Mother's Day!

I am blessed to have a wonderful mom. She is a great mom and an amazing grandma. I am so thankful for the relationship that we have. I only hope that I can give as much to my kiddos as she has given to me.

Last weekend, we had a great time celebrating her 60th birthday! Here she is with 6 of the grand kids. The twins were taking a nap : )

Thank you mom for showing me how to be a great mom!