Big Balloons!

We don't have too many exciting things for kids to do where we live. Don't get me wrong, we have many awesome parks and find things to do, but no zoo, or museum, or water park. So we were pretty excited last weekend when the balloons came to town. I mean it isn't every morning that we see this out the little ladies window! No zoom action here. That night, we went to the Balloon Fest to watch them all take off. It was a sight to see them blow-up and then leave one by one. I can only imagine what people driving down the highway were thinking.

The First Season

Tonight Connor finished his first season of t-ball (I still can't believe that my baby is old enough for organized sports). Being 4, we weren't sure how he'd take to it.
He loved it! He loved talking about his team and idolized his coaches. He couldn't wait to hit the ball and still can't decide if he likes hitting left or right handed better. He was really cute in his ready stance. He could hardly wait to see what the snack would be after every game!


We all loved watching him, even his sisters. They were very busy at the games.
Lookout soccer, here we come!

Oh, Donuts!!

Recently, the girls got to take their first trip to the donut store with the boys. They couldn't believe their eyes! They both kept pointing and saying, "bite, bite". This is a fairly regular ritual for the boys. The girls are hoping they can be included more often!

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!!