Summer Catch Up

I took the kids to pick strawberries one day this summer.  It was so HOT that day that we were all pretty miserable and only picked a couple pounds.

I think one of the kids favorite things is to have a fire and make s'mores!

Taylor finished up her lob ball season....playing catcher here.

We had a fun July 4th!  We did sparklers at our house on the 3rd and then went to the Tincaps game and watched the downtown fireworks on the 4th.

Ben has had the biggest fall of the summer.  He fell off his scooter and cut his chin up.  It has healed nicely with only a little scar.

Silver Beach, MI

We just spent several days in St. Joseph, MI with Oma, Opa, and Blake.  We had a great house that was right next to everything.  We played on the beach and at the splash pad.  We also spent a day at the children's museum. 

 They loved playing at the playground on the beach.

 Our house was right next to the carousel!!

 The second day at the beach the kids went in the lake a little bit, it was freezing!

End of School, Start of Summer!!

Taylor finished Kindergarten!!!

She LOVED her teacher and had a great year!

Donut party at the bus stop on the last day of school!

We've been enjoying our summer so far.  Swimming lots,

going to the zoo,

watching Taylor play softball,

painting,

and more zoo!

Bubble Day/Field Day

Taylor had a couple of fun days at school this week.  Kindergarten Bubble Day was on Thursday and Field Day was on Friday!

Taylor's class at Bubble Day!

Our Field Day group!!!

Kindergarten tug-of-war

These "belly bumpers" were her favorite!

Outside Fun

We've been loving the warm weather!!!

Drew is obsessed with anything lawn equipment related.  He LOVES to help mow, weed eat, use the blower, etc.

But the power washer may be the all time favorite!

Swinging in our jammies!

We've already been to the zoo 4 times!!

Lots of bike rides!

We went to the circus in Manchester a couple weeks ago.

Grandma, Taylor, and Ben rode the elephant!!!