Summer Fun

We have been enjoying summer way too much to post here often, which is a wonderful thing!! But, it is time for an update, so here it is:

We'll start off with fun that Mommy has been enjoying:


The kids are old enough to help with chores and one day I asked them to wipe down the bathroom floor, knowing that when given a squirt bottle this would be a fun activity. At first there were arguments (over which one GETS to clean around the toilet - they both wanted to. Ewwww!), but once they got started they had so much fun that they asked to clean the sink and toilet as well!! If that wasn't fun for Mommy, I don't know what is! I know this stage won't last long, but I will enjoy it while we are here and send them to the upstairs bathroom next!

Katey and Seth's favorite activity this summer has been swimming. I haven't gotten many pictures of them in action, but we are usually at one pool or another two or more times a week. In this shot we joined some friends at their neighborhood pool and played with them - This is Katey, Abby and Tori enjoying some girl time. Seth, Gabe and Sam were on the other end of the pool doing boy stuff (you know, squirting each other with water and doing cannon balls!)

Jen and the kids made a very quick trip to Ohio to visit family. We went to the park one day and to a great water park (Zoombezi Bay) with Jen's dad and sister another day. At Zoombezi Bay the kids loved playing in the kids area, floating down the lazy river, swimming in the wave pool and doing the crazy tube rides. Thanks Papa Dana for a super fun day together and for wearing the kids out nicely before our trip home the next day!

Katey at the park

Zoombezi Bay

Papa Dana with the grand kids

There is much more to post about but I will save that for another day. Shannon and the girls are spending the week with us and who knows what kind of fun we will all get into!