Come On Over...

Come On Over To Adventureland!

There is something in my Mommy heart that gets great JOY in seeing my kids experience some of the same things I enjoyed as a child. That was the case when we took them to Adventureland a few days ago. As a child I would countdown the days and play "pretend" Adventureland in our living room. And now, as a Mommy I was able to see my own kids' excitement over many of the same rides that I used to frequent! As Caleb's arms waved in excitement when he was in line to get on the semi-truck ride, Tasha commented "See, your kids ARE like you!!!" Here is a taste of what we did...

Chloe and Caleb rode the airplanes...

A Mommy fave for sure!

The bumper cars with Grandpa

Caleb talked about riding this from the moment he woke up!

Waterslides!!

Swimming in the pool was awesome relief from the heat!

Chloe showed off her new skills to Aunt Tasha...she jumped in about 25 times or so!!!

Dill pickles on a stick...thanks Grandpa!

I couldn't believe some of the "Big Kid" rides that Chloe went on!!!

Caleb loved the dragons!

3 times on the ladybugs!

Driving the boat like Daddy!

Caleb wanted to try out every vehicle on this ride!

Chloe's eyes were HUGE the first time the Frog Hopper dropped!

What I'm hearing from the backseat...

The kids both got haircuts today and did awesome. Caleb sat in the chair by himself for the first time (although he still wanted Mommy to stand nearby and hold his hand:) This is the conversation that I heard from the backseat on the way home...

Chloe: "Caleb, you look kinda handsome with your new haircut."
Caleb: "NO!"
Chloe: "Handsome, handsome, handsome"
Caleb: "NO, NO, NO!!!"
Chloe: Singing to the tune of "The Twelve Days of Christmas": "You are so handsome, handsome, handsome..."
Caleb: Now screaming and shaking his head violently: "NO!!!!!"

The simultaneous singing and screaming continued for most of the way home...
THE END.

July Fun!

July is speeding by and I haven't been keeping up with posting pictures of our fun!
Caleb is enjoying his blueberry popsicle in this picture. I don't know if his Daddy enjoyed it much...his word to describe these pops was "organic"....hmmm...

Watching the parade on the 4th of July.

They didn't stay seated for long! There was too much to see and WAY too much candy to retrieve!

Enjoying the barrel rides!

Swinging in the park!

Caleb venturing down the slide with some extra help-thanks Brett!!!

Isn't this some patriotic cuteness?!?

The guys hanging out by the grill on the 4th

This picture just makes me laugh...Jordyn D. had a BLAST with the water balloons!!!

Caleb testing out the squirt gun

Grins from ear to ear from getting WET!!!

Kelly, Pete, Noah & Jacob came for a visit and we spent some time on the boat. We realized that next year we will be OVER CAPACITY for our boat...craziness!!!!

Getting their toes wet...both Chloe and Caleb wanted to sit by Noah the majority of the time!

Testing out new waters in our front yard.

Swimming with Daddy!

Now This Is Summer...

We have a "Summer Fun List" and we've been able to check a few things off this week! I love checking things off lists so this is PERFECT!!! All of the family members contributed to the list so it's an interesting one...I still can't remember who wanted to eat at Burger King but that's on there too:) Most of these pictures aren't from the list but definitely catch the essence of SUMMER!!!



Check off #14: Eat pizza on the boat

Not on the list but isn't this picture adorable?!?

Eating sugar snap peas in the pool...never would have thought to put that on the list but the kids LOVED it! I too love sugar snap peas from the garden...I don't even have to bend over very far to pick them!!!


Watering each other

So much enjoyment from a tiny pool in the backyard!!!