Sunday, August 4, 2013

June Photos

Well, as you can see from my posts, June was a crazy busy month!  This resulted in LOTS of pictures...290+ to be exact!  Here is the link, and sorry for the mass quantity this month!!

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Hayward 4th of July


We didn't get up to Hayward for nearly as long as usual this year for the 4th, but we still managed to fit in a quick long weekend.  We had beautiful weather and the kids had a ton of fun (as usual!!).  We did some new things this year.  One of the fun new things was sparklers!  Here are a few pics of the girls playing with them.
 
Getting ready to get them lit.  Something about this one reminds me of a Charlie's Angels pose!

Mikaiya playing with her first sparkler.  She loved it!

Emily had  a lot of fun too!

Braenna wasn't quite so sure about this yet!

Jeff trying to light all of the girls sparklers at once

We had fun on the 4th celebrating with everyone in their red, white and blue!  I made themed drinks for the kids and fruit kabobs with bananas, strawberries and blueberries.  They got a kick out of it.  We also went to the annual 4th of July party at Nelson Lake Landing which they really enjoyed again!

All dressed up for the holiday!
 Grampa got the girls a water trampoline this year.  It was another big hit!  They loved it, especially Mikaiya who would jump and jump and jump!

Mikaiya the jumper!

Mikaiya, Braenna and Emily hanging out on the trampoline

My pretty girl having fun in the boat!
As always, thank you to Grammy and Grampa for letting us spend the weekend up there!  We love it!

Texas Friends Reunion



We were fortunate enough this summer to get to have a reunion weekend with some of our old friends from TX!  We all met at Nate and Stacey's lake house in MN.  Dan and Jodi and their kids drove in from TX and we drove in from WI.  It was so great to see everyone and we all had a blast!! The kids got along great...by the end of the long weekend they were acting like siblings again!  The adults all had a so much fun too.  It's a good reminder of how fortunate we are to have made such amazing friends throughout our lives!!  We are so grateful to Nate and Stacey for letting us stay with them and enjoy their beautiful lake house!  Here are some fun pics from the week!  
 
The first day we were there...like they never missed a beat!

The three musketeers boating.  Don't worry, they were tied up!

Love this!  Oldest to youngest: Rylie, Mikaiya, Aiden, Braenna, Alina and Eryn

Love these kids!

Mikaiya and her first "boyfriend"

Mikaiya and her first best friend