Wednesday, July 27, 2016

Summer is For.... Part Two

The second edition of Summer is For...

...eating McDonald's with your siblings...

....perfecting swinging skills.....

...heading to Bible School with a sweet gal and a baseball player....

....friends at VBS...* on a sidenote, Lainey told me she might marry the little boy in this pic, Eli and in the same breath she said, but he might marry Brielle (the other girl in the pic). So I sent this pic to Eli's mom captioned "Eli and his two wives."

....more swinging...

...movie time... we saw Finding Dory and Secret Life of Pets (not on the same day:))...

....zoo trips...


...hippo climbing..... 
...dinner on the patio with sweet cousin Carter....

....fountain playing....

...with new friends, little Scotty....

....oh to be a 2 year old....

...teeter tottering.....

...snacking...mostly fruit snacking. Can kids survive on fruit snacks? We might be able to participate in a research study if anyone is looking.....

...more baseball....

...trail hiking on a hot day with friends...

...trick pig watching... for real...

...more happy hour baby holding....

... more zoo tripping...

....with Grandma this time...


... more baseball playing with Grandma....not many little boys have a grandma willing to pitch batting practice whenever they ask (which is ALL.THE.TIME.)....

...Grandpa too...

...more swinging...

...and more swimming...
Three more weeks..... Please don't end summer!!!

Summer is For....

Summer is for...

...being creative....


...trying to potty train 2 year olds....

...bike rides to the park.... (not pictured the ride home that included the bike on top of the double stroller and a 6 year old boy sitting in the middle of the trail).

...checking out nature....

...playing football with dad and grandpa....

.... for hours...

...eating ice cream sandwiches....

...buzz cuts...

...playing with art supplies...

...playing in the sink...

...trapezing...

...practicing baseball in the backyard, in full uniform... for hours....

...swimming at all our friends' neighborhood pools (like everyday)....

...Starbucks/Finding Dory girls day....

...selfies with a cute baby....

...playing with friends...

...dress up....
...more dress up....

...baseball in the park....



...eating donuts in pjs....

...playing in the water with grandma...

... drawing baseball players....

***to be continued***

Thursday, July 14, 2016

A Day on the Water

A friend from Kris' school invited us up to Horsetooth Reservoir for a day on the water. It was a HOT July Saturday, so was just perfect to be on a boat. The kids were not sure in the beginning, the first thing that Kris did was tube with another guy on the boat, and I had all 3 kids wrapped around me whimpering to go back to the dock. I was covered in sticky sweat and they were a hot mess. BUT after dad came in from the tubing, all was better and the kids ended up loving the next few hours. 

Twins. 

She manned the sunscreen. 

Laine manned the flag. 


In the end, both big kids even tubed with dad. Slowly. Very slowly. But they thought they were big stuff. 

Wind blown selfie. 

At the end of the day this girl was getting a little fussy. Nothing 4 dum dums couldn't fix. She looks like a boating pro 3 hours in. 

All smiles. 

We pulled into a no wake zone and hopped in to cool off. The kids played on the tubes and swam around. The water was cold, but felt great on the hot day. 

Surfer girl!

Ava didn't want to get back into the boat. She is a water girl. Freezing or not!

Family shot in the water!