Garden - 2013

I can't seem to stay very far ahead of the weeding, but I do love my vegetable garden and flower beds!

Random Shots from the Past Few Weeks

 This picture is from Easton's last day of school.  We were all really excited to have him home for the summer!

 One of our first activities of the summer was to head to the library and sign up for the summer reading program.

 I may have said it before, but every girl needs a dog!

 My mom drives us around a lot, and as you can see it is not very fun to have three kids squished in the backseat of a car.  I am really grateful for my mini-van!

 Just another library (or should I say 'computer lab') trip.

 We went to see Monsters University with Deacon, Rockwell, and Dax.  It was a great movie.  Also, we did this on Deacon's first birthday!

Almost every night after we put the kids in bed Riley and I head outside to garden and do yard work.  We had a nice surprise taped to the door as we headed inside a few nights ago.

Strawberry Patch

 My mom and I took the kids to a strawberry patch a few weeks ago.  We picked 20 pounds of strawberries.  We froze half of them and turned the other half into 24 jars of jam! Yummy!

Jennifer and Family Visits!

 Easton, Joey, Talon, and Will

My sister and her kids were able to spend a few weeks this June here in Indiana.  We had lots of cousin playing time, and as you can see most of it was spent swimming!

Jaylee Turns 3 Years Old

 All Jaylee wanted for her birthday this year was an "All Girl's Party" and a "Pizza Cake."  Luckily we had some girl cousins in town, so I made her "all girl" party happen.  I took all of the little girls to a nail salon and got their nails painted.  It was pretty cute!

 They all loved their new nails!

 After the nail salon, we headed over to Culver's to get some ice cream.

 After her girl party we had cake and presents at Nana and Papa's house.

 On her actual birthday, we had a family day.  We started out by going out to eat for breakfast.  As you can tell, she was feeling pretty silly.

 Her second birthday treat was brownies and ice cream, when we got back from breakfast.

 ...a few more presents.

 Happy Day

Jaylee's last "cake" was her highly anticipated pizza cake.  We did that cake at my mom's house with my sister and her family who were visiting.  She got plenty of practice at blowing out candles this year!

T-ball is Over Until Next Year

We had another successful T-ball season.  We had a really good team, with really nice parents.  Riley enjoyed coaching and the boys enjoyed playing!

Memorial Day 2013

 My brother, Joe, recently moved and now lives just minutes from the sand dunes and beaches of Lake Michigan.  We packed up the family and headed up to see him for Memorial Day!  My parents recently bought this camper and it was our first outing with it. 

 Our first activity was to take this half mile sand dune trail.  It was really pretty.

 Do you see Lake Michigan in the distance?

 The kids beat everyone down the hill and headed into the cold, cold lake.

 Cute Couple

 Cute Grandpa

 Cute Dad

 Cute Girl

 Cute Boys

 Cute Family

 Joey was the official kayak ride giver.  I think my boys were a little nervous, but they didn't want Joey to notice!

All of the "big boys" went out fishing on our last night.  Together, they caught this king salmon! We have a huge filet in our freezer, waiting for a special occasion to eat it.