Pool Fun

The kids are really enjoying the heat wave. They especially love making a splash at the Hawkins' house. Ryan spent 2 nights in a row and the kids were swimming early. He hardly even noticed we were gone. Jake spent the 3rd night at our house and we went on a boat ride and to Ryan's last baseball game. The next day we went to celebrate Xander's birthday...watch for the post.

Carnival of the Carps

Ryan definately loves him a carnival. He is a thrill seeker and goes for the biggest and fastest rides. We definately got our money's worth out of that $20 wristband. Now he keeps asking us every day when we will be going to Michigan Adventure or Cedar Point. Tyler is not so thrilled with the rides. I'm sure he'll give it a try again later this summer. He enjoyed himself running around the place and looking at the games. Both boys fell asleep in the car while eating an ice cream cone (#2 of the night for Tyler) and we carried them to bed fully clothed. Chalk another one up for parent of the year:) Good times.

Sweet Memories.

I know that everyone in the room who witnessed this sweet moment had a smile on their face. After a long night of play, Tyler snuggled up against Papa who read him a Toy Story story on the ipad. Times and changed and technology changes...but the sweetness of a bedtime story with Papa is priceless.

Happy Bday Jake! Big 5!

We sure did have a good time celebrating Jakob's 5th Birthday with a Toy Story 3 theme. We had some pool fun...ate some yummies...went to the movie...ate some yummies. Definately a good memory. You could hear Jakob laughing through the whole movie until he realized he didn't know where Ryan was and said, "Where's RyRy?" We all looked and smiled. These cousins sure do love each other.

Go Lansing Lugnuts!

We had a spur of the moment adventure to Lansing for the Lugnuts game on Saturday. We had dinner at Clara's (Yummy!). They had a great set of fire works and the evening was a perfect summer evening. We all missed our Tyler who decided to stay with Granna as he is not a fan of sitting for hours nor is he a fan of fireworks. Hoping to go again soon:)

Today is good.

So today is officially my first day home with the kids. I've been home for several weeks but we had to pay for daycare so I sent the kids there in hopes to wrap up some projects at home. I am sitting here while Tyler naps and Ryan is at vacation Bible school hoping that each day is as smooth and enjoyable as today. Blessings.

We're hearing more laughter

We enjoyed an evening down at the park last night. We played some baseball. Ryan can slug 'em down there with no worries of hitting the house. Tyler is enjoying swinging the bat too. He has a real Bam Bam style but is making a connection and loves to run the make believe bases in a disorderly style:) Ryan is braving so many new things this year. He saw Kahlen scale a pole and thought "wow, I can do that!" He showed us and has several burn marks to prove it. We were the only ones at the park so we allowed the boys to climb up the slide. Both kids succeeded and Tyler was so excited that he did it on his own (that and climbed the ladder). He has the cutest little accomplishment voice.

Next week, the kids will be home with me. Ryan and mom will be going to Vacation Bible School too. I pray that all goes well and that we accomplish some learning, playing, and enjoying our time together. It's been a hard few months added to some really uncooperative behavior in the recent weeks. The past few days have been really good and we hope for some more smiles and laughter.