Beach

Hannah working on the sand fort. She did dig a deep hole in the sand and Grandpa told her that he saw Taiwan. It was a deep hole.



Lindsay and Michael stayed in the water the entire afternoon. The waves would knock them down over and over and they loved it-- except maybe all the sand in their suits.



Reed and Hannah built Sadie and sand fort while she was afraid of the water. Lucky for me, she quickly got over her fear and loved the water.



Reed doing his slow motion running towards me.



Sadie dancing on the sand.

We all had a fun and tiring day in the sun and sand.

Six Flags Fun

I think that we successfully tired everyone out. Okay maybe just those of us over 13 years old. It was a fun day in the sun. I think Hannah has a new best friend. Sadie loves her and Hannah is so good to Sadie. Sadie only wants to hold Hannah's hand and Hannah got the privilege of taking Sadie on her first roller coaster ride.

Cousins

My kids have been so excited to have their cousins come for a visit. They have not been disappointed. They all are having lots of fun together running through Nana and Grandpa's house, playing ping pong and feeding the ducks at the park.

Michael is never thrilled when I take his picture but I think it was a bit more bearable because he had his favorite little sister with him.




Reed on the other hand is always up for a few pictures. Even when I said that I wanted him to wear a sweater (in July), he said, "Oh, good! I can be extra warm." He is so sweet.

Happy 4th of July

Happy 4th of July!

We had a fun 4th of July. Starting off with the local 4th of July parade. The kids love to get the candy that is thrown. We spent our day shooting Reed's new BB gun, eating Jello (Sadie was sooo excited for Jello. I really should make it more often.) BBQing with family and friends. We had some special guests from CA (Emily & Marcie) and KY (Jeremy and Valerie)& Dee and Nadine. In case you didn't know it, but Valerie is quite a good shot with a BB gun. I was impressed.

We also enjoyed a fun fireworks show with front row seats right in our own driveway. Reed had fun lighting them and calling out the names of each firework. It was fun day.

I don't even know what to call this one

I could call in my little rock star or playing in the wind. Anyway, it was fun.