Cousin Sleepover!!

We had such a fun last week of summertime! After our backyard camping, we had a cousin sleepover! Anna Caitlin, Drew, Joshua, Macenzie, Abbie, Thomas, and Nicholas got together to spend the night in their sleeping bags at Aunt Shanna's house! We had McDonalds Happy Meals for dinner, and then hot fudge sundaes and Coke floats for dessert. The kids had a great time playing outside and then settling down for a movie in their sleeping bags. The grown ups had to lay down with them for a little while to settle down. It is so hard to go to sleep when you are having so much fun! In the morning, we got up and had homemade pancakes for breakfast. We are very excited about our next sleepover!

Backyard Camping Fun!!

As a last blast of summer, we decided to go camping...in the backyard!! The kids had so much fun setting up the tent and playing in it. They got their sleeping bags together and set up their lanterns, so excited.



We had a small "campfire" in the firepit. We roasted marshmellows and made s'mores...yummy!! We taught the kids to play Go Fish, which they thought was fun, and let them run around in the dark.



I went to spend the night inside with Joshua (and in the air), but was joined shortly by the other three. They loved the thought of it, but did not want to sleep in the heat!! They are my babies! But we had a blast!

Happy 4th of July!!

The Fourth of July weekend is always so much fun and we love catching up with the family. We headed up to the lake for several days for some fun in the sun! The kiddos had a blast riding on the boat and swimming. The especially loved playing in the tube with Macenzie and Abbie. Little Joshua did alot more swimming this time. I think that was maybe because it was SO HOT on the boat!



The night of the fourth, we took our traditional trip out on the lake to enjoy the fireworks, which is always fun! The kids absolutely LOVED it! But all of them crashed on the boatride home. Happy Fourth of July!!