Fourth of July weekend Up North - Part 1

Sun, water, sand, friends, family, boating, eating, playing...that about sums up our fourth of July weekend! We spent time on Lake Charlevoix, and also drove to visit the Peter's family to visit with them at their lake house. One of the best parts was also that Jeff and Jen were able to come up to hang out, and Tess got to put her toes in Lake Charlevoix for the first time. :)

Starting with our visit with the Peter's, we were there for the entire day on the 4th of July. As always, they were amazing hosts, had wonderful food, were wonderful company, and because Janine thinks of everything, had fun things for the kids to do, too.

We spent a lot of time down by the water. 

 

Jeff and I pretended we were kids again and went tubing together. Not sure I have laughed that much in a long time.

 

Here were our three little spotters that rode along - Caleb, Ari, and Taylor.

We were going to try to keep Camryn up and skip her nap, but the signs of being overtired were becoming too much, so I laid down with her on a bed and got some snuggles with my 'baby' girl. Loved this.

After all the fun on the lake, we moved up to the house for some play time and food.

The ladies with their fancy drinks. :)

The boys hanging on the deck.

The kids playing with Uncle Jeff (he is definitely a favorite with all of them. :))

Glow sticks and sparklers were after dinner

It was a great visit with great family friends. Looking forward to next year!!

June Wrap Up

Almost a month has gone by of our summer break.  And now I am sitting here with a whole month worth of pictures that I want to get in our 'family picture album'. :)

Here we go!

#1 -  The end of Taylor's first season of Toddler T-Ball!
Her team picture :)

Playing out in the field was not her favorite thing. We were lucky if she was even looking the direction of the batter a lot of the time. :) But she did go after the ball a few times, especially her last game! Batting continued to be her favorite.

Cam and Addi just hung out together on the sidelines.

#2 - Summer break nap times :) Camryn takes great naps. Every afternoon. Taylor refuses to nap. Every afternoon. And I sneak naps in when I can when Camryn is down.
But sometimes, Taylor just can't fight it, and cashes out....
for an unexpected nap...

or falls completely asleep at 6:30 in the evening :)

And I get naps in sometimes (since I still get up before 5am for the gym), and often get woken up by this cute little face...usually telling me she is hungry for a cheese sandwich or a snack :)

#3 OUTSIDE play!

Lots of bubbles

Picking flowers

Pool time

Feeding the baby goats down the road

Chalk

And splash pad time

#4 My first Crossfit competition!
My friend, Katie, and I competed in a partner competition together in Three Rivers. We made our way through 5 WOD's together...it was such a fun day!
Team #101

A group shot of most of the people from Crossfit Lake Effect who competed :)

Looking forward to hopefully doing another one this summer!


#5 Summer visits with visiting friends!
We had a group of friends over that we used to see each week for small group a couple years ago, and the number of kids equaled the number of adults! It was a fun night.

#6 And, on cloudy, rainy days - lots of play inside

Legos

Making pretend beds

Watching movies while eating a 'picnic' on the floor

Making cookies together :)

And trips to the Target Dollar Spot :)

Still lots of weeks of summer break left - excited to see what July will bring!!