July

Our month has kept us busy so far.  4th of July weekend was spent with friends at the parade and a BBQ back at our house.  The kids a had a blast all playing together in the pool.  The older ones played so good together and the babes all took nice naps.  The adults actually got to have some conversation!

Filling up the pool for the first time this summer.

 

4th of July BBQ

 

Parker

Luke and Owen

 

Lily

Makayla

Adam's dad, Selwyn has amazing flower gardens.  He hosts a garden tour of his backyard every year.  July is prime bloom time for daylilies and they were beautiful!

This past week we have been on vacation with the Rash family.  We rented a house in the Galena Territory for 5 days.  It was beautiful.  We had a great, secluded area.  We saw many hot air balloons and even watched some fireworks from our deck one evening.  We played baseball, frisbee, football, golf.  We swam, we ate, we drank, we shopped.  Most of all, we spent time together.

View from our deck

Stephen grilling.

Cousins

Kayla

Connor

Ethan

Cheese!

 

Aidan

Baseball time!

 

The kids liked having "dance parties" together.  I couldn't get a video to upload here, so check out Facebook for videos of that.

We plan on finishing off the month by the boys getting to spend a weekend with Grammy while Adam and I head to Chicago to see Paul McCartney in concert at Wrigley Field with Steve and Steffani.  Where is summer going!?!?!?