medina visit

While daddy was away, we made a quick trip to grammy and grandpa howie's house.  it was a little rainy, much to our dismay - but we did have time for a quick tractor ride.  K was digging around in the garage and found an old toy tractor that belonged to U Matt many years ago.  we also dug out an old trike.  We did get to go swimming at the indoor pool and had dinner at a restaurant that had a cool train table.  what an exciting day!

water day

Finally, some hot summer days to enjoy the backyard pools and water table.  getting wet is guaranteed.  we had D and E over to play on Sunday morning.  One of the pools has a leak, but it didn't damper the fun at all.  the kids also tried the sprinkler and slip-n-slide.  A fun morning for sure.

Cleveland Friends

We made plans months ago to meet the Bailey's at the lake.  Little did we know the amount of rain that Ohio would have in the month of July.  Crazy.  We met at the lake, but we could not boat - could not swim - could not even find the beach.  But that didn't stop grandpa howie - he pulled out the old canoes.  A and Grammy "volunteered" to stay on land while G Howie and mommy took the kids in a canoe.  ok at first, but K kept standing up and walking around the canoe.  he even took off his shoe and was going to throw it overboard.  ugh!!  the Bailey's faired much better.  After a quick ride in the canoes, we had lunch and then went to the park of course.  the girls played while K napped.  they were up at the park for hours in the heat.  K eventually joined us to play on the train and get pushed on the swing.  a fun day with our good friends - don't get to see them enough!!

Grandparent time!

we have been looking for a time for all of the grandparents to get together at the same time.  finally we found our window of opportunity on the holiday weekend - a little time at Chip.  it started as a grey morning but we decided to get out on the boat.  it turned out to be a nice ride and we even saw a bald eagle.  for lunch we had uncle jordan join us and enjoyed some delicious chicken and sides.  after a nap break for K, we decided to go to the park.  the kids had a great time on the swings and hot purple dinosaur.  of course, K could not get enough of the wooden train.  it was a really fun day with family.

4th of July celebration

We were very happy to celebrate July 4 and R even sang us a song she learned in school about America.  We were rained out from the parade, but did get to have pizza with Mr. Scott for his birthday.  Chippy even joined us to help clean up the leftovers!  We also happened to run into one of my friends and her husband, someone who had not yet met K.  it was a cool accident.