Summer Finally!

It seems odd to post this today when it is cold & rainy and feels like Fall, but I swear we had a good week of upper 90's and we busted out the pool(s), cooked out for dinner, made a small fire for s'mores and even camped out under the stars in our back yard!  Lots of fun!

 The spray function (in the yellow arch) blew the minute we turned on the hose!  LOL  So I had to keep the slide wet and give them a little push to get going.  Kind of a pain but we had fun.  It went back after this!

 Brrrrr...that water is cold!

 Bring on the s'mores!

 Look at these two with their tongue-tied tongues...awe...we are working on getting them fixed, I swear!

 Did someone say we need more wood?

 So proud he could help!

Poking the fire...from a safe distance.

Little stinker!  That is literally as far as he can stick his tongue out though...ha!

4th of July - Uncle Chip's

Taking in a movie on the 4 hr drive from Cincinnati to Hinckley.

Maxin' & Relaxin' on the front porch of Uncle Chip's house.


That is Drew hiding behind the bear "shooting" at passer by's and bravely holding hands with the bear.


After a long drive and so much already to see and do, they totally sacked out for a nap.

 Family photo prior to Kevin's crew & Ken arriving.

 Another family pic...one day we will all be actually looking at the camera but for now I'll take all partially smiling!

 Raven, Lisa, River & Ron

 Ron, Raven, Lisa & Drew

 Grandma Hart & Charlie

 Grandma Hart, Drew and me.

Aunt PJ helping Drew make a shot.

 Raven letting Drew think he has a chance.

 Aunt PJ giving Ron a run for his money...and in heels! LOL

River making his old man work for it!

 Raven, Rianna & Darren

Jack, Cole, Rianna, Karleen, Raven & Darren

Kevin, Karleen, & River playing frisbee baseball???

 Dan & Ken

Ron & River

 These cap guns/"shooters" were the hit of the weekend with our boys.

 I didn't realize how well Jack did color coordinating when he got dressed that day!

 Mr Football

Awe...too cute!

4th of July - Cincinnati

We started our 4th of July road trip in Cincinnati visiting Auntie Hope, Auntie Donna, Gabe & Grandma Pat.

Posing for pics while waiting for their Wendy's frosty's!

Drew's 1st pony ride at Parky's Farm

Waiting patiently for ice cream.

We went to Scallywag Tag for some fun on a rainy day.  Jack was thrilled about riding with his aunties in Hope's jeep.

We played glow-in-the-dark putt-putt!

 Drew got to celebrate his birthday...AGAIN!  Thanks for all the great gifts!

 Dinosaurs, cake and balloons, 3 favorites in one!

 I'm pretty sure all of his wishes came true.

Thanks everyone we had a lot of fun and hope to see you again soon!