Summer fUN

This is what happens when the kids play "house" in the pantry!

Zac in Grandpa's hat

London at her first Soccer game

Finger painting

More Big Bear Pics

Swarms of baby catfish we played with.
Riding on the tube.
Eli LOVED the hike, finding sticks, climbing rocks, etc. . Me - no thanks.
We also went up the snow ski chair lifts to go on the big slides, like at Park City. It was AWESOME!
Love this one! We went on go karts, too. It was so fun.

Relaxing in Big Bear

Oh well, I'm posting this crazy swimsuit picture that I swore I wouldn't. We took a little trip up to stay in a cabin in Big Bear, top of a mountain, about 3 hours from here. Big ski town. Our friends rented a cabin on the lake and they own a jet ski, so how could we refuse. We needed a little relaxation since our Utah trip was canceled. We're at the tail end of our escrow for buying the condo across our doorstep. Literally. It's been pretty stressful, but buying a place always is. Supposed to close Sept. 8th. Anyway, our trip to Big Bear was a welcome break.
The kids were in the hot tub the entire time. The lake wasn't too cold, but the hot tub is much more fun for them.
They caught a lot of little baby catfish to play with.
Here's our cabin.
We went on a hike, too. Not really my thing. Ya like my nice white pants for the hike, too? Not so smart on my part. Whatever - I felt cute.

Summer Summer Summer Time...

Time to Sit Back and Unwind...

Finally, a vacation! We had PERFECT weather all week. We hope to do something like this again.

Rise and Shine! The sunrises over Lake Huron were beautiful.

Here's a look at our condo from the beach. We were in the second unit from the left.

Here's Derek and Katie - relaxing on the deck.

Mikey's looking for food for the waves. They ate sand and seashells. They were very hungry and kept coming back for more.

Katie picked some flowers on our walk on the beach.

Derek's birthday morning... blue skies and beach combing.

On the public beach in Oscoda - there was a great playground and skate park right on the beach.

Katie and Derek in the COLD Lake Huron water.

Mikey wanted to see the waterfall that fed Lake Huron all it's water... Derek took us to see the Oscoda welcome sign.

On the banks of the Au Sable River.

We saw a U-Pick Blueberry sign on our way up north. We stopped there on our way home and had so much fun. Mikey and Katie were great at picking the berries - Child Labor at it's best. Even though we ate a bunch of blueberries, we came home with 4lbs on fresh berries!

London's Twin

Ok, so maybe not identical twin, but she really reminds me of London. After having this girl from our church over for a playdate for charlise, she asked me why I kept calling her "London." Oops. Her name is Ocean and she's in Eli's class at church. Funny, huh!?

P.S. I'm so slow! I JUST realized you can comment on people's pictures. So, too bad I've missed any comments you guys wrote on past posts. I read comments from our camping pictures, and that's it! Dang.

Vegas Babee.....

Okay, so I need to work on the camera skills. Sorry they are so blurry. Kids got the run around on this visit to Vegas. We went to the M&M store while poor Alie and Mom had to run to the hospital to get the babies checked ( all is fine with them ). Stepped next door to go upstairs in the Coke store and have our tray of 8 soda floats and made a good ole mess. Last but not least, a firetruck ride with Marley at the wheel while Uncle Jason ran home to get the car since the firetruck ran out of gas! Good times!

Camping in San Luis Obispo

We went camping last week and saw SOOOOOOOO many wild animals. Deer, wild turkeys, squirrels, woodpeckers, and more. The kids were in heaven. I could have done without all the bugs, but whatever.
The boys made new friends and rode their bikes all over.
Uh, how many marshmallows did I eat . . . it doesn't count when you in the wilderness, right?!
Smores . . . the best part of camping.
I always forget how filthy camping is. About an hour into it, I finally let my guard down and down worry about how nasty the kids are. Yuck - white trashy, huh!?