Awesome

After an evening of working in the backyard to build a roof on the play structure we picked up off Craigslist I reminded Jared that he was awesome.  Camden felt the need to let his daddy know just how awesome he is and chimed in with, "Daddy, you are awesomer than a guy with a hammer that kills people."  We died laughing.  He just might be THAT awesome!

Our first visitor!

We've been in Milwaukee for 3 weeks and this week we had our first visitor!  Janet stopped by for some one armed fun with Joe and Jesse on their way to Joe's family reunion.  It was so fun to see her and my boys were so excited the night before she came they had a hard time going to sleep.  Now that's cousin love! We went strawberry picking then came home and made a strawberry pie.  Since we didn't get an early enough start for it to set up in time for dinner we ate it for breakfast.  Strawberry pie for breakfast?...Yes, please!  We love this girl so much.  I remember when I was pregnant with Carter and Janet didn't have any nieces or nephews yet and asked if she could be a surrogate Aunt to my babies.  She has definitely lived up to that.  My boys love their Aunt Janet!  Can't wait to see her again in just a couple of weeks!

 Dax was a great little strawberry tester.  He would scream if I took the basket of berries away from him.  Jesse was pretty good too!  After a while he said, "My tummy hurts from picking strawberries!"  We all got our fill of berries then went home and ate even more.  It was a delicious day!

Photo Challenge - Summer Fun

I Heart Faces has a monthly photo challenge and when I saw that the theme was "summer fun" I immediately thought of this photo.  When I think of Michigan summers I think of our trips to Sleeping Bear Dunes and Lake Michigan.  This was an especially fun trip with cousins, we're going to miss these kids!

While I'm still a novice when it comes to photography this picture makes me smile, so what the heck.  If nothing else, it's a fun photo worth sharing.

Happy Summer!

Summer Lovin'

One of our favorite things to do in the summer is to spend the evening at the lake.  I love sitting out on the canoe with my family as the sun starts to go down and the sky turns a beautiful shade of pink and orange.  We found a lake just 15 minutes from our house but weren't sure if you could canoe there so we opted for an evening of swimming and hot dog grilling so we could check it out before loading up the canoe.  It was a fun evening with dad who needed a little break from studying for board exams and a much needed break from unpacking the house for the rest of us.  I love being outside!

The boys attempted a sand castle but baby Godzilla got the best of them.

I'm not sure I would want to see what's beneath the surface of the lake.  Ignorance is bliss, right?

Mischief is a brewing!

Neighborhood Kids

We had a tearful good-bye when it was time to say our final good-bye to our Royal Oak neighborhood.  I tried to hold it together as best I could but when we picked up the boys from the Mauger's house and said good-bye on our way out of town they started to flow.  We absolutely loved our neighbors there.  Hopefully one day we'll feel the same kind of love in our new neighborhood as we did there.  

We're off to a good start.  There were several kids on our street that were just waiting for us to move in.  They've been super friendly to the boys and come over often to ask them to come out and play.  Just one week in and they were all out having a lemonade stand together.  Here's to new beginnings...again :)