Michigan

We had the chance to go to Michigan this last weekend to visit some of Randy's family. We had a really fun trip.

Brooke & her cousin Kristianna riding bikes & Drew playing ball

Brooke & Kristianna

Randy and 2 of his brothers, Howie & Luke, and his friend Joe.

Drew & Uncle Eric
The kids did a great job sleeping at the hotel.

The pool was great for wearing them out before bed.

We finished up our trip with some U-Pick blueberries

Here we are at the blueberry patch.

Drew was just walking along eating blueberries right off the bush the whole time.

The blueberries were definitely a hit!

The Fair!

We always have a good time when the fair is in town.

Papa & Brooke on the tractor.

Brooke on the Bumper Boats

Every year we see the racing pigs at the fair, but this year they also had racing ducks!
Brooke got to race a duck.

Drew just got to wear the hat.

We usually milk a real cow at the fair, but this was the first year that they didn't have the birthing tent with the cows that were calving. We were pretty disappointed, but they had this fake cow to milk instead.

The kids still enjoyed it!

Brooke's favorite & Drew's first pony ride.

Chelsea & Brooke with the goats

Drew stiff arming a goat

Nothing like ending the day with a bag of Cotton Candy

Splash Park

Brooke eating her SpongeBob ice cream.

Brooke shooting the giant water gun & Drew trying his best to help.

Drew running away from the water guns.

It was a beautiful day and the kids had a great time running around through the water fountains.

Happy 4th of July!

It rained on us all day for the 4th. We did head out to the Lake, but we were stuck inside all day long! We did manage to BBQ outside under the deck. Here are a few pictures of the kids in their 4th of July outfits.

We did have a really nice night the night before and headed over to Lisle to the "Eyes to the Skies" festival.

Drew had his first corn on the cob.
Brooke always enjoys the rides.

Old Yeller

Brooke found this movie with the DVD's and has been asking to watch it for a while now. I finally let her the other night. These next couple of pictures pretty much tell the story of how it went. Anyone who has seen Old Yeller will understand!

Very sad! She calmed down after we talked about it (all night long) and Old Yeller is now her new favortie movie that she wants to watch everyday.

Summer

Here are some pictures of what we have been up to in June.

Brooke eating fresh raspberries at the lake.

Brooke & her cousin Brayden playing at the lake.

They were catching little guppies with a fish net.

Drew enjoys the water and likes climbing from one pool to another.

Brayden & Brooke at the Arboretum

Brooke & Brayden w/ Papa

Brooke and her cousins Lauren, Chelsea & Brayden

Kane County Cougars Game

Finally, some peace & quiet after a long day of playing at the lake!