Friday, July 17, 2009

Boating!

Last week we took our first outing of the summer on the boat! I knew that my kids would love it...and they did. We squished a lot of people and stuff on that boat, and we had a blast!


This is what Abby does whenever she thinks she's on a ride...in an elevator, on a bumpy ride in the car, boating, tubing, etc. I love it!

My mom got this sweet tube for our outing and it was awesome!! It's more like a boat actually. There's three seats on it, but we easily got one adult and three kids on there. What a sweet ride!

And then my camera died. Darn.
We got some more good pics with my little sister's camera, but I'm not about to post the ones of me wake-boarding anyway!!
Can't wait to do a lot more of this!

Sunday, July 5, 2009

Happy 4th!!

We had a very full, and very fun, holiday!

We started out the day with our traditional neighborhood parade. Abby was so funny to watch in her candy-gathering...

See, here she is in the middle of the street, gathering a stray piece. She would often run out, paying no attention to the float or group of people about to run over her, to make sure that no piece of candy was unclaimed!!

I absolutely LOVE this picture...caught mid-stride running back to the curb!

My grandma and my girls...

Abby added blue sidewalk chalk to her shirt a little later, so she had a nice array of red, white, and blue on her previously just white shirt! Here's hoping I can get it just white again.

After the parade we went swimming at my parents' house. That's always a party!

We finished off the day with a BBQ and some fireworks in the street. We love the 4th of July!!