The 4th and a bit more

The first part of July flew by in a flash  and I don't even have pics of many of our fun activities! Such as Brittany and her boys spending the night and pool days with friends. 

A highlight of our summer is always spending the 4th of July at the lake with COUSIN TIME!!! This year did not disappoint! More Popsicles were consumed than I could count......but it's like this with both sides of the family! Love it!

The kids are so blessed to have cousins so close in age on each side of the family. They are so much fun and we look forward to welcoming a new baby boy cousin in the next month! 

Being silly!

Stella and Grace with Grandpa as he makes his "World Famous Chocolate Malts" one night. 

Took the kids for ice cream one morning......yes, morning! 

See a pattern of craziness?!

The Annual 4th of July foot parade on Sunset Beach. 

With Grandma and Grandpa on the golf cart. 

Double Trouble. P and Bubba G. 

Another Double Trouble. Ha! Grace is so good with Stella. She's such an amazing role model!

The fireworks were fabulous! Love taking the boat out and watching them on the lake. 

Stella taking Selfies with her and kitty. He seems to be really excited. Haha!

They were sad to leave their Davidson cousins, but happy to spend time with their Watson cousins!l Mom took us all to Adventureland one day! So much fun! 

Thank you, Nana! The kids had a blast and Sara, Anna and I even rode the NEW scary roller coaster, The Monster! It was so fun and so glad we did it! Hannah, Haydn and Stella rode it, too! 

June!

June was super fun!

Started off meeting up with friends at a strawberry patch to pick strawberries. So yummy! We made homemade strawberry ice cream with the left over berries we didn't inhale. It was delicious!

P ended his first season playing soccer. He really enjoyed it, and was on a team with some great boys. He's signed up to play again in the fall. 

After his last game. 

That same morning, Mike and I ran the Dam to Dam Half Marathon, so we were a bit late to P's 10:30 soccer game. We had a great race and great weather. Even ran into some friends at the finish line to have a beer with. That evening we attended a '90's party, so say we were beat at bedtime would be an understatement!

We hosted P's bday party a few weeks late. May is such a hard time to have a party. Everyone is so busy. He had 13 boys over and my goodness they are LOUD and have TONS of energy! The theme was Yard Wars, they played a bunch of outdoor games. Here they are learning the route for the Obstacle Course. 

Ice cream cake for the win. Porter wanted a smiley face on his cake, in Hawkeyes colors. LOL

A big highlight was having the Arizona Warins around for a week for a family wedding. We loved spending as much time with them as we could. 

Stella and Berlin were dropped off at a local pool by the,selves for the first time!!! Crazy! Their backs are to you in the pic, taking in the slides. They went there during P's bday party. I uploaded the pics out of order. 

Stella LOOOOOOVED attending the Drake Girls Basksetball Camp! loved it! The head coach is one of Porters best friends aunt (you follow that!), so P has been to games with Hank before. The coach is amazing and did such a great job with the girls. 

We went roller skating with friends one afternoon. Porter doing the Limbo!

Evening out at the ICubs game. Nicole, Berlin and Stella with Cubbie. 

A Watson Fam pic at Katelyn's wedding. Sorry about all the raccoon eyes. 

I turned 39(!!!!!!). I had two dinners out with friends leading up to the big day and the night of, tried out a new restaurant downtown. Stella and I were matching. Haha!

Stella really wanted these fake press on nails at Target. She bought them with her own money....they didn't last 30 minutes before she wanted them off. $5 down the drain.....

Lots of time is spent playing on the hammock. 

Stella and Abby P read for another ball camp. This time at Grandview College. This one wasn't as much "fun", more skill based camp, but they ended up enjoying it. Porter did a soccer camp and I know realize I didn't take any pics. Oops!

The kids wanted to go to our old neighborhood and visit the parks that we used to go to on the daily. These parks were a part of our every day life. It was really fun to visit them again. Stella remembered way more than I thought she would!

A day trip with Sara and girls was so much fun! Traveled to visit the American Gothic house then up the Herbert Hoovers Presidential Library and Museum. Great day for a road trip!