July 4

 July 4 started out with painted fingernails and toenails. We went to a friend's house for a lunch cookout and then headed to the village for bouncy houses, a picnic dinner and visiting with friends. We didn't make it to fireworks, but maybe next year.

Kathryn loved the "princesses" as she called the pageant winners.

Happy boy with his cupcake

Working up a sweat in the bouncy houses

painted nails

K and her cupcake

Summer Fun 2015

 We've had a lot of fun this summer just around town with friends. Our latest adventure was bowling with Sophie and Mrs. Lile. Sophie and the girls get along great, and Mrs. Lile introduced us to free summer bowling. The girls had never been, so it was all very exciting to them. With the help of bumpers and ramps, bowling is pretty fun for kids.

Audrey at the ramp with a big final score of 70.

Kathryn the champion with a 73.

Proud to be here

Checking out the lanes

We've also enjoyed several trips to the IN zoo, which we love. This day, we went with friends Vivian and Clara and some of their friends. Fun times!

Beach Trip, June 2015

David and K hard at work on a sand castle on day 1

 We ventured to the beach this year with our whole crew. David's high school friend has a house in Panama City, so we stayed for a whole week. It's quite a drive from IN, but the kids did fairly well. David and I may need another vacation to recover from our vacation, but I'm sure memories were made!

We were thankful to have Grandmother and Granddaddy along for the first half of the week and Mimi and Pops for the second half.

Audrey insisted on wearing these goggles. It was a pretty strong current due to a storm in the Gulf for the first couple of days, so they were helpful at some points.

Happy girls on day 1 and their first glimpse of the beach. This was Andrew and Kathryn's first trip and Audrey's third (though she doesn't remember her first trip to MI and her second to Gulf Shores.)

She loved practicing her baseball.

This wild man was all over the house. He loved exploring all of the cabinets and crevices.

Happy Kathryn

Trying on Daddy's hat

Kathyrn and Andrew weren't really happy about the water and even the sand at times. We were thankful that there was a tent that we could sit under during the mornings.

The Gulf

Andrew loved his spaghetti supper

Playing the Kleenex game with Granddaddy

David's creation

We did sneak away for a date night of Putt Putt.

He won!