Summer Swimming

Sleeping in is one of our favorite things to do in the summer. Katie asked for this pillow at the store the other day, and she's putting it to good use haha. Not for sitting up and reading, but for sleeping in comfortably. She's so cute.

When we all got up for the day and had breakfast, we headed to Drytown with Anthony and his kids. A nice way to cool down for an hour. It's always more fun when people join us at Drytown than going alone, so it's awesome when the girls are free to swim with Katie. I like her to have fun and enjoy herself as much as she can, and it's always good to have play dates and friends. Emma is obsessed with the floats this year, and she always wants one, even if it's only for a little bit.

Hannan & Madison's Dance Recital

My Mom, Grandma, Katie, Emma and I went to support Hannah and Madison and watch their dance recital. I bought tickets when they went on sale so we could be sure to go. They did a Frozen song, it was really cute. They did a great job. The whole show was like 2 hours, and they were only on for 4 minutes. That was a little bit a bummer, but the show was still entertaining.

 They were so cute dressed up.

Stu Miller's Pumpkin Patch

I know this pumpkin patch is small and has the same few rides every year, but I really like taking Katie every year, and now Emma too. Of course Emma couldn't do anything yet, but Katie was able to go on the rides with her cousins and they had a lot of fun together.

Hopefully next year Emma will be able to join the kids on some of the rides or bounce slides. It's hard watching other kids have all the fun.

AV Fair 2014

We went to the fair to watch Hannah and Madison perform their dance they learned. They were great! It took forever and a day for them to get on stage and have their turn, but they were so cute when they did. I had fun hanging out with my cousins for the night. Emma couldn't do anything, but Katie had a lot of fun =) It was nice until it got late, then the crowds came. Pretty fun though.

 

 

 We even ran into Annabelle and Zoey there =)

Aladdin Movie Night

My Mom saw that the Acton Park was hosting a movie night featuring Aladdin, and we all went to let the kids have a nice summer night out. They were able to play at the park while we waited for it to get dark.

When it was almost time for the movie to start, we settled down into our spots and bought some snacks for the kids.

I also packed some snacks with me, like these wax juice candies.

All of the kids were good today, except one. EMMA. Haha. She would not sit for the movie, because, duh, she's a baby, and movies are long. I took my Kindle that I was very grateful I brought, and went to go read on a bench while I put Emma down for a nap on my shoulder. When she was finally asleep I joined the group for the last bit of the movie.

 

The kids had a fun night, and enjoyed their popcorn and snow cones. I'm glad they sold snacks there, and I'm glad I remembered to bring cash. I like movie nights at the park. They're fun. Hopefully they do it again next summer, and Emma sits :p My first movie night at the park was Grease, with David and my family, the first year we met, before Katie was born =)

Easter 2014

This Easter we celebrated at my Mom's house. She filled the small pool for the kids to play in and made yummy food. Lauryn and Becky brought dessert over. The kids kept picking the peeps and candy off the top, haha. It was a nice holiday.

 Hannah found the golden egg, with $2 inside. Woohoo!

Nice day, I'm glad everyone was able to make it and spend the day together. I'm glad Katie had her cousins to spend time with and play with.

Color Me Rad

When something like the Color Me Rad 5k comes into your small town, you go! Most of my family bought tickets and we all went together.

I picked up this cool Color Blaster for Katie the day before, at packet pick-up.

Mary ran the whole thing with Madison instead of walking with us. She was very proud of herself.

I had fun walking with everyone and taking cool colorful pictures =)

They had a few cute signs to take pictures by.

This chick gets heavy! :p

It's true. We pretty much have been rad since forever.

The kids had so much fun! They got very colorful and got lots of energy out!

These 5k's are so much fun and totally worth the money, when they have that little extra, like bubbles or color packets. I am not one to do a regular 5k, it bores me to pay $30+ to walk the street like I could any day, but when they allow the kids to play and have fun, it's worth it =)

So glad that it was in Lancaster this time, so we didn't have to drive far! It made it that much better!

My Birthday At Olive

It's my birthday! After work we all met at Olive Garden with my family. Katie got fancy in a pretty dress for the occasion.

 Got tickets for Disneyland's Halloween night =)

 More Mickey Kitchen things =)

 Love these two.

 My new favorite, yum!!