Growing Growing!

 Our garden is growing growing and the kids (and us) are having so much fun!  There is truly nothing better then the kids picking and eating things out of their own garden!  They are so proud.  Love it.

Unfortunately, the garden is not the only thing growing growing around here.  The kids are growing up way too fast.  When I was loading these pictures I couldn't help but think of the summers past that the kids had played in the sprinklers...

Seriously.  Where does the time go?

Summer Favorites.

I just love summer.  I wish the warm weather could last much longer so that we could all experience endless days in the fresh air.  Ryan plays in a couple summer softball leagues.  The kids and I went to watch him play and they were excited to see Daddy in action.  Ryan bought a jersey for Landon (a lot of the players did the same for their kids) and Landon was excited to wear it...until we arrived at the ballpark.  Ryan had gone before the rest of us so when we started walking towards the field and Landon saw the team he got really quiet and started walking really slow.  I was finally able to get out of him what was wrong.  He was worried that Ryan's team was expecting him to play since he had a jersey on.  I thought that was so cute!  He sighed a HUGE sigh of relief once I explained to him that they would know he was just there to watch.  What a cutie.

 The funnest part about watching Daddy play softball is most definitely playing in all the dirt.  The girls had a blast.

It was pretty cute to hear Kenzie shout, "Go Daddy!!" and then say excitedly, "That's MY daddy!"

However, it was not cute when Kenzie peed on the ground right in front of the bleachers.  We had to leave and all three of the kids were crying because no one wanted to leave.  Oh the joys.

 On occasion when we all need a break from the heat we head over to the mall.  It's a great place to cool off and eat some ice cream.

Crazy dress up days.  Why not?

 There is not much better then eating delicious, fresh watermelon outside with some good friends!

Summer has so many fun things!  It just makes us all smile!

Grandpa Days.

Dad decided to spend some time with our family since he was forced into his early retirement.  We were happy to have him with us for so many days.  The kids sure enjoyed hanging out with Grandpa Ken and especially making trips to Hornbacher's for donuts and hot chocolate.

We showed how crazy the kids are when they play on the slip-n-slide and in the little pool.

 We went fishing for crappies and had a blast!

And then relaxed on the couch when we were exhausted from our busy days.

We all had so much fun with Grandpa here for so many days and can't wait for him to come back to hang out with us some more!

The Fourth.

Happy Independence Day!  Our family decided to stay in town and just hang out for the holiday weekend.  Ryan had to work for a little while on the 5th so it really didn't make sense for us to go anywhere.  Sometimes quiet weekends at home are some of the best!  We went and purchased some fireworks so we could have some fun of our own.

 Look at that bag of fireworks!

Landon was so excited to light off some fireworks.  He was almost as excited as Ryan! Almost.

 I think they were a little louder then Landon was expecting!

My thought exactly Kenzie.  Do we really need to let the 6 year old light them all?!

 My Dad came last minute on the 4th so he was able to enjoy some fun as well!

Then we headed to the fireworks at MSUM.  It was Kenzie's first time seeing a big firework show.  I wasn't sure how she was going to react.

 We all had a great time!