Farewell Friends

We had a farewell pool party for our friends the Shidelers. It was a whole lot of fun and we had some good eats as well. Since Dave & Tina haven't left yet, it wasn't a sad goodbye party. I guess we'll have to save that until they actually leave. It was nice though to have an upbeat and happy going away party! I'll save the sad, mushy stuff for later.

More Summer Fun

We recently enjoyed a visit from Keith, Mindy, Alysa & Michael. The cousins had a great time playing, bouncing on the trampoline with the sprinkler and just having fun. We manged to pack in a lot in a short time.

Tuesday of this week we went to Venture River water park. We had a really good time. We had plenty of friends to share in the joy as well. The day started off rainy but cleared up for a wonderful day. It also kept the crowds away so we practically had the park to ourselves. Nathan especially had a good time. He and a couple of buddies were given some latitude and allowed to run together and do the slides. But when he decided to do the cliff hanger and the HUGE water slides, it really hit me that he is really growing up. I don't have any pictures from the day, but if you go to the Venture River website, you'll see what I mean. I about had a coronary seeing Nathan climb up the seeming 20 stories of stairs to get to the slide!

We'll be wraping up the week with a farewell party for Dave & Tina tonight. We sure will miss them!

Her New Do

Nicole has been asking to have her hair cut short. I haven't wanted to give in because I love her longer blonde locks, but I decided to give in...a little. She did go shorter, but not as short as she wanted. She would have been bald at that point! I have to admit, she does look cute and she loves it!

What have you done lately?

June just flew by and now July seems to be following in its footsteps. Last week we went to the river with some friends. We spent the afternoon messing around looking for river creatures and fossils. We found minnows, a baby snake, some sort of water beetle and some tiny frogs. Two of the frogs came home with us. Unfortunately, they weren't part of the family for very long. I'm sure the lack of habitat and food had nothing to do with it!

A friend had us over yesterday. Her husband spent 5+ months hiking the Appalachian trail and he shared his experiences with the kids. He let them see his gear and pictures he took. It was an amazing trip!

This weekend Keith & Mindy will be down for a visit and we are looking forward to that! We have a trip to Venture River scheduled for the following week and are looking into some swimming lessons! Whew!

Along with the regular Monday visit to the library for the summer reading program, we are playing with friends and trying to stay cool! I hope everyone out there is having a good summer too!