The neighborhood boys playing in the backyard.

Happy 4th of July. We went to the fireworks in the park. Kade was very amazed at them it is his first time seeing them. He kept reaching towards the sky and saying "Fireworks go boom" and when they were not in the sky would say "fireworks where are you?"

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While we were up north Collin celebrated his 6th birthday. His big party is on Saturday with all of his family and friends.

Time for bed!! It was a slumber party every night. The smallest kids in with the parents. The two boys on the pullout and the girl of the bunch on an air mattress on the floor. Collin and Kade had so much fun with his cousins!

Water Fun! Jessica brought up a car wash for the kids to run through and some water balloons. Kade went without a swim diaper so his shorts kept slipping down. He looked like a little Coppertone baby!

We spent a beautiful week with family/friends at our friend Jessica's cabin. The kids had a blast. These are the pictures of James taking the kids on a ride in the boat.

On Saturday Jessica, Mike, Nicholas, and Anthony met us to go on a ride with Thomas the Tank Engine. They had a huge Lego Thomas, activities tables with Thomas, a bunch of train tracks set up, and then we got to go on a train ride. The boys had a blast and Kade couldn't stop saying "choo-choo!"

Kade made friends with the talking bird named Jabber. I think Jabber liked the tone of Kade's voice because if Kade would say "hi" or "hello" Jabber would say "hello" or "hi" back repeatedly. It was funny to watch!

Building a birdhouse at 1000 Islands Environmental Center.

It has been awhile since our last post because life has been just busy! We took Collin out to celebrate the last day of school. Here we are mini-golfing and playing games. We are looking forward to the long summer break!

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Happy Easter!! The boys had fun looking for Easter eggs and their baskets. After enjoying some peeps they got all cleaned up for church.

Coloring Easter eggs!

Easter egg hunt at the zoo. It was really a nice set-up! The morning started with a nice breakfast with the Easter bunny including flying pancakes (they flipped the pancakes and the kids got to try to catch them on their plates!). Then we went into the zoo and the kids got to pick out 10 eggs. We then walked the zoo and had to find the egg station to turn in the correct colored egg. The kids got to trade the egg for a treat. Collin took some pictures with the lion and Easter bunny but Kade did not want to go near them! We had fun watching the animals (the favorite of the day was the otter!)