Our Family Vacation

Aunt Laura gave Collin a fun project for the summer. She found him a monarch caterpillar to watch turn into a butterfly. He really enjoyed watching the process and at times we had to convince him to leave the bug house to do something else or he would just sit and watch.

Kade just finished his art class at the YMCA. He had so much fun painting and exploring the classroom. His favorite was the water table and the messy paint. At the end of class both of us (or Dad when he took him) were covered in paint.

Collin playing soccer in his soccer class.

James and I celebrated our 7th wedding anniversary on July 8th. We took my brother out for his birthday on the 7th so we have some pictures of us at midnight. The day of our anniversary we went out for dinner, went mini golfing, and went to the movies. It was fun to have an actual date!

During the week of the 4th we headed to Nana and Papa's house to help them pack for the big move. We headed out to the land to see the progress on the house. While there Kade decided to try and drive the construction equipment.

4th of July fun!! Aunt Laura and I took Collin to the drive-in movies.

Kade gets his first haircut. He did a nice job holding still and looks so handsome!

Collin really gets into playing Pokemon on his new playset

Happy 5th Birthday Collin!

Aunt Laura is home!! Collin was so so excited!!!!!!! Kade was excited also but I think he was a little more excited to see Nana. He is definitely a little Nana's boy!

Jumping in the sprinkler!!!

My friend Kara came home for a visit so I brought the boys out to her parents land. They have a pond and the boys went for a little swim. I started with just letting them wade but that soon turned into letting them get wet and dirty. They both had a super time laughing and splashing around! This will definitely be a great memory for them. When we came home I told James what his "city boys" had been up to, their first dip in a pond!

Aunt April and I took Collin to check out the new pool in town. We played on the playground set that April use to play on as a child. We then found a much newer one that had a very cool obstical course. April helped Collin across and even Mom gave it a try!

Out at Nana and Papa's land. The basement is poured and the roofing lattices delivered. Kade thought the construction sight was his own personal sandbox. Collin and Kade played in the sandbox that Papa made for them and took a break to relax in the hammock.

I signed Collin up for a gym/swim class at the Y. The class was a five week session but he loved his teacher and the class so much he ended up going for three sessions. This is a picture of his class swimming and with his "Coach" Carly.