The Summer is only half over and we have already made so many amazing memories. Here are some of the our memories. (Warning there are a lot of pictures to follow)
The first few days after getting to my parent's house we were able to help watch my nephew. My girls absolutely love spending time with Bugaboo (their nickname for him). One of they days, I got to be the "favorite aunt". I took them to the farm, went on a wagon ride, played at the park and even got ice cream.
A few days later we were off on my family reunion. Since we had 99% of the entire family in attendance the first night camping...we decided to take a family picture. I love being with my family. I wished we all lived closer where we could do more together...or I wish they would visit us more often. I know we try and go there as much as we can...although we all have busy lives.
The girls have been wanting to know how to hit a baseball for quite a while. I have tried to help them, but my knowledge is slim to none. I enlisted the help of one of my nephews (a few of them play baseball). He was so kind and patient with my girls. Now they know how to play. I am so grateful for extended family and how much love they show to my girls.
This year while camping we found a family of owls...there were three of them...a mommy, daddy and baby (according to what the ranger said). Here is one of the parents and the baby. It was so cool to see them in their natural habitat and see them so closely.
We spent lots of our time at the beach and splashing in the water. As a family we rented some paddle boards. The girls loved going on rides. They aren't quite big enough yet to try it themselves.
One of the traditions we have at the family reunion is always having a water fight. It is usually just grandpa and the grand kids, but this year grandma and a few others got roped into play.
We stayed only a day and a half after coming home from camping. Bryan and I took our girls, our nieces and nephews to the park. Mia loves climbing on things...she is our Mia monkey!
Claire learned how to do the monkey bars. She said she started learning at school, but she can touch the ground at school so this was a great time for her to practice and learn. She was so proud of herself and we are too.
Here is a group shot of the park kids. It was a lot of fun to have them all play together. The girls love being with their cousins.
We weren't able to visit after the reunion for as long as we usually do. We had to come back quickly in order to be here to celebrate Terin's (Bryan's sister) wedding. The girls got to be flower girls. They really took their job of dropping petals quite seriously.
They looked so beautiful in their flower girls dresses.
Finally we are to the last picture...Here is the family right after the wedding. It was so beautiful. I am so glad we were able to be a part of such an amazing event.
