Summer Fun

We had such a fun day. We started this morning by picking up our niece Kirsten who is in town for the weekend and we took all of the kids to the zoo! Brad and his girls!

Okay yes, I bought them all matching outfits to wear! (I blame it on my BFF Rachel, her kids are always matchey or at least coordinated)

Me and the girls. I really had a great time spending time with all the girls and a little extra bonding time with Kirsten!

After the Zoo we were so hot we headed back to the pool, and had Rachel and Max over too!

Taylor and Granny had some fun relaxing time together... I am sure Tay really just talked her ear off the whole time!

Taylor has really become a little fish. She is swimming all over the place, jumping off the diving board and starting to learn how to dive. She even helped Kirsten swim a little.

And we ended the evening with a visit from Grace and Lance. All the kids swam and played, and ate, and had pictures and then ended with some special ice cream treats! I love it that all the cousins are such close friends.

And finally I am home and the kids are in bed!! I had such an amazing day and ended it with a sleep over from cute little Kirsten. I am so excited at being able to spend some good time with her this weekend. We just live too far, and I needed to spoil her just a bit, just like my favorite Aunt's always did for me!

Woolman Kids

Tonight, once again, we tried to get all 5 Woolman Grand Kids together for some pictures in the outfits Granny got them. We had a lot of fun, but man is it hard to get 5 kids to stop moving and give cute smiles.
Cute Jenna.

Jenna, Taylor, Lance, Grace and Kirsten These 3 always have cute pictures. Grace is so beautiful!

Elk Rapids

Our home for our short visit at Honcho Rest. Thanks Don for a fun weekend, we can't wait until next year! All the girls... Aubrey, Lydia, Autumn, Taylor, Grace and Jenna.

Beamer and Woolman Girls. I love this picture (and this beach).

Striking a pose!
Happy 4th of July. Pancake breakfast. Jenna headed off for a swim.

Jenna found a pine cone on the beach as all the other kids picked up shells. Another fun weekend of camping down! I can't believe it is July already, where is summer going?

Catching Up

Okay, Here is my quick attempt to post some updated pictures of the past month! A couple weeks ago we rescued a baby bunny from the dogs in the back yard! It was super cute, but the girls wanted to keep it. So we played for a few minutes before we let him go outside our fence. Then to our camping trips:
Here is Jenna in Lake Port taking baby Max for a stroller ride! She really tries to be a big girl.

Cute Max. I do have to say he is looking quite different this summer as his hair keeps getting lighter and lighter. Sorry Rach, its true.

A bunch of mess kids! We had a fun trip with the O'Mara's and Grove's.

Here is quick peak at Camp O'Mara / Woolman. It looks like a zoo with all the chairs, bikes and toys!

Our new camper this year. We LOVE it! And of course the dogs love it too, because they now can camp with us everywhere we go!

Granny got the girls some cute new PJ's. They were so excited for me to take their pictures, can't you tell.

And Taylor's last day of school as a kindergartner! My baby is officially a first grader. Awwww

But after her last day of school we picked her up and headed down to OH to meet Tim, Jaime and Kirsten half way for another camping trip.

Jenna and Kirsten on the beach. Even though Kirsten is a year younger she is nearly as tall as Jen already.

Grace and Taylor at the pool. It was so hot we were grateful for the Lodge where Gary and Dianne stayed. It had a huge nice pool, kiddie pool and even better, an outside bar!

Daddy and Jen taking a rest.

The pool at the Lodge.

A view of the lake from the Lodge. It really was a beautiful state park. Even had a golf course for the guys, except the bugs were so bad that week they could barely even stand to golf.

Taylor drying off after a swim.

And finally, my new obsession of the week. Hair bows. I have been meaning to try this since I saw them at a mom to mom sale last year. I love them, not sure why I didn't make these sooner. Of course Brad is making fun of my 'project of the week'. I am always trying something new!

After a rainy day I decided why not let the girls dance in the rain for a bit. Actually, this raining Sunday was a great relaxing day. We are so busy this summer, gone every weekend, so we rested up for our next trip up north for the 4th!

Memorial Camping Trip

We had a great trip with the O'Mara's to Groveland Oaks this past weekend. We couldn't have asked for nicer weather. Cute little Max even had fun despite not feeling well. Silly little Jenna! I had to take her picture too!

The kids were so excited for the ice cream truck, I think the adults were too!

Jenna had a huge popsicle. And the other kids made a nice mess of their ice cream treats. But we let them splurge since we were deep frying pickles, mushrooms, broccoli, fish and fries for us! Rachel and I should let the guys cook more often.

Super cute Bryce snuck in a picture too!

We have already had so much fun camping in our new camper and the summer is only just starting!

Kindergarden is ending!

Taylor had her music program at school today. She has been practicing for weeks. Even though you can't tell in this picture she sang every word and smiled the whole time. I had terrible seats with too many big heads in front of me for any great pictures. After the show we went to Taylor's class room for a snack. Jenna stuck to Taylor like glue!

We had a lot of fun and we will miss Thomson! Here is a picture of Taylor and Mrs. DeLong. (The helper teacher, is what Tay calls her)

And Mrs. Swailes.

Taylor has really done great. With only a few more days of school left, Taylor will be a 1st grader!

Cocoa Beach

Yesterday we took a short drive over to Cocoa Beach and had a wonderful time. We are actually thinking about going back today. I can't believe that today is our last full day :(
The girls had a great time on the beach just running and playing. It was a nice change from sitting in the stroller and waiting in lines!
Jenna testing out the waters with dad.

Taylor on a shell hunt.

Out for a walk.

This is kinda far away, but Taylor is soaked.... this is right after a wave took her down. It scared her despite the water only at our knees! Jenna on the other had kept trying to get down in the water telling me she didn't need any help. (The waves were well over her head!) She has come to love the water this year and has no fear. In the pool at the hotel she REALLY thinks she can swim and doesn't need swimmies. She doesn't even care if she goes under. Taylor is working hard at becoming a better/stronger swimmer too.

See you all soon, we have sooo many pictures to share.