4th Of July!!

We got to spend the 4th of July weekend up at our friends moms house and it was so much fun! She lives in Goodland which is around 3 hours away. We left Friday late afternoon and came home Sunday afternoon.

Cake Batter 4th of July cookies!

all set with our patriotic icees!

 After we painted our shirts we headed to fireworks! yep we watched them the night before the 4th in a public place and then we set some off on our own on the 4th. 

 Fun hair!

Sparklers and the big booms! 

 We put on our red whites and blues and went to a very cute parade on the actual 4th of July :)

We got there pretty early so we had time to make some flags and munch on our caramel puffcorn :) 

It was also great we got there early so we could score a shady spot on the hot day!

Someone loves her candy!

Dancing and awaiting that sweet stuff!

After the parade we headed back to the house/campground and had a yummy grilled lunch and went swimming at the nearby lake. Harper also enjoyed some trike riding!

Caroline made the traditional flag cake since the other gals didnt show interest in helping this year.

Then it was time for the fantastic food!

 I didnt get any pics in the lake or of the fireworks we set off but it did happen :)

The girls enjoyed sleeping in the tent and playing in the tent!

The Linneas were raising some lilypads :)

 We ended our trip with some Irish dancing!

What a wonderful holiday weekend! Thank you Gail, Carole and family!

Beach and Grandparents Night!

The girls and my parents and I went to Lake Josephine for a swim and then had a super fun sleepover with pizza, Big Hero 6 and popcorn all while daddy got to have a guys night :)

We loved the movie as much the second time as the first and gma and papa also thought it was great!

The next day was spent at church and then the train museum to decorate our bikes, get a free helmet and see a magician. Since the girls had their bikes they got in free :) So all of us got into this cool place for $10!

 We went to a fun Open Eye Puppet Theater show one night as well with our good friends the Pedersen's. This one got into a sucker at some point and she REALLY loved it!

Tball, Groovin, Parades and Sleepin'

Mom sort of struck out with getting Linnea on a T-ball team close to home and as I write this I may have already blogged this but in case I didn't....I had to search sort of high and low to get her on a team since I procrastinated so much but she had a good time playing at Battle Creek and it was close for gma and papa to come watch.

 Harper was her number one fan!

We had one indoor game due to some summer rain.

The Meyers caught the end of the Oakdale Parade!

We continued to love going to Grooving in the Garden all summer long. I love packing a picnic dinner and biking the gals up there. The bands are always so so fun too. The kiddoes enjoy dancing on the lawn and jumping in the jumphouses too. More groovin pics to come on the blog.

 All of this fun sure wears these two sweeties out :)

Last Days of Summer School and Daycare!

I was able to pick Linnea up on her last day of summer school and surprised her with a trip to get some ice cream :)

We ate dinner with our neighbors that night and our friend Elias who was here from Spain. Elias' wife Susana was Harper's "nanny" for about 8 months until they moved back to Spain.  

enjoying the second helping of ice cream of the day after BLT's :)

Harper will miss her little buddies from daycare but be back 

in the fall :)

I had one more day of school but when I came home we headed to a nearby wading pool :)

YAY for the true beginning of summer vacation for us!