Campfire Fun

 The kids (and adults) always look forward to a cozy campfire at the end of a hard day of play and sun shine!  The kids know that once the camp fire starts, S'mores are not too far behind!

 Joelle wasn't exactly sure what she thought of her first S'more.  She is pretty particular about things and the gooey marshmallow wasn't very appealing to her at first. 

 She finally did get a good bit, but she didn't like it!!  She couldn't have possibly gotten a bit that included the chocolate because she loves chocolate!  Weird girl, oh well, we will try again next summer!

The best part of the campfire is when the kids are all in bed and the adults get to hang out and talk.  Quality adult time is hard to come by when there are all those kids running around!

It's been a while.......

Well, I was doing really well at getting all my summer pictures up.  But then school happened!  Grading papers for 5th grade is more time consuming than grading papers for 1st grade.  Plus, the beginning of the year is always so crazy with all the meetings that are happening.  David joined a tackle football team and has practice EVERY day from 6-8!!  Between school and home, we are running like crazy.  I think I am finally at a place where I can take a breath and get the rest of the pictures posted!!

Family Triathlon

 Every summer Tracy competes in a triathlon.  This year the kids also competed in one the night before Tracy's race. 

 Tye was very serious about this!  He ran in his crocs and the chain on his bike fell off, but he was still one of the first 10 kids in his age group to finish. 

 The kids all got medals and popsicles.

The next morning Tracy did her Triathlon.  Travis biked with Tracy and Em ran with her.  The kids loved giving hi fives to everyone who came by.  I don't know how my siblings do it.  That exercise gene is just not in my body.  I am very proud of them.

Grandpa Bob and the Wild Bunch

Dress Up Fun!!

All the girls love to be princesses!

Bay Beach Green Bay

 For the last 3 years, we have been taking the kids to Bay Beach for some fun!  It is a terrific amusement park for the little ones and they have been getting better rides for the older ones as well.  The best part is that most of the rides only cost 50 cents!!  Crazy I know!  Here we are in the train station waiting to take the train ride. 

 The girls totally remind me of Charlie's Angels in this picture!!  They are posing so cute with their fighter plane. 

 The whole gang during a break for lunch!

 They have swings for bigger kids and these swings for littler kids.  Joelle saw them and wanted to go on them, but once she saw them swing she decided NOT.  We were walking past the line and I saw Travis and Brooke in line so I told Joelle, then she decided she wanted to do it.  Well, Brooke got out of line and Joelle was a little scared when the ride first took off, but she really liked the swings.  I was very proud of her!  I LOVE amusement parks and I am so glad that she likes the rides and that they don't really scare her. 

We ended the day with a pony ride.  

Fireworks

 Grandpa Bob really likes fireworks.  And the kids really liked the snappers that Grandpa Bob got.  The kids were tossing them down 3 and 4 at a time.  I had to start giving them only one at a time so they would last a little longer. 

 And here come fireworks that really make some noise.  The kids were so excited to get started that Grandpa set off some smoke bombs and some smaller toys. 

 Joelle really liked the sparklers. 

The kids had a great time watching the fireworks.  What could be better-bright lights and noises that light up the dark!