party at the ymca

The kids were invited to a birthday party at the YMCA last weekend. Since we have a pool we have never been to our local YMCA. The kids loved it and had a great time. We are thinking of building a tunnel slide in the backyard. ;-)

 HELP!! HELP!! 

 Caroline waiting in line with daddy to go down the slide.

Caroline wasn't prepared for that!!

Love ya Daddy...

This morning in church they sang a song that I have recently listened to since my dad was diagnosed with lung cancer. It's called Always, and is a great song. The only problem is I can't sing it because it makes me cry. Ha! I couldn't quit thinking about my dad during this song and how glad I was that the chemo treatments he has been receiving are working. Here are some random summer fun pictures just for you dad...

Painting the roses red...

Over the weekend I decided to start a project. And I finished it!! I can't believe I finished it. Well, it's Sunday night and all I have left is the final clear finish, but hey, all the work part is done! Travis' aunt Sarah gave us two night stands that have been in the family for a long time and I have 4 kids so I can use all the furniture anyone wants to give. Anyway, I had the boys' room a red and blue theme at the old house and wanted to continue it here. Mainly because that is what I already have and because I like it. I wanted to paint the night stands red with a little distressing. It was so much easier than I thought and I think the first one came out great. I still have the other one to do. ;-)

Here is an up close of the distressing I did. It wasn't much, I am sure the boys will distress it more for me!
The whole time I was painting I kept thinking of the song in alice in wonderland... painting the roses red....

Sun and sand..

Who doesn't love to go to the beach? The kids have a blast when we go and this year it was so fun to see all of them play together and have such a great time.

Caroline was a workin' girl. She had lots of ideas about how she wanted things done! She is so cute to watch.

We took the kids to an amusement park and they loved it. The older 3 loved the go karts and Gavin wanted to sit and watch the people bungee jump and ride this huge swing the entire time.

Caroline just thought it seemed like a good idea to ride the rides, but she cried on all of them!

Dolphin cruising!! Free cokes for kids!

I guess Caroline doesn't want to be associated with our family!