Just to sum up the week......IT'S BEEN HOT!!!!! We hovered around 104-106 all week. So we have been just relaxing and trying to stay out of the heat. We went out to the lake this week with uncle Micah and enjoyed cooling off with some fun on the boat.

Dylan tubing all by himself
Brooklyn enjoying the ride

Brooklyn tubing all by herself


Daddy on the knee board, after about a 6 year break.
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We have also done a lot of swimming this week. The pool feels a bit more like a hot tub right now, but it still is nice to get wet.

Dylan and the BIG ball

Colton taking a cookie break

Brooklyn is really in to "posing" for her pictures?!?!


Dylan playing keep away from Brooklyn

Papa and Colton sharing chips

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The house is done, well almost! The past two days the hardwood floors were finished one last time. We will do a walk thru Monday morning with our builder and then it should be move in ready : ) We cleaned the house our self's this last week with the expert help of my wonderful mother in law Sue. Thank you very much!

Aunt Hazel got all the kitchen cabinets vacuumed and wiped out. A huge job, THANKS!

Sue (My amazing Mother in Law) , gave us all a quick lesson on detailing a new home, jobs and we were off to work. THANK YOU!

Uncle Dick became window cleaner. I am letting out a secret.....he does an excellent job cleaning windows! THANKS UNCLE DICK!

Me wiping down doors! What fun!

Amusement Park Time

Last week the kids and I got out of the house for the day and went to a fun little amusement park. The kids had a really fun time, I did too. The park has a fairy tale walk around part with "Mary had a little lamb", "Hansel and Gretel", "Alice and Wonderland", Sleeping Beauty", "Goldy Locks and the 3 Bears", and all those story's. The kids enjoyed walking thru all the house's and remembering the stories. Then the park had some kiddy rides, and then they always have a play, this year was "Snow white and the 3 DORKS", it was hilarious. We did go on one adult roller coaster, Brooklyn loved it and wanted to go again, Dylan not so much he said he could vomit after it. So it is official B has mommy stomach, and Dylan has daddy's.Once was an old woman who lived in a shoe, she had so many children she didn't know what to do. Dylan sides out of the shoe!
Brooklyn and Dylan go for a ride

Brooklyn is checking out her "treasures", after a little gold mining!

Train ride

Waiting to go on a ride

Dylan on the bumper boats

B on the bumper boats

Brooklyn's face the whole time on the roller coaster.

Brooklyn and Dylan on the roller coaster. Look at Dylan's eyes!

The "crooked" house, Dylan had to do this one twice.

Going through the 7 dwarfs mining caves

Dylan is lured into

the candy house.

Construction Week 14

The house is almost finished! We are very pleased with the how everything has came together it looks great. The finish carpenter has been working on the house the last two days, tomorrow the painters will be doing some touch ups, the stove needs to be installed, and a few other minor things need to be finished up.

Happy Birthday Daddy!

Chris celebrated a Birthday this past week. The kids and I surprised him with a TV for his new office. He was very happy as you can see in the picture below. We celebrated at the little Italian restaurant, that is super delicious! Then he got his favorite desert PIE!

I just ran across this picture of the kids, it was taken 2 summers ago. I thought it was too cute to pass up posting it.

Boating

Uncle Micah & Aunt Kristie invited the kids and I out on their new boat this week and what fun it was. Dylan and Brooklyn had never been tubing before, so were they in for a treat! I have to add that Micah hasn't pulled a lot of beginner tubers, his first pull with Dylan and I was quit exciting. LOL, he was doing circles and really making us hang on for dear life. Dylan thought it was pretty exciting.... a little to exciting for him, I thought Micah was just getting the boat straightened out so when I finally realized he was just giving us a "WILD" ride I gave him the "straighten out" signal and he did but we had so many wakes going Dylan and I were bouncing around behind the boat a foot high. Dylan was ready to be done. So then it was Brooklyn turn and she did see any reason she would want to go tubing. I told her uncle Micah would give her a slower & straighter ride so she agreed. She absolutely loved it. Then Aunt Kristie showed off her moves on the wake board along with Uncle Micah ( He is mastering a back flip, which he landed). Then we parked the boat out in the middle of the lake and the kids swam with Micah and Kristie for the longest time. I was amazed how brave the kids were jumping in the lake from the boat over and over. They had a blast, and have been talking about it all week! Thanks for sharing your new toy with us Uncle Micah and Aunt Kristie!

Dylan & Hilary

Hilary & Dylan after that CRAZY ride


Hilary & B tubing

Hilary & B Tubing

Aunt Kristie wake boarding

Uncle Micah Jumping

Brooklyn


Dylan

Aunt Kristie & Dylan

Dylan, B, and Uncle Micah

Construction Update Week 13

Yes, I realize it's been almost a week with no postings. It's been a busy week! Our house continues getting closer to being finished. It looks amazing, the tile is all finished, along with the concrete work, and they started carpet. The plumber started putting in sinks yesterday, the wood floors are finished, I imagine another 2 week and it should be all complete. Mom and Dad officially listed their house for sale this week. Pray that for that one perfect person to come and buy it.