Happy 4th of July

We had a fun 4th of July week with a visit from my parents and my brother, Jeff, and sister-in-law, Monica. Jeff and Monica spent the weekend with us and my parents were able to stay a week! We had a blast! The girls were sad when everyone had to leave! :(

Here are some pix at Memorial Park in Appleton!

What a great park! Even Chad and my Dad had fun! :)

Lydia is our little climber!

Here are some pix at the Appleton Children's Museum (aka The Building for Kids)

Lydia checking herself out in the mirror!

Makayla dressed as a fairy!

Here's Makayla having fun in the ball area!Here's Makayla waiting for the balls to drop from above!

Here are the balls dropping! :)

Here's Lydia enjoying the trucks!

Here's a picture of Lydia and Grandma playing!

We got out on the boat one morning! My Dad got a photo of Chad and I skiing!

Here's Grandma and Makayla in the boat!

Here are some pix with Jeff and Monica!

Here is Jeff, Monica, me, and my Mom!

This is the yummy smoked chicken that Jeffrey made for us one day!

June 2011

Another month is wrapping up! Lydia's favorite word lately is "no!" and Makayla's favorite word is "why?" Sometimes it's hard not to laugh at them! Lydia is very independent, hence she is very good with the word, "no!" Makayla just continues to ask "why?" until I run out of answers and then she still asks "why?" It can be exhausting trying to find an answer that satisfies her enough for her to stop asking why!

We spent lots of time outside during the month of June! Here's Makayla riding her bike!

Here's Lydia having fun on the slide!

We spent some time up at the Evers' family cabin! Makayla has a blast going up north!

Here's a duck and some ducklings that were swimming all around one weekend! The ducklings kind of blend into the grass!

Makayla and her cousin Addison have become quite the BFF's lately! We've had a couple weekends together up north, so they've gotten to chum around a lot lately! Here's Makayla giving Addison a ponytail!

Here's another pic of Makayla and AddionMakayla and Addison had a blast one afternoon doing some dancing! Here's a pic and then there is a link to 2 short videos below!

You tube Videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTLk6g6YBgA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQni5YSjiWE

Makayla tried tubing, but only lasted a few seconds before she was done!

Here's Lydia enjoying her first s'more! She ate it the same was as she eats PB&J...she opens it up, licks out everything inside, and then eats the bread/cracker last! She is a chocoholic, so she was in heaven!

Both girls are huge fans of the 4-wheeler and were sneaking rides from Dad or Uncle Kevin whenever possible!

We got up to the N.E.W. (North East Wisconsin) Zoo with my friend Louise and her 2 children, Ella and Jayden! We try to get together once every couple months for a play date! Makayla and Lydia always have a blast at the zoo, even though they aren't smiling in most of these pix!!

Here's all the kids...

Happy 4th of July! Hope to get some more pix posted soon of our weekend! My parents and brother, Jeff, and sister-in-law, Monica came to visit! Lots of fun was had by all! :)