Day 5 of our adventure!

The best part of waking up is having these 4 squeeze into my bed every morning.

It was off to the park for some fun!

Showing off our muscles...

Pushing each other on the swings....

Showing off our coordination and strength on the monkey bars....

Climbing to the top of the metal spider web....

Sliding down the slides....

Playing "peek a boo"....

Exploring.....

Doing flips....

Taking a paddle boat ride.....

Once again, a very fun day!

Days 3 and 4 of our adventure

To say that we have been having a fun time is an understatement! Our days have been filled with swimming, eating, swimming, eating, swimming, exploring, sleeping.....and on and on. As I type this we are experiencing some rain and distant thunder claps. The kids are watching a movie on the Disney Channel and they just finished up a little bit of ice cream. I am thoroughly enjoying spending some one-on-one time with each of my kids. How blessed we are. Enjoy these pictures from the last couple days.

Noah and Joey very engrossed in "The Wizards of Waverly Place" movie!

Abby and Eli enjoying the movie from a comfy spot.

Enjoying ice cream and cookies after lunch.

At the lake, each of the kids were trying to catch minnows that were swimming around our feet.

Now no one can say that I never post a picture of myself! hahaha It's my shadow in the lake!

These are our treasures from the day.....Abby and her shells and Joey found some kind of bone in the water.

All clean after a nighttime bath!

Joey is a master at making up his own games!

But nothing beats playing games with Grandpa Fred!

Day 2 of our adventure

It's been a very rainy day and we spent most of it in the indoor swimming pool. Thank goodness that happens to be the favorite activity of my children! But after our 2 long swimming excursions today, we headed to what was supposed to be a bonfire on the lake with hot dogs, chips, lemonade, smores.....needless to say, it wasn't on the lake. It wasn't even a bonfire. But we did get hot dogs, chips, lemonade, and smores made inside.

When life hands you lemons, you make lemonade, right?!?!

The benefit of a rainy day after eating smores is easy cleanup!




Even Grandma got in on the action!
We have a nice phone call with Daddy so we won't be so homesick for him.


We play games as if we had some money with us.

We play ping pong with Grandpa.

And when we get "home", we play a fierce game of Uno with Mom!

All in all, a very good rainy, wet day.

Day 1 of our adventure

My parents, my kids, and I are on a special adventure this week out of town. Poor hubby is left to manage things on the homefront. We were so excited when we woke up this morning to see what our day had in store for us but we encountered a little hiccup in our plans. While we were swimming Joey started to complain about his stomach hurting. We left the pool quickly and headed back to where we are staying. As he got out of the van, he started throwing up. Poor guy had such horrible pains in his stomach and he was barely throwing anything up. I know, I know -- TMI!!! He rested a good part of the afternoon and right now you would never know he was feeling sick this morning.

Despite his not feeling well, we had some great adventures.


A sweet, sweet picture to wake up to this morning. I was able to sit back and watch them interact with Grandpa Fred while I drank my cup of coffee.

Abby making a big splash in the pool

Joey jumping in the pool -- great form!

Eli, my little swimmer

Abby and Grandpa Fred

Love love LOVE this picture of Noah and Joey

Eli and Grandma Theda

It was off to the lake!

Eli and his shadow in the water

All 4 kids are watching the minnows swim all around their feet....and trying to catch one with their bare hands.