Party!!

This past weekend, me and Tony hosted a little picnic

for a few of our friends. We rented a pavillion at a great

park and grilled hotdogs and ate and chatted all

afternoon. Some played horseshoes, the kids played

on the playground, and the rest just yakked all day.

Sandy, Stephanie, Nikki and Kevin just shootin' the bull.

What interesting conversations we had! I learned a lot!

Jacob, Brooke and Michael spent a lot of time on the playground.

Not too sure what Jeff was doing. Looks to just be hanging around!

I think Jeff won all the horseshoe games. Tony had fun anyway:)

Sound asleep

I don't know how he ended up going to sleep like this! He's

so restless. Must get that from daddy...

Daddy's little helper

We've had such a busy summer so far that we haven't had

a chance to go camping yet. We finally got a weekend

with no plans, so in a couple of weeks we get to go! Jacob

can't wait. He helped daddy Friday night get the tent up

in the back yard. Then of course, they "camped" in the

yard Friday and Saturday night. Jacob had a blast sleeping

in the tent with "just daddy...momma can stay in the house

so we can just hang out together"!

After the tent was up, Jacob spent the rest of

the evening on his swingset. He doesn't always

want to swing on his bottom, either. Kinda like

the slide!

Momma's cutie pie!

Jacob wanted to take a picture by my yellow daisies because

he has a yellow shirt. See, he is learning to match!

Playing cars with daddy

Jacob likes playing cars on the glass tabletop downstairs.

He and Tony spent a lot of time racing today. "It was so AWESOME"!

I believe these last two pictures are Jacob's car winning. He

either wins, or decides he's not ready to play yet!

Saugatuck

Every year on the 4th we go to Saugatuck, Mi for the parade

and shopping. Here are a few pics from this year.

Daddy, Dana, and momma posing for a pic! Beautiful!

Jacob flying around waiting for the parade.

Me, momma and Dana in the garden.

Aren't we beautiful!

Dana and John. Aren't they cute!

Waiting to watch fireworks

We went to the hanger to watch fireworks Tuesday night.

Jacob loved seeing the plane. Daddy showed him the outside

of the plane and Aunt Dana sat with him inside. He

thought it was so cool!

Playing at the park with Aunt Dana and John

Before watching fireworks in Niles, we all walked down

to the park. Me and Dana and John all played with

Jacob on the slides. We each took a turn going down.

We decided some of us was too old to go down the slide

without it hurting!

4th of July parade at school

Jacob had a parade at school on Tuesday. Each class

made their decorations at marched in the parade. It

was great. They even had a police car and fire truck

there. All the kids that wanted to got to sit in the big truck!

Granny's house

Aunt Dana came to visit us this week. So I have several

posts from her visit. Here, she is watching Ninja Turtles

with Jacob before bedtime at Grannys.

Grandpa is ready for bed! Jacob is on "kiddie crack"! It

is way past his bedtime!