July

July was full of outside fun and the kids have loved every minute of summer.  We went back to visit my family for the fourth and we may have to do that every year.  The kids enjoyed swimming in my sisters pool and we basically had our own fireworks display from my parents deck.  Of course Ashley was terrified of it even though it was far away Ben couldn't get enough of it.  If that wasn't enough, their neighbors decided to put on their own display right over our heads bascially which even had Ben standing a little closer to us even though he said he liked it.

 

The kids with Momo - Ben was already tired at this point

 

And again we put the kids in swim lesson which took a little bit for them to get used to, but in the end was well worth it.  It showed at my sister's pool when they hung out in the water as long as they possibly good.

My company picnic was at worlds of fun and oceans of fun.  Ashley had just hit the height requirement for Snoopy land which was a good thing since she would've been really upset to see Ben go on everything if she couldn't.  It was ridiculously hot, but that made for no lines at worlds of fun.  By the time we got to worlds of fun it had cleared out enough that the kids could swim around without too much bumping into others.  overall it was way more successful than I anticipated and we may need to consider taking them there once or twice a year from now on.

Ben also finished up his t-ball season and did really well.  He is definitely better at hitting the ball when we throw it at him rather than off the tee, but hopefully we can get him to coach pitch early instead of having t-ball another year.

The kids have gone to a t-bones game (minor league baseball team) and we are always at the park. 

Little sisters pushing big brothers