Sea World!

Today we decided to head to Sea World for the day with Lora Beth & the girls and her friend Shannon. Madison was able to get in free thanks to Rob's military discount..yay! We had a long car ride, but lots of fun once we got there.

It was a hot day and exausting just the same. Elliott truely fell asleep on Madison. She is so good to him!

A Chuck E Cheese Evening!

Jordan was away at camp and we missed her, so we decided to head out to a favorite spot to get our mind off of it....plus Chuck E. Cheese is way cheaper without her....LOL!

So everyone knows the food is not the best so we headed to Sonic after, it turned out to be the best of the worst....yuck!

Happy 4th of July!

One of my favorite holidays has always been the 4th, but this one was a little sad....Jordan was leaving for sleep away camp in Jupiter with the girl scouts for a week. I know she'll have the best time, but we'll miss her so much.

Here she is being embarrassed by me taking her picture while she gets her feet checked for scrapes before entering camp.

Saying goodbye is hardest for Madison for sure.

The little brother she always wanted....she'll miss him for sure!

I had to hold back my tears so she would stay happy, she was gone in a flash to her activities.

My birthday cake, thanks mom & dad! I've had the same cake for as long as I've been an adult, the giant hamburger!

Tim, Andy, James, Allan & Madison..they always have so much fun!

Emily & Elliott with the chocolate covered pretzel. The fountain worked really well after grandpa added some milk to it....go Mr. Fix It!

Amy, Jennifer, and of course a posing Madison!

Elliott shooting off fireworks....at 2...crazy boy!

Amy & James looking cute, well except that hair.

Grandma and her margarita, of course...

Tim & I.

Jennifer and I.

Elliott getting ready to make his smore...it was making me nervous so I left Sheri in charge.

Here I am with Sheri....I love self portraits!

Ok well next time I know, enough of me....Madison looks too cute!

Allan, James, and Grandpa.

We had such a great party and so many friends over. We were so happy to have opened our home to everyone, they make it so much fun!

Fun with Sheri & the kids.

We met Sheri and the kids at the botanical gardens today for the kids science event and it was really fun. Elliott loved being right up in the action and maybe even learned something...

Sunflowers bigger then Elliott!
Looking cool in the Bonsai garden, it was really beautiful.

Elliott got to be the helper in this project dealing with density and didn't want to leave the helpers, they were super nice to him and gave hims lots to do.

Here the helper is showing them how to catapult marshmallows into their mouths, what could be more fun?!

Emily and Elliott, she loves to "baby" him and he falls right into it!

We made our own bubbles and they worked really well and we used a pipe cleaner to blow them.

Emily & Elliott walking out hand in hand, too cute!

After we left the garden we headed over to the humane society where Sheri fell in love with Tommy (a cat). She tried to talk me into getting him, no thank you, we are full of pets. Elliott loved the dogs & cats and stuck his hands in all the cages, making me very nervous. We then hit McDonald's for lunch...yummy for the kids, I'd rather be at Red Lobster myself....

Fountains, crafts, and my birthday!

So my birthday is usually celebrated on July 4th the 1st is a quiet day with just our normal activities. We met Sheri, Sheri F. (who I have not seen forever), and Sheri's friend Colleen there. It was a beautiful day and I was sad to leave to get the girls, Elliott was having so much fun. They are at horse camp this week and loving every minute of it. I have never seen them so happy after any camp. The ride horses, shoot bow and arrows, fish, swim, go on hayrides and four wheelers, feed animals and have an awesome time. Next summer they will be going a couple weeks for sure.

After camp Gillian came home with us. Her and Madison have been friends since before they were 2 and they love hanging out when we make time. Her mom, Alyssa. has a very busy schedule with work so we can't always meet up. The girls played every toy in Madison's room, outside and then did some crafts. It was a fun day.