Tuesday, August 11, 2015

Happy 4th of July.... a month late:)

Oh boy, Mom - July is already over!!


Well, better late than never, right?!




We spent the 3rd of July with the neighbors out for dinner and then headed to Sijan Park to watch the Summerfest Fireworks.  


The kids had so much fun playing and getting ready for them...


But by the time the fireworks actually started, they were SO tired.  Next year we might just have to watch them on TV.  


The 4th of July we continued with our 5th annual Alcott Neighborhood parade!!


This one decided to hang with mama and Elizabeth one more year....


And this one was SO excited to enter her scooter in the decorations competition and even more excited when she won 1st prize!!!

Seriously - I love the excitement on her face!


My proud, proud Kenna girl


Way to go Makenna!



Hitting the pool with Annikana - Alex LOVED spending time with her and she was the best little baby sitter all day!

Makenna's sign on her scooter - we literally whipped this together the morning of the parade in about 5 minutes - she really wanted to win so we added America Land that I Love which was the theme of this year's parade.  Then she screwed up what she was writing so we cut that out and taped it together with a flag she made at Ms. Jamie's house earlier in the week and a picture she made for me the week before.  Voila! 

Man, these kiddos are cute!

More Annikana fun

This was was in her element playing with all of Annikana's toys


Her first sparkler

The fireworks didn't disappoint!

And this one slept through most of it;)

What a great 4th of July!!  

Friday, August 7, 2015

Summer, summer, summer time!

Apparently we have been BUSY this summer, because I just realized that I haven't posted since June 10th.  Woah...  How did that happen??  Well, I guess this is how.....

We've been....

Running through the sprinkler

Helping mommy water

And getting REALLY mad when she takes away that hose

Hanging out

Being cool

Checking out the Oconomowoc Children's Museum

Getting our paint on

Having a LOT of fun with Annikana

Saying goodbye to dear friends..

Taking new risks

and loving it

Nuggling Daddy

Praying for Cookie Beek

And spending some time with her

Being cute.


REALLY cute.


Hanging out with Daddy

Having LOADS of fun at Camp Zoom

And enjoying snow cones with Daddy on Fridays at camp




Going on dates (ok, only one all summer..... I think we're due!)

Enjoying breakfast at Good Harvest

Playing in the shade, well sort of.

Having fun with the neighbor kids

Freeze pops!

Playing with Bella and Blake

Daddy's coaching Tball again

And we've been having lots of fun watching her play

Cheering for the Brewers

Getting SUPER brave jumping into the water

Being cute

Dressing cute

Getting a new haircut

Being SUPER brave


Getting a *little* grumpy

Bringing Cookie Beek some home made cookies

And keeping one for ourselves

Enjoying an ice cream cone (or 2 or 20)

And getting REALLY mad when mommy takes a lick

Playing in the mud

And hanging out with the neighbors


Checking out Gigi's Playhouse

And making sure to find time for each other

Watching for trains on the choo choo bridge


Showing off those baby blues


And kisses, lots and lots of kisses.....


And that only gets us to the end of June!!

It's been a great summer!!