At the Cottage

Three pretty ladies in the paddle boat.

Fun times with the cousins.

First time tubing.  All smiles except for when we made Addie get off.

Addie and Ian hanging out.

I begged Addie for a few solo shots.

And the Rockets Red Glare

The kiddos got involved with our little Red White and Blue 4th of July celebration this year and added a little rockets red glare to the party.  Wesley also became a fan of the little colorful smoke balls.  As you can see in the top pic he busted through quite a few.

Blast Off

Nate Dog from next door got a really cool rocket.  He was kind enough to ask if we wanted to watch him launch it.  Of course we were all over it.  We had a few failed attempts, but Larry finally got it figured out.  We did a drumroll with a count down and then BLAST OFF!  What is even cooler is they gave us a 2nd rocket to put together to launch ourselves.

Beach Bums

Mr. GQ

Miss Sunshine in her self proclaimed "happy birthday suit."  

Trouble with a Capital T

Reeling 'Em In

Another Year of Child Labor

Only difference this year is we have two big helpers this year.  :)

Our New Family Activity

We have a new favorite family activity this summer.  GOLF!  We have been hitting the course for 9 holes with the kids at least once a week.  The kids beg us to go when we get home from work and of course they don't really have to beg.  ;)  This is the most golf that Ben and I have been able to play in a long time and we have no complaints.

Warm up time...

A brief Daddy lesson.  Tick tock, tick tock...

Teeing up...

Then there's Miss Addie.  She likes to take a few swings...

And keep score...

She loves her pink ball...

And seems to do a good job of adding a little bit of adorable to the course...

Soccer Time!

I'm officially a soccer mom now!  Wes seems to really love it and he has shown a lot of improvement.  He has scored several goals and is always out there giving it his all.  After his first practice/scrimmage he asked us if his team won, because he wanted to get a trophy.  :)