Where did July go?

I missed it, I blinked and July was gone! It went by too fast with too much activity and too much visiting for a blog to be written. I will try to hit the highlights, but there were so many that I will probably miss a few!

First off, to finish off with June. We spent the last week in June up in Northern Minnesota with Friends and Family up there. Had a great time, Greg flew in and drove up (a few days late, darn ash clouds!) It was good to spend time with cousins on Lake Vermillion.

We flew into Boston and drove up to New Hampshire the first of July, and proceeded to buy a house and throw a party the next day! Very busy times. It was great to see everyone up here and to catch up with friends, and to enjoy the lake. Summer finally arrived, and it got pretty hot here in July.

We got to meet Baby Gabriella... Finally. What a cute little bundle she is. Lily is jealous of the baby when Nana has her, and Oliver is unsure when I am holding her. I think the first time he thought she was going to replace him! They both love her though, when she cries they go in all directions trying to find toys for her. Lily loves to tell people that 'baby doesn't talk'

Lets see, highlights for July, the fourth of July was great with a parade and fireworks. Oliver loved the parade and all the noise, Lily like it as well with the candy being thrown out. Greg got to stay on in the US a few more days due to flight schedule issues. This turned out to be a good thing as he made it to Gabriella's baptism. We didn't tell Kellie that he was still here, so she was surprised to see him walk in her house! It was nice that he was here for it.

We have had lots to do this month, lots of visiting and swimming and fun. Lily is our resident fish right now and is showing off her swimming skills, Oliver is trying to catch up with her though. They are growing fast! We are settling into what we are now calling the 'lake house' pretty well, we all love the place. It is going to be hard to leave it! I guess that is a good sign though.

We just finished off the month with another party here at the lake... Chicken BBQ, the fire department puts on a BBQ each year for a fundraiser. Gregs cousins had lots of friends around so the place was loaded with kids. It looked like everyone had a good time.

So we bookended the month of July with parties and good weather. I will try to post a few pics soon, I am slow with them as well right now!

Take care all

A good day

Today we had a great day at the lake. It was actually summertime! We had a pretty normal morning... wake up, breakfast, dressed, gym, home. But today the sun was shining, the bugs were gone, and there was no wind. This all adds up to be a good lake day. On top of it Jordyn didn't have to work! So we went out on the boat. Oliver loved it this time around, Lily is a lake baby, she loves the boat! Jordyn took them both tubing, see pictures!

Oliver loved it, even though he doesn't seem too excited!

Lily playing on the beach she tried to splash us, but we put a stop to that! I loved her hair in the piggy tails. I hope she lets me do it again.

We went to the Jackson hot dog night tonight. The weather couldn't have been nicer! Summer has come, now lets hope it stays put for a little bit! Oliver enjoyed the hot dogs at the Jackson hot dog night!

The day before we went out to Grama and Grampas for dinner, and Grampa wanted to give Oliver a ride in his tractor, so they graded the driveway. Oliver liked the tractor, and wanted to ride one at hot dog night! He is so serious though while he was in it, it is hard to tell with him sometimes if he likes it or not!