June

It's summer!  The kids are living in their swimsuits with the water constantly running here.  Popsicles are endlessly requested.  The fireflies are starting to make their appearances at night, too.   I'm forgetting to capture a lot of our days in pictures.  I need to get better.  Here is just a piece of what's been going on around here.

Makenzie finished out another dance season with her final show.  She did two dances this year.

Striking a pose with her cute little dance friends.

 

We decided to take the kids to Kings Island, an amusement park, in Cincinnati.  (About 2 hours away.) Ellionna discovered a "finger holder."



Gavin taking his traditional nap in the car, but with Mom's sunglasses.

Gavin throughly enjoyed himself on all the rides.

Ellionna even got to go on a few….

Jordan and Makenzie were tall enough to ride most of the roller coasters.  They both went on them with no fear!  They loved every minute of it.

Waiting in line to go up the "Eiffel Tower"….

 To see the fireworks at the end of the day!  What a sight!

Here is Tyler with his work bag.

Oh!  He found a stow-a-way!  I was quite surprised he could fit in it!

I took the kids up to the COSI children's museum.
Why didn't they have these things when I was a kid?

Our library has a fun summer program that is held once a week.  The theme is "Dig into Reading" and the kids learned about worms this particular day.

 Ellionna loves being outside.  This day I caught her slurping the rain water that was on top of the sandbox.

And that is what I got!