Color Run

Last year Bill and I did The Color Run with some of Bill's family. This year we were back and the whole family did it!

Here we are all, white and clean!

 I think Jennifer was a little unsure as to what was about to happen and there were a lot of people there so that may have been slightly overwhelming to her too. 

 Having a little fun while we waited for our turn to take off from the starting line.

 Yellow was the first color we got covered with. We let Mikayla get out of the stroller at the colors and she of course thought it was great.

 Kelly decided that it wasn't really that much fun and so she napped for part of the time.

 Jennifer walked with Aunt Kris the whole race! I'm pretty sure she talked her ear off the entire time too!

 Mikayla was covered! Love this picture though, she thought needed to have a little rest on the curb after going through the blue.

 Mikayla showing off all her color at the end of the walk.

 Kelly and the stroller were pretty colorful too!

It took us a few days to get all the color off but it was worth it! It was a fun day spent with family and our girls loved it!

4th of July

So I am still playing catch up with our summer. Although I am only a few weeks late with these!

Jennifer was very excited about riding her bike in the kids parade this year. This is the very bike that we got two years ago, was ridden just a hand full of times, crashed and has been hanging in the garage since. I was determined to get Jennifer back on it this year. After much hesitation she finally got on, I may have used Mikayla to hoax her back on, and she has been doing fabulous. She rode the whole parade (just a few blocks) and did great! She even lost dad and Mikayla because she was riding so fast.

This sweet girl just walked with her dad. She may have been one of the last ones done, she does like to take her time you know.

This sweet girl just got to watch from the stroller. The headband lasted long enough for a quick picture and then Kelly had it pulled out and thrown on the ground.

Two tired girls after watching the parade on the 4th. 

Having a little rest time with dad before we move on the next activity. 

This is one of my favorite outfits! All three of the girls have now worn it on the 4th of July which is pretty sweet to this mom. So of course I had to do a little photo shoot with Kelly in the outfit.

And the shoes make it all the more cute! Although I don't think Kelly thought so.

After the big parade, lunch out, playing at a carnival and going to the pool the girls were pretty tired. After having a quick shower Mikayla fell asleep while eating supper on the couch. I removed her plate for the picture. But she pretty much just fell over from exhaustion! 

a few more vacation pictures

These next few pictures are some of my favorite of vacation. 

Each year we go to ride go-carts and this is the first year that Jennifer has gotten to drive her own! She was very excited, as you can see in the pictures. Mikayla wanted to drive her own car too but she just wasn't tall enough. Even with the extra cushion her little legs just wouldn't reach the pedals.

Bill and I were laughing at Jennifer's sheer delight the whole time she was driving. She had a few crashes along the way but she did great! It was so much fun to watch her! 

How sweet is this picture of Mikayla and Papa watching the bigger kids drive? Maybe next year sweet girl.

Mikayla rode the power wheels instead, although it didn't last long.

Just a picture of Mikayla being silly.

Love this picture! Kelly loved playing in the sand and watching the big kids play in the water.

Kelly having a bath in the kitchen sink after playing on the beach one afternoon. She made the biggest mess ever! But it was fun to watch her splash and giggle at herself.

Helping mama and papa get the fish ready to cook.

It got a little stormy one night and Jennifer hates storms. So instead of sitting inside and listening to the kids complain about the storm they went outside and danced in the rain. They thought it was pretty great and it took their mind off the storm.

As our week was coming to an end it was time to take a family picture. 

Mama and Papa with the kids- I love this.

For our last night of vacation we decided to do some s'mores. The kids were very excited about roasting their own marshmallows.

It is hard to believe that vacation was almost a month ago. Life has been a little crazy since we have been home from vacation. I am kind of missing our lazy days of vacation, filled with playing outside, playing on the beach and fishing. Until next year...

vacation fun

So it has been a while since I have updated things here on our blog. We were on vacation the first part of June and then I must admit I was being a little lazy about doing anything on here. And then a few weeks I started trying to put some pictures on here and our internet started acting funny so it just wouldn't work. So after figuring everything out with our internet we are back! So I guess I will start with vacation, although it has already been almost a month ago!

All packed and ready to go. This year was a sad year for us. We had to borrow a friends' car top carrier. Sad because I feel this has bumped us into a category in life, the old and uncool category.

 The kids of course needed to get into the water right away. It wasn't all that warm but they didn't really care.

 This beautiful girl just watched the first day. I kind of love this picture. She is just too sweet.

 Of course there was lots of fishing. Jennifer loves helping papa drive the boat, as you can tell by her face.

 Mikayla got a new fishing pole for her birthday, so she was ready for some fishing this year too.

 Mikayla wanted to help mama dry dishes one afternoon. Very sweet.

 We caught a lot of fish, I mean a lot. And what made it fun catching so many fish was that the kids were catching most of them. Which they thought was great!

 Last year Kelly was not even as big as this fish! And this year she was loving to touch the fish. It was kind of gross but don't worry she got a good hand washing right after this picture.

 All my girls swinging together. 

As always I took a ton of pictures on vacation. This is just the beginning!!