Summertime

We've had a fun time this past month!  We had four seats to a Tigers game earlier in the month, so we took the girls for a fun night out!

Baseball!

Best friends? 

Ready for foul balls

Sadly we lost, but did their best with the rally caps

Andy's family was in town for a week, so we got to hang with them a bunch!

DCFC!

Making some music

Zoo trip!

I count three dinosaurs

I tried to teach them checkers, then quickly gave up

We had a simple barbecue and sparklers at our house for the 4th, and then continued the tradition of parking deck fireworks!

Sparklers still bring the joy

The only kid of mine that would dress patriotic

Anxious yet excited

Sassy sparkler

These are the moments

Loving the view

The kids and Jamie went to camp a couple days each week, and as usual, they loved it... well, Jamie didn't love it necessarily, but the kids were very happy!

Rain or Shine, time for camp!

Yeah, she might be from the dark side

Ben loves to help vacuum the art room after camp

The kids have an end-of-camp show where each group sing and dances.  They all did great!

Ben learned some language, singing "One Small Voice."

Evie brought the sass with "Respect."

Maggie sang "Build Me Up, Buttercup" and was very happy when it was over!


We celebrated birthdays for my Mom, Will, Jamie's Dad and Violet in the past month!

Happy birthday, Mom!

Happy birthday, double digits for Will!

Had a rousing game of kickball per the birthday boy's request

Happy birthday to Dad!

Look whose six!

We had a really fun night out at Jimmy John's field.  My mom planned an outing for St. Michael's 50th anniversary, so the family had fun getting together.  Maggie was up north with a friend for the week, so Evie got to bring a friend along for a fun night and a sleepover!

Thanks Mom!

Ready for some baseball!

Checking out the field after running the bases

Evie and her friend got every single player's autograph

Getting his mitt autographed

Playing catch with Dad

Not impressed with the sprinkles I generously got for her...

Fireworks are Ben's latest obsession - he was
beyond thrilled to watch this!

Fireworks with friends

Night swimming

Some others:

Living that pool life

Sometimes Evie lets me put her hair in a sloppy
bun, and it gives me great satisfaction

Fun with friends

Teamwork makes the dream work

Slaying at the lemonade stand

Ben loves to help "fix" our house - hammering some cracks?

Fixing our brick

Playing baseball with Grandpa

Maggie's favorite pose

Learning how to make mac n cheese with Grandma

Jamie's new favorite shirt - gets way too many
compliments on it!

Thick as thieves

Excited for the race!

Au revoir!