Ghetto sliding!

Kylee and Parker had a great idea yesterday...

A foam floating mat that'll make a great Ghetto slide!

Ready, set...

SLIDE!

Love that kids can find the simple joys in life.

It was so cute watching them think of all the differant ways they could slide down.

On their tummies, sides, head first, feet first, backwards, sliding into a floating pool.

I'm sure this won't be the first ghetto slide of the summer!

Name that Tune

Today this girl's hair has a striking resemblance to a lovely Monster's Inc character.

Can you take a guess?

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Oh the joys of summertime swimming, no baths or hair washing.

Summer time!

Lawn is mowed.

Pool is up.

Summer has officially begun!

Kylee spent 6 hours outside yesterday.

She had a blast.

Todd joined her when he got out of school for a bit.

2 days left of school for Todd and outside fun in the sun is on!

We're excited to be gettin' our tan on again.

Pickin' Berries

My SIL Tiffany has a blackberry vineyard in her backyard.

My kids had a blast picking them and eating them.

It went like this: 1 for the bowl, 1 for their mouth!

Then I made jam.

Delish!

Going...

Going...

Gone!

Then they went naked swimming at my moms.

A great day indeed!

Swimming with cousins

Rocky and his cousin Johnny were best friends growing up.

They had so much fun.

A few weeks ago we had his kids come over to swim and have some cousin fun!

I hope they remember these fun times and are close friends like their dads were growing up.

All the cousins.

John, Emma, Kylee and Todd

Aidan boy just chillin' in the shade.

Todd and Emma decided to be bats!
Jumping beans on the trampoline.

Delicious oranges after a nice swim.

John and Kylee "hanging" out!

It was fun having these kids over to play for the afternoon.

Our kids are exactly the sames ages so it makes for perfect playmates.

Hope you guys had fun in NY.

Summer time has begun!-

June thus far...

Playin' with best buddies.

Kylee and Bryte are 2 peas in a pod for sure!

Todd, my little creator of weird things!

In the summertime you have to get creative!

After Girls Camp I was busy putting things away. My 2 little naughties decided to groom the ponies. I may have some beauty school drop outs on my hands!


Self portraits were taken.

Husbands fixing cars.

Remember this post?

Same deal, sort of---different car---without replacing the engine.

This is Aidan. I've been watching him this past year.

He decided he was mobile. My floors weren't free from small choking things.

Suckers in high chairs were an easy fix for a while till I cleaned up.

Finding new places to hide.

BBQ's with cousins.

So far so good this summer.

What are your plans?

Mini Pops

Today marked the first real day of summer for my kids. They swam in grandma's pool! They picked up right where they left off last year...Swimmin' like fish!

After a long afternoon in the pool they all had popsicles. My mom found these cute mini pops that are perfect for the kids. Less mess makes me a happy mom!

This picture turned out kind of cool.

Kylee was being cute to Hannah so I said "smile".

Skye was just standing there and looked at the camera just in time to sneak in the background of my picture.

I just liked it, so I thought I'd post.

Today has been a better day.

Yesterday I was just off.

I hate that!

I scream~

You scream~

Kylee screamed for chocolate ice cream!

And she liked it!

Gotta love the Dryers sale plus a coupon in the summertime!