4th of July!

We had a great 4th of July weekend! We went to Bobby and Carrie's beach house, and the kids had so much fun playing with their cousins!
Then we went to a pancake breakfast at the fire department, then off to a very fancy BBQ at the Waverly Golf Course.  It was neat because it was the first year the kids got to stay up and watch fireworks.  The look on Grace and Will's faces was so sweet! They were in pure amazement of the whole thing! Kate and Annie were also entertained by the whole thing, but I think they were starting to get tired since it was 10pm!!

Butte Meadows

We had an awesome week in Butte Meadows! It felt like an informal camp for the kids. They had fun doing a clinic each morning with Grandpa, going to the creek, playing basketball (which was new this year), and mostly just having fun with their cousins!

It was a great kick off to summer!

progress on the new house

We've had fun working on our new house this last month!   I haven't taken a lot of pictures, but below are a few of the before pics!  We are hoping to move in in a couple weeks.  I will add more pictures soon!

Grace and Will had a great work day moving rocks.  

We took out the walls that were surrounding the linoleum, and raised the living room floor.  

What we've been up to the last month. . . .

I recently updated my computer which caused me not be able to upload pictures to my blog. . .until now! I finally figured out a way and am posting a lot of the things we have been doing this last month! 

(We've been spending a lot of time at our new house, but I decided to make that a separate post!)

Will's pitching machine team.  Pat was the coach, and there were a lot of helpers! He had a great team with really nice kids!

Will and his friend Sam. 

I helped Bobby coach Kate and Grace's team.  Here is Grace with her cousin Emily. 

Kate and Grace with Emily, and their friends Slater and Colton. 

Kate up to bat! 

This represents the kids' favorite part of the games:) . . . snack time!

It was great to have my mom in town! 

Papa Bill's birthday! 

We had a fun BBQ with Matt and Noel and Muriel and Murray on Memorial Day. 

The kids made a super fun water slide! 

Grace sang "Rudolf The Red Nose Reindeer" for the 1st Annual Grant Watts talent show! 

Someone gave Pat a box of Voodoo Donuts for Donut Day (who knew there was such a thing!) and the kids were super excited about it! 

They were outside at 9am playing in water last Saturday morning because it was so hot!! I loved it!