Summer Fun

It was so nice to have a 3-Day weekend. Joel's Aunt/Uncle and their 2 kids stayed at our house and left Monday. My former college roommate came on Saturday and we took our kids to the Zoo. Saturday evening, more friends from college joined us (along with their daughter) and Joel and the kids and I went to eat and play at the Amazing Pizza Machine! It was fun. And loud. :) Now that I'm in the "baby stage" again, I notice the noise more...Mckenzie hadn't had much of a nap all day (other than 15 minutes in her stroller at the Zoo) so she was due to sleep and finally caught some zzz's while I watched Joel and P ride the go-carts. The track is really neat and I'm pretty sure that it was the highlight of P's evening.

Sunday was church and then lunch over at Joel's parents, where we spent the afternoon. Sunday night was church again and then home to put the kids to bed.

On Monday we had a cookout at our house complete with yummy sides and homemade icecream! Joel's Aunt & Uncle worked hard at making vanilla and I made peaches & cream. It's ok, but not near as "peachy" as I thought it would be. Next time=More peaches!

After lunch, the guys set to work on putting together our (new to us) swingset! I was blessed to be informed of a free swingset, so I jumped on that offer. :) P has been enjoying playing on it by himself and with the neighbor kids. It won't be long before Mckenzie will be joining him. Joel took some pics of the kids that I have to post:


A special thanks to everyone that helped set up the swingset: Grandpa W. and Grandpa S., and Uncles Seth, Tim, and Paul. These guys had the playset assembled in 2 hours! I was impressed. :)