Cousins Camp - Tom Muehlenbeck Center

We met at Nana's house for lunch. Then, we headed over to the Tom Muehlenbeck Center to swim. They have indoor and outdoor swimming pools with water slides and toddler areas. We had a great time in the water. It was cloudy so it didn't feel that hot out. I loved that it wasn't crowded at all.


I also loved that they provide swimming vests. Nathan keep pulling his off until he finally forgot he was wearing it. It also helped that Jaxon and Jessie were wearing them, too.


The transition between the toddler area and the swimming pool were these waterfall stairs. Nathan loved walking up the stairs, getting in the pool and then walking back down. He did this over and over.


Here's Jaxon and Nathan playing in the water. Jessie is taking a break on the side of the pool having a drink.


Nathan liked the shallow pool and was able to climb in and out by himself.

Cousins Camp - Our House

We hosted Cousins Camp at our house. We played in the house, ate lunch and then went swimming. We always have a great time when the cousins come over to play.

Happy Father's Day!

We took our Daddy hiking at the Arbor Hills Nature Preserve for Father's Day. We started our hike early in the morning to beat the heat, but it caught up with us.

Nathan enjoyed gazing in the creek every time we crossed over it.


Check out this interesting flower. It's taller than Nathan.


Nathan helping Daddy up the hill.


This is where Nathan started to get tired and Mommy had to carry him.


Daddy asked us to go off the path to get a great picture of the purple flowers. They're beautiful, aren't they.


Little did we know, we were under attack. Chiggers were climbing all over us.


We found out the next day when we all woke up with chigger bites on our ankles. Thanks, Daddy! Next time, Mommy will remember to spray everyone with bug spray.


We took a quick break at the pond before heading home.

It's a Bird, It's a Plane

Randy got out his binoculars to look at planes. They were a Christmas present from Randy's Mom to his Dad before he was born. They are from the mid 60's.

Nathan likes to do everything that his Daddy does. He enjoyed looking through them, so we got him his own pair. They are bright red and plastic, so they are much lighter and more kid friendly than these.

All Dressed Up and No Place to Go

Believe it or not, we received this tuxedo as a baby shower present. I'm still not sure if it was a joke or not. I can't image him ever needing to wear it anywhere, so before he out grows it, we snapped some photos.




It was hard to capture a great image because Nathan was trying to get out of the tux as soon as possible. He keep saying, "I don't like this!" in his cute little voice. He was tugging and pulling at the jacket and almost got it completely off a couple of times.

He takes after his Mom. "Dress Up" clothes always felt uncomfortable and made me itch when I was little. I'm still a jeans and t-shirt kinda girl.

Kickin' It Old School

Nathan loves to listen to music on the iPod.



Randy thought it would be fun to show Nathan the iPod of our generation, the Sony Walkman.




After the photo shoot, Randy quickly put his precious heirloom away for safe keeping and we are no longer allowed to touch it. Just another one of Daddy's "Toys" that we can't play with.

Happy Graduation, Josh!

My nephew, Josh, graduated from high school today. We are all very proud of him. Way to go, Josh!