Random Summer Fun

Much of our summer involved working on our house – so I’ll throw in a couple of pics for good measure – but I’ll plan to get out a post full with before and after pics once all the work is done :)
we painted the front porch area and the door (tangerine is the color – but i think its a bit brighter than what I wanted, so the plan is that this spring – to paint over it with a dark blue or teal or something along those lines)
This is just a typical day in the garage
We had to have some fun too! and actually papa preferred just to be alone for his work – so that meant keeping the kids plenty busy…
trip to ZC playground – owen had gone here one day at Great Escape and talked all about it – so we had to go visit!
sydney’s class kept busy this summer by growing a garden!  she always came home talking about the things she saw growing and that she got to pick and try..and sometimes she brought things home…like these lovely tomatoes – notice the bite on the bigger one?  she thought she might try it but realized she wasn’t going to like it so she decided to bring it home to gran!
sweet little man at VBS during GE
pool fun with friends!
a cat mask she made at school and was SO proud of!
a favorite new pass time at the new house – is looking for salamanders! When they’d find them, they’d put them in a cup and watch them move around
   
love that princess dress!   
ready for school!

Off to the beach!  we decide to go to the beach one night for a picnic and some swimming…and for scott to take a break from working!
LOVE!!!

No summer is complete without some blueberry doughnuts and a trip to Bowerman's!!

Scott’s company picnic at Transmatic was at Michigan Adventure – so we headed there one saturday…the kids had fun checking out everything and even got to meet some friends like snoopy!
They loved the little rides! and we even went on a rollercoaster!
meeting Lucy….isn’t this just adorable?!
striking a pose at the front entrance…such a little diva!!

cottage fun!! The brouwers were up one weekend when we were there too – so we got to have some fun with them!
Look way up there – owen climbing the dunes
lotsa fishing going on too!
and just hanging out watching the fishing and the water…
just a quick recap of some summer fun we had!

Cran Hill 2014

 

Another fun year at Cran Hill – the kiddos LOVE camping!!

This year Owen had fun catching frogs!!

Sydney was in heaven and got to ride a pony

she even picked out a pony ring at the gift shop

Scott was so excited he got a coke can that said enjoy a coke with your Mom – so he texted the picture to his mom!  We got a pic not that long afterward with grappy holding a coke bottle that said enjoy a coke with sydney

girlie and her mama

one of the activities we tried this year was axe throwing – owen did a pretty good job and even got the axe to stick a couple of times.

collecting all the axes

playing hard means sleeping hard!

i love how these two love each other

petting the goats

and no trip to cran hill would be complete without the giant slip and slide

 

syd just wanted to watch

Grandma gave each of the grandkids some cash to spend at the general store  and they were so excited about their bags of goodies they were able to buy

crazy girls and their ring pops

we also tried archery and owen did pretty darn good!!

Fun time with family and friends – and we rounded out the weekend with worship in the woods and then our new tradition of all of our group gathering in the pavilion and having an awesome brunch with bacon, eggs, pancakes!