Summer fun with good friends

Katie, Geoff and Harper have been in town for a few weeks and have had  the opportunity to see them quit a bit.  The girls even got to go out to dinner one night without the kids!

We had to show Harper the Splash Park by us.   

This is the funniest picture yet, she clearly has to pee and is starting to panic!

The sadness that occurs once we realized she has peed!  

Finally we are over our little accident and we have moved onto posing.  The kids are pretty funny to watch.  They basically chase each other around squealing.  Harper has a hard time keeping his hands off of her, he is either trying to hug her, kiss her or hold her hand.  She occasionally allows it but usually says no and then when he stops she continues chasing him.   How do they already know their roles at such a young age?  Boy chases girl, girl plays hard to get, boy moves on, girl tries her hardest to change his mind and the cycle starts again!

Debbie and Dan (Meg's mom) throw a great party for the kids, adults and grandparents.  We had a blast swimming, playing and eating.   Lily jumped off the diving board!

Netty showed her how!

Left to right: Katie, Harper, Davis (Liz's son), Annette (behind the net), Meg, Lily, Colin, Liz (Meg's sister) and Nolan

Kid's table- Davis, Annette, Lily and Harper

Lily also had to show Harper her favorite playground!

We are sad to see them go!  We had such a blast with everyone.  It was great to get the kids together so much and really makes you appreciate good friends.

Swimming, swimming and more swimming

It has been excessively hot here....and there have been many days where our only relief is the water.  Lily has become quite the little swimmer: kicking her feet, attempting to blow bubbles and putting the back of her head in the water.  Lucky for us, water is typically only a 5 minute drive away no matter where we are.  Here we are at Aunt Megan's pool.

The sunsets on our lake are still beautiful.  However, our stay here has almost ended.  Our offer on a house in Brighton was excepted and we should be closing in the next week.  The house needs ALOT of TLC, mostly cosmetics, so for the next month we will be packing up the lake house and getting the new house move-in ready(titled "The Big House," somewhat of a misnomer but that was the distinguishing factor for Lily).

For the 4th of July we went up north to Colin's folks house/the Nye cabin.  My family has a gathering every year around then.  Most of the Aunts, Uncles, cousins and new cousins were there.  We had a great time visiting and swimming.  I love this picture because it shows how much Lily looks like Colin.

Lily swam every second we could.

Here she is kicking the distance.  By the end she was walking in deep water and jumping off of the dock.  It was so fun to see the transition.

She made it.

Filling her pool.  Who doesn't need a lake and a pool?

We took all of the dad's to the Tiger's game this weekend for Father's Day.  It was an incredible game.  We had good seats and lots of fun.  Mimi stayed home and played with Lily.  It was such a gift for Colin and I because we have not had an evening out since April.  I know Colin was in heaven.

The group under the Tiger.  (Left to right: Chuck, Dad, Kalie, Julie, Colin, Megan, Drew)

Bleacher seats in the very hot sun.  We were packed in there.

Tiger's won 7 to 1 against the White Sox!

Then we went out for dinner and had some great food.