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.