summer in KY...

What's a summer in KY without pool parties and horses? Sam's friend, Jack, combined the two for us...it was FUN afternoon!

around the yard...

Batman seems to have gotten himself into a bit of a predicament...

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summer camp!!

Sam wrapped up his 9-day summer camp at the end of June. He was sad to have to miss 3 days of it due to strep throat and pneumonia, but we made sure he got to do what he was most looking forward to: archery! He thinks he's freaking Robin Hood now. :)

He had a blast at this camp...the complete classic summer camp that included crafts, capture the flag, archery, canoeing, fishing, hiking in the woods, etc, etc, etc, etc! We were invited for a fun show on the last day and then our camper showed us around the camp.

He will definitely be attending next year, along with his sis, who was too young to attend this year. Such a great program!

gone fishin'

The kids finally stopped practicing their casts in the yard and actually went fishing. Thank God...I was getting sick of untangling fishing line from the trees in the back yard! They had a blast and even met some new friends. Sam caught three fish and Grace caught one that managed to get away and flop back into the water before she could get it all the way onto the dock.

They are both anxious to get back out and do it again. Fishing is so not my thing, but it was fun to watch their excitement. :)

Mr. Cool & Little Miss Attitude

time flies... (July 4th festivities)

I'm so far behind on my blogging! That must just mean we're too busy enjoying our summer, I guess...definitely not a bad thing. Going to play a little catch up with this Fourth of July picture post. Lexington puts on a great parade and street fair. No, we have no idea who the kid in the blue shirt is, but he and Sam ended up in the Lexington Herald Leader photos together!

Sam: "Now there's something you don't see everyday." :)

Sam: "Don't shoot!"

Grace LOVES the horses...and Ronald McDonald... :)

And what's a street fair without sugar?

Fun day! We ended it by skipping the fireworks downtown since last year was NOT fun. We got to see a nice fireworks display while at the drive-in movie the night before and we knew we were looking forward to fireworks on the beach in MI, so it wasn't a tough decision. Fortunately, it seemed most of our neighbors decided to put on a show of their own, so we were able to enjoy some anyway from the comfort of our home.

Bieber Fever!

Grace recently participated in a dance camp where the theme for the week was Hip Hop Hula Party. My girl rocked it out and LOVED every minute of it! Even though she's decided against dancing this school year, I definitely see her participating in future summer camps with Miss Lindsay.

MI in June (Day 5)

Before packing up and heading home, we snapped a quick pic with our gracious hostess, Grandma Donna.

Thanks, Northern MI family, for a lovely vacation!

MI in June (Day 4)

Our last full day in Northern MI was perfect. We started the day with a little UK photoshoot with Grandma, Papa and the kids. Then played outside until lunch.

After lunch, Grandma Donna suggested that we go explore around Onaway. So off into nature we went! The first stop was the sink holes where we trekked down a TON of stairs to the bottom. It was so HOT at the bottom, so we turned around to head back up. And that was pretty brutal. Well, at least for three of us. Sam, on the other hand, powered back up those stairs like he's done it every day for the past several years. As the rest of us were huffing and puffing at the top, he was leaping off of rocks and running back to the car. I guess all his sneaky working out with my weights has been paying off! :)

Next stop was the underground river. It was pretty cool...the river appears to flow right out of the ground and quickly opens up to a huge river. My kids would have spent all day there...they were so happy there that they didn't even notice they were being eaten alive by skeeters!

After the underground river, we headed to Ocqueoc Falls where the kids did some great fossil hunting with Grandma and Grace also spotted some butterflies laying eggs in the mud.

It was another exhausting but FUN day and the perfect way to spend the last full day of our trip before traveling home the next day.

MI in June (Day 3)

After breakfast at the casino with the Buckley's, we drove back down to the lower peninsula to meet up with our dear friends, the Nemec's, before heading over to Mackinac Island. It was the first boat ride for our kids and they LOVED it. I haven't been on a boat in awhile and I loved it, too, but I could have done without the bugs! Not living by a lake anymore made me forget about those wonderful few days in June when the midges hatch...yuck!

We had a FUN time on the island, where we spent the majority of our time learning all about Fort Mackinac. The kids were absolutely fascinated and Sam almost peed himself when the "soldier" let him hold his rifle for a photo. He later told me that he made sure "not to get my hand too close to the trigger." :)

After a few hours on the island, we drove back to Onaway by way of Rogers City so we could visit with Grandma Edna and so the kids could stick their toes in Lake Huron (which was COLD!).

It was such a fun day! I've been wanting to take the kids to Mackinaw for awhile and this was a great year to do it...at 5 and 6, they really appreciated everything they learned that day at the Fort. And the visit with Grandma Edna and the quick toe dip in the lake were the perfect ending to the day.