Trevor was able to have a two week break from school
YAY!!
We played so much!
My brother Rob and his wife Kristi were able to come
stay with us on the their way westward ho!
Madi had SO much fun playing with her cousins:)
Madi, Jace and Alli Jo were literally ROLLING
down the stairs over and over again.
We kept Raelee up at the top blocked by the gate,
but she enjoyed laughing and screaming along with them!
These two had a blast finding out they each owned a 'Melman'!
One of the ways we tried to keep cool this month
was making our own ice cream!
It actually worked :)
Madi sat and squished and rolled and shook that bag crazy.
( perfect to wear her out before nap )
Mexican night.....
Rae LOVES guacamole!
One of our favorite families finished school
and moved away :(
While Alison packed we decided to steal Annie
and go for a stroll at the zoo!
This is our pit stop to enjoy some snacks
while we watch the elephants.
Lovely faces girls :)
( can ya tell we had a hot summer, just look at those cheeks! )
Our sweet little Rae babe had her 1st birthday!
She LOVES animals!
So we had gone to the zoo earlier with our friend Annie.
Here she is opening up her presents.
I was happy to see she was actually getting into it!
This little kitty runs all around.
It has a sensor and knows when you are coming and
runs the other direction.
PERFECT gift!
Getting ready for the cake!
We had just turned on skype so
Grandma and Grandpa Cook
could be in on the good stuff!
Madi wanted nothing to do with her cake when she turned 1.
Raelee on the other,
dove right in!
Grandma and Grandpa laughing at the messy
birthday girl!
She's not so scared now the she knows how delicious it is!
Sweet little thing was trying to share with me.
No thanks babe, I'll get my own!
Happy birthday to our darling.
You've grown so fast Rae!
We don't know where the time has gone.
We are so happy you came to join our family 1 year ago.
You are your sister's best friend!
We love you're cheesy grins, squishy cheeks and laughs galore!
It's my party I'll cry if I want to!!
The night before our dear friends moved,
We had Alison and the girls stay the night at our house
and then we took them to the airport.
(Jake and his parents woke super early to start driving)
We are so glad we were able to play one more time!
Madi and Annie had a blast together!!
Washing the car with daddy!
Our awesome friends from back home came to visit us for
the 4th of July!
Oh how we love Rod and Kacie!!
We did about a million and one things,
and never stopped laughing!
( pssst....you're welcome to come back ANYTIME )
We went to Lake Shawnee and walked around the fair
that they do every year.
Madi and Rendon were playing a bunch of fun little games.
( Madi just dominated this game, can't ya tell? )
Madi thought Rae needed a turn - so good to share!!
The random ginormous duck
Last year Madi would only let us paint a star on her hand.
This year, she wanted to be a cat!!
MEOW!
Way to be patriotic Raelee
Of course we were dying of heat,
so we let the kids enjoy a dip in the swimming pool when we got home.
Our good friend Patrick came over to enjoy the big firework show!
He helped Madi and Rendon figure out the pop-its.
My girls have always been drawn to Rodney!
They're having a stare off,
Rae won - she didn't even make a smirk:)
I'm pretty sure she liked it!
Rodney almost got blown up....
I'm glad I had the camera ready!!
We made crafts, built towers and did puzzles at
the art lab.
We fed the turtles and fish at the pond.
Paddle boating!!
Trevor did all the work,
and he loved EVERY minute of it!
These two have good imaginations!
They played the funniest games.
Do you see his smirk?
He always gives me that look,
or maybe he is planning to steal Madison's ice cream cookie!
We ate at Spangles
Mmmm, I guess Rod stole the cookie instead!
My bestest buddy Kacie!
Long live the King!
Mads rockin' out with Elvis.
We were able to ALL fit comfortably together
in one vehicle!
Rendon kept kissing my girls,
it was hilarious.
It was too cute to stop.
Hopefully he marries one of them!
We couldn't miss out on building our own Penske trucks!
Maybe one day we will use Madi's to help us move
a little closer to Rendon.
We enjoyed some frozen custards at Freddy's.
They had this clown there that day and he
made little balloon animals for all the kids!
We went to Liberty Jail the first day they were here
And clearly they missed each other
having been apart for 6 whole months.
How will they ever survive his 2 year mission is beyond me!
Playing in the pond.
Don't worry, I do have a hold of Raelee's stroller.
Check me out in the background!
Kacie didn't realize till she already took the picture.
I think they were gonna have Rodney look like he was
jumping across the pond.
Classic.
Thanks for all the fun visitors this month!
Come back, we're ready to play again!!
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