New Playground!!!!!!!

 My sweet hubby and daddy to my girls along with my dad, "Grandpa Chris" went together and built the girls a HUGE addition to their swingset and playground area. It is amazing! Almost tripled their play area!

 Adding the tree fort above the sandbox

 

The fort all done (save the roof) and the ramp leading to the slide. 

   

Tree fort project: almost done!

Bekah and Daddy show off the picture window in the fort

 

Leah enjoys the fun ramp to the top! 

 

 Beautiful Sandbox benches.. so nice to sit on! 

Adding an extra swingset beam off from the tree fort

  

Completed playground (save the roof on the tree fort) 

 

Daddy also made a wood & rope swing that was a HUGE hit! 

Even Abigail loves it!!!!

Summer Cabin visit

 Summer has been so great so far! We enjoyed a trip out to a friend's lake cabin on Grace Lake. It was sooooo fun! The girls pretty much swam the entire night! It was incredible to just sit and enjoy the lake view and company!

Enjoying their boat ride

Abigail wasn't too sure about the lifejacket. :) 

 All of us enjoying the boat ride

 Me and my lil' buddy 

                                                            Getting lots of hugs from friends!

Bekah's finger...

 

Poor Bekah! She was crawling around on Grandpa & Grandma's Rock Pile (after being told not to, of course! :) and slipped, wedging her left pinkie finger in between 2 rocks. It swelled up like a balloon and turned every shade of color! I wasn't sure if it was broken, so I waited for a few days to see if the swelling would go down. 

Well, I took her to the Clinic a week later, just to make sure things were OK and sure enough, it was broken! Poor sweetie!  Our Dr. gave her a little splint and told us to tape it to the other finger for a while... I am hoping it will heal correctly and fast!

The good news is though, after 2 weeks with the splint, it seems to be getting better, and I am thankful it wasn't a painful break. ;) She is a trooper!

 Memorial Day Weekend was a blast here! No big plans, just a simple, fun family gathering on Sunday! We had lots of fun enjoying amazing food and then a s'more cookout afterwards! The girls especially loved it! :)

 Uncle Isaac's new shoes!

 The girls and some of their very favorite people.. my Aunt Catherine & Uncle Eric!

 Cooking S'mores...

 SUCH a classic summer thing

Everyone around the campfire

 S'more time!!! (Abs just got a marshmallow though.. ;)

 Michael's amazing Submarine Sandwich S'more!

 Enjoying time visiting around the fire

Grandma & Abigail say "Pee U!" 

SOOOOO cute! 

It was a simply great Memorial day.. celebrating with family!

Leah's 1st Track & Field Day!

 Last Friday, we went to Homeschool Track & Field Day! It was Leah's first year and she was so excited! It was so hard to believe she is old enough to be competing.. only 10 years ago it was me competing in Track & Field Day!!! :) She participated in 5 things: 50yd dash, 100yd dash, softball throw, shotput, and standing long jump.

She had a blast! It was so fun! I was able to leave Abigail with my mom (THANK YOU!) and it was SO much easier to keep track of Leah and the events she was participating in. Bekah came too and had a fun time watching big sister do all her events. Next year will be her first year! (WOW!)

 Standing Long Jump

 Getting measured.. she missed 3rd place by one inch!

 Running!!!!

 Leah had a BLAST meeting other little girls her age.. she made lots of friends.. including Rita!

 Leah received 2 place ribbons!

2nd for shotput (out of 2 girls) and 3rd for softball throw!