happy 7th birthday ethan...

We have been fully engulfed in Ethan's birthday festivities the past few days. Who says you only have one day to celebrate your birthday???

We started off with a trip to the Great Wolf Lodge with Ethan's cousin's tagging along. We all had such a great time at the waterpark, arcade, and just hanging out. It was definitely action packed the entire weekend and we all needed a nap when we got back home.

Then it was time for Ethan's actual birthday. Jeff has made it a custom to take the day off of work and let Ethan pick out what activities he wants to do. For the past two years he has basically picked the same things so next year we are going to throw in a few surprises.

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summer bounty...

Summer has to be one of my favorite fruit season's. We have been taking advantage of all of the fresh food in the grocery store and farmers market recently and I have to say my current favorite combo is feta and watermelon. Mix it with a little mint and arugula and I'm in heaven.

What is your favorite summer combo?

growing green. ..

We have been experiencing some pretty hot weather these past few days so when we came back from a week of no watering my plants hated me. Luckily though we have been running our sprinklers and they are slowly coming back to life. I mean look at all those tomatoes.
I was a little weary at first because the hydrangea plants were moved from our old house and I absolutely loved them. I was not sure if they were going to survive at our new place but thankfully they seem happy.

the valley of sunshine...

We've just returned from a week long trip to Sun Valley. We had a great time playing in the pool, fishing,  and eating a ton of popsicles. A perfect summer trip.

happy 4th of july...

Wishing everyone a wonderful and safe fourth spent with family and friends.

roller coasters and water slides

We are out enjoying our road trip but made a stop to go to the Silverwood theme park.
This year Ethan was tall enough to go on many of the roller coasters and loved the upside down ones the best. We also went on several watersides so we had an awesome day.  Can't wait to go again.

lookin out the window. ..

We are off on a road trip this week taking advantage of summer.