Love

Bubbles

Last minute purchase that I'm so glad I made

cousins

Lance, Ada, Emma, Aubrey and Ellie

My sister, Sharon, took this picture... I had to share because it's so epic.

Nella, the party boat.  Every time Janelle would try to take a boat out by herself, the kids would swarm her.  It's sweet to see their absolute love for her. Sorry you don't get any just you time though Nels!

The "dolphins"

Mom, it won't fit in my basket!

Evelyn and Lance said that they were puppies.

Seth loves being on the boats.  He loves hanging his hands in the water and loves trying to make Dad wobble on the paddle board.

Evelyn decided that since she's 5, she's big enough to paddle the boats.  She doesn't like being a passenger though.

Seth and Uncle Brad

The sharks are circling.

One of the awesome parts of being at the lake... cuddling babies, chatting with family, and watching kids have a blast.

Fishing

Jer's been fishing a lot.  The kids have loved learning how to cast and spending one on one time with Dad.  Jer caught a fish at scouts once, but hasn't since... so Ada showed him up by catching two, which she promptly named floppy and swimmer and let go.  Sam was a little bummed that he didn't catch any, but they all had fun in the end.

Birthday Party

Sam and Evelyn wanted a Fate game themed birthday party.  So Jer got some cheap material, we cut them into teams and swordsmen vs magic users (the balls are their spells).  Jer and Seth were the dungeon bosses, and the kids had an absolute blast!

Evelyn kept following Jer... She was determined to get him out the entire time.

Then we sent Sam's rocket off a few times.  Super fun.

Sam's birthday

For Sam's birthday, my parents had brought McKay's kids and Sharon came up with theirs.  It was fun to see all the kids having a blast together.