Valentines visit

The kids loved the lake and boating.  Grace and Zach were fearless on the tube.

Mom and Grace fell in the lake after doing the paddle boat!

Cooper trying on Grandpa's reading glasses

Zach would do tricks on the tube.  Handsfree, one leg over the side, bouncing, etc

Cooper didn't like tubing but loved being dipped in the water

Morning at the Beach

Our kids LOVE the water!  They have no fear whatsoever.  All three of them were constantly walking into the deep water seeing how far the could go.  And of course Cooper didn't want us to help him or hold his hand so he spent many second under the water trying to come up and when we did pull him up he had a huge smile on his face.  It is fun that the kids love the water but kind of scary too.

Summer

Summer has been really busy for us.  Zach is in summer school, (which is the month of June for about 4 hours a day),  Zach is in t-ball, Cousin's came to stay with us, birthdays, father's day,  marathon, plus everyday things.  Above and below are pictures of the kids after we spent the morning swimming at a friends pool.  Jana and her two boys stayed with us for a few days.  It was so fun! 

Love Coopers big smile!

Cooper loves our backpack.  He spent about 6+ hours in it while I ran Grandma's marathon.  Mark came to watch and stayed with the kids playing at the playground, playing on the beach, and walking around. 

Zach's birthday

Zach was so excited for his remote control car that he went out in the rain to play with it. 

Grace sporting her new sunglasses.  Thanks mom!!  She loves them.

Mark's birthday

Zach's last game of T-ball. 

Busy Busy Busy

This last month as been very busy but EXTREMELY FUN!!  I flew out to see my mom and sisters for a week.  (without kids!!!)  Every year my mom and sisters get together and go on a little vacation together.  I look forward to it every year.  Of course we went shopping and ate lots of delicious food.

 Then in May we had a couple of Birthdays.  Mine and Grace.  I love this picture below.  Grace is grubby as always, Cooper is just chillin with his binky (which he never took after about 3 months and now that he is teething likes to chew on it) and Zach hiding behind the presents.  Zach hides EVERY single day from Mark when he comes home from work.  I'm not sure why.  He just thinks it is fun to hide i guess.

For Grace's birthday we went to the park and had a picnic.  She and Cooper love the swings.  She spent about an hour in the swing.

 Grace got lots of cloths for her birthday.  I week before her birthday I asked her what she wanted and she said cloths.  I asked if she would rather toys or cloths and without hesitation she said cloths.  She also got polly pockets, littlest petshop, and a book.  Three of her favorite things.  She spends hours (well, not hours) playing with her petshop and polly pocket toys!  Thanks for those Grandma Valentine and Grandma Robinson.  She LOVES them.  She will actually go play in her room, it is awesome.

 My attempt at a birthday cake.

 Zach started T-ball.  He loves it.  Tuesday was his first game.  It was so hilarious watching these 4-6 year olds play.  Grace and Cooper also had a ball running around and playing in the grass and dirt in the field next to Zach's.

 Grace met a little boy and the hit it off.  Here they are cheering for Zach.  "GO ZACH GO"  (The little boys sibling was on the other team, but her cheered for us anyway)

 As you can tell from the look of Coops hair he had fun running around and playing as well.

Swimming