My Baby turns 6!

Lauren wanted a new bike for her birthday and I thought it would be fun to get a beach cruiser bike. As I was surfing the web I found a beautiful banana seat bike. I just had to get it for her. Oh how I loved my banana seat bike. You could ride all day with your best friend on the back. We drove up to the house and there she was sparkling in the sunlight and Lauren jumped out of the car and ran up to it so excited. She loved the new bike. Kevin put the bike together and the seat was a little high but she didn't care she wanted to ride her bike. She got mad when she had to get off and lower the seat. She asked Kevin how long it would take and he said maybe 10 minutes and she said "Oh I don't care if it's to high, that is to long I want to ride it now". Does she sound like anyone we know..... We went to dinner where ever she wanted to go and she wanted to go to the place where you use the phone to order (Training Table) We went to dinner stuffed ourselves with cheese fries and then she wanted to come back home so she could ride her bike.

Lauren is so full of life. She loves to play with everyone and gets very disappointed if she is left out. She has taught me so much about life and how to just enjoy it. She loves to give you hugs and kisses all the time and she tells me all the time if I have a cute outfit on or if my hair looks cute. She loves it when you complement her first. She is differently 6 going on 20! Happy Birthday little "L"

Brianhead

We loaded everyone up and headed on down to the cabin to hopefully find some cooler weather... Oh it was a lovely 75 degrees down there. It was still a little to hot for me at night but I made it. The kids had so much fun hiking, playing in the old cabin down the hill, building forts, roasting marshmellows, putting on a music show for us but most of all playing with their cousins. It was so much fun to play cards with my mom, sister and dad. Kevin isn't much for games but we finally found one he liked and could beat me at. Aside from cute Katelyn not wanting to sleep AT ALL it was a very pleasant time. I got to hold Katelyn and rock her for a good hour in the wee hours of the morning and it took me back to when my kids were babies and you could just hold them and they would just stare at you. Oh how I miss those moments. I love going to the cabin and playing a mad game of nerts! I wish my older sister Angie and brother Russell could have been there with us. We spent so much time down there when we were growing up and now my kids get to build those memories to.

Putting on a show for us

Kevin and Kate waiting for marshmellows.....


The Kids roasting away.... a whole entire bag!


Kate just kept sneaking some


And me enjoying my perfectly roasted marshmellow

Emma trying the Wakeboard

Emma wanted to learn how to wake board so we gave it a try....

Getting ready

a little nervous

Getting up???

OHH almost. She gets to scared and lets go of the rope. We will keep trying.

Boating

The weather hasn't been that great on the days we can go boating, but we finally got out. Melisa came with her kids and Katelyn loved loved loved the tube. She got so mad when we stopped. So we had to keep on riding. The kids have so much fun on the boat. Everyone is trying to learn to waterski or wakeboard and they almost have it! Now if I could just keep the boat straight when I try to pull them out of the water.... Stay on target. Here are a few pictures of the kids playing around in the water. I love the memories we are creating for the kids.