Little Explorers!

Our First Day of Preschool

The girls are so excited about school!

First week highlight: Made an All About Me Book and enjoyed the fun centers

First week funny: They are learning letters and sounds ...

Claire sounding out "Pah Pah Pah ... Poop! P starts with poop!"

Putt Putt

A family fun day before school started!

Emily

Claire

Playground Party!

Happy 5th Birthday Fallyn!

We enjoyed celebrating with friends

We need one of these on our playground!

Harbor Days Parade

We enjoyed Harbor Days in Elk Rapids

Cheering on Papa Nick's Rotary Club Float

What a fun end to our vacation with family!

Torch Lake

Water gun fight

Better watch out - Emily and Claire are sneaky!
The boys trying to protect themselves

Tubing

Searching for Torch Lake Pearls (golf balls)

Rock collecting

Goofy wet suits

Hanging Out!

We had a great time with Grandma and Papa Nick hanging out in Michigan!

The girls especially liked snuggling Sadie

We had some fun around the bonfire making smores with Grandma

Silly Papa Nick entertained us all

We made some fun new memories with the Maudes

Celebrated Mommy's birthday

Went to feed the goats at Friske Orchard

We sure do love our annual summer trip!

King's Orchard

One of our favorite activities in Michigan is picking raspberries

On our way

Claire was an expert picker - checking for color and firmness

"Is this a good one mom?!"

Emily ate her whole container and had to reload while we were picking

We came away with some great berries and full bellies!

Family Time

We really enjoyed our summer visit with my family in Michigan

Some highlights - Kevin planned a fun rafting trip for us
The girls put on a fashion/talent show complete with evening wear, casual wear and swimwear competition.

Too funny!

Children's Museum

We always have fun visiting the Children's Museum

This time we found some new stuff in the Treasures of the Past Exhibit

Claire cracked me up in her scuba gear

One last trip to see Barbie since it will be moving on soon!

Awww!

A little surprise awaited us in our bubbles can the other day when we went outside to play.

Baby Birds - very cute!