Fourth of July 2015

We spent the 3rd of July doing some shopping in the morning



and then swimming and more swimming the rest of the day...until this happened...



I noticed her eyelid was a little swollen when her and I were in Target. And then throughout the day it just kept getting worse. She never complained about it or itched it, but it was getting big enough that I thought an urgent care trip was necessary (our first EVER with any of the kids believe it or not!). They think it was an infection from a bug bite so we got some medicine (always fun to give to Paige - yikes!) and continued our 3rd of July with a fire and s'mores!





The next morning, on the 4th, we hit up a parade and a park and an ice cream shop!



(Notice Paige has her glasses on - her eye was still really swollen!)



He's wondering what all the sirens are about!















Her poor eye :(



Then we had some friends over to cookout!





And then these two continued their date with some fireworks!



It was a great 4th of July weekend!

Opening Day!

We had already played one game, but last Saturday was officially opening day for baseball and softball in our town. 

It all kicked off with a parade!



Luke was the only one that wouldn't put any black stuff under his eyes!







Paige and I saw the parade 4 times because we would cut through the alleys so that means 4x's the candy! She was in heaven!







And I think Luke enjoyed himself!







We headed to see some of Daddy's game after the parade and then we headed back for Luke's game!

(He's in the middle of the field with his hands on his knees.)






Luke actually had a really good game that day!  He even made an out - even though the kids had no clue :)



And Daddy made it just in time to see Luke's last at bat and it was his best one of the day! Luke was so happy!

We then spent the next 3 hours outside, which meant we were basically outside all day from 7:15 AM until 6:30 PM except for lunch. The kids were filthy and exhausted, but it was so much fun and it meant that the inside of my house was still clean (yes!)!

Labor Day Weekend

We're going back a few weeks here, but we had a great Labor Day weekend. That Friday was my last Friday off for the summer so the kids and I enjoyed a little lunch pool side!









Saturday was a pretty low key day from what I can remember, but we did go see the movie "Epic" in the park that night.



Sunday we headed to the Frankfort Fall Festival and parade with my parents as we have done every year for the past 3 years.



 Paige started off on our laps during the parade but slowly made her way to her own seat next to Luke. I think she figured out the candy was easier to get to from there :)







After the parade, it was time to hit up the carnival!











And then we let Luke play one game and look what he won! (I think it lasted maybe a couple of hours before it got a hole in it!)





It was another fun year at the festival!

Monday we headed to the Kane County Cougars baseball game. Wally had won a suite from a golf outing he played in earlier in the summer. We had 25 tickets to use so we invited all of our family and friends to join us. It was a gorgeous day for a baseball game!