At Least 2 For the Month

I just peeked at our blog and realized that my last post was August 1st.  Today is the 31st.  It has been SUCH A FULL MONTH, and I can't believe that none of it is chronicled.  I was determined to have at least 2 posts for the month.

While this will hardly even touch all of the details of the last month, it will give a few highlights until I'm able to sit down and devote some time to getting updated.  At this rate, that might not happen until the kids are in college.

Speaking of college, our little lady turned 5 on August 13th.  WHAT?!

More on that later!

We spent 5 weeks in Michigan.  Phil was there for the second half of that time, and we had so much fun with family and friends.  More on that later.

I was BLESSED to have a "sprinkle" for Quatro.  I was literally showered with diapers and love.  More on that later.

The kids had an AWESOME summer.  AWESOME!

Much more on that later.

Fishing and Tubing

Michigan is wonderful for MANY reasons...

two of them being fishing and tubing!

 Uncle Phil was the hero of the weekend because he took the kids on several fishing adventures.  At one point, he was the only adult with seven kids.

Clare loves being with Daddy, and she loves fishing.

This rock bass was just one of their many catches.

 Clare is a perfect mix of tom boy and girly girl.  She can go from being elbow deep in the mud in search of worms to painting her nails pinky-pink to "look beautiful."

Clare has been tubing for several years, but this was Isaac's first summer getting pulled behind the boat.

I love watching these two buds have so much fun together.

 The little guy had no fear.  I was on the edge of my seat a bit as I watched my 2.5 year old swing from side to side behind a speed boat, but he couldn't get enough of it.

 One of his many runs behind the boat.

He kept saying, "FASTER, FASTER, FASTER!"

Ready for more fun!