So tired ... in a good way!

Yesterday we said goodbye to my neices Cailin and Maren and my brother Mark after two weeks of fun together! I've been looking though all my pictures and am amazed at all the great times we packed in. Mark and Ryan went fishing every evening and also a few mornings. They had a great time minus the evening when Ryan's bass lure inadvertantly ended up in Mark's chin. They stopped at home to get a picture before they went to the ER but I won't share that pic with you! Mark is fine and the kids found it fascinating!


We did lots of crafts but the coolest one was making tie-dye t-shirts. Here are the kids modeling theirs. I was so happy with how vibrant the colors were even after I washed them!



We went though almost 500 water balloons ... here are highlights of the water bomb war.




Mark took us all fishing at a park near our home where we grew up. Adam is trying to be like Uncle Mark wearing his fishing and glasses : )

We didn't catch anything ... there was a huge rain the night before ... but the weather was so beautiful and so was the scenery.

The kids spent hours and hours in the pool every day ... here is an action shot of the water balloon game they made up. They took it very seriously!

Isaac making a few bombs with the cool contraption I found that makes it a breeze to make water balloons sooooo easy! There is a hose hooked up to it and it fills them and then ties them!

Most nights the kids watched a movie and slept in the camper together.

My sister-in-law Renee flew in yesterday and they're all spending the next week in northern WI at her family's cabin. Wish we could have spent time with her too but she got a recent job promotion and had to work.

Today we're packing as the kids are off to Crossways Camp tomorrow for a week. The boys are soooo excited! I'm going to spend the week getting our home ready to sell. It's going to be too quiet around here! We love having company! When we're all settled in the new house we hope everyone will come for a visit!!!

Love, Joy