head over heels: end of summer...

goodbye summer...

we had a great summer with the kids, lots of beach visits, cottage weekends, swimming, friends, playing outside and of course plenty of popsicles!

we wrapped up the summer with a final trip to yet another fair, the Berrien County Youth Fair

josh took the day off of work so we could fully enjoy the day

visiting all the animals!

elle could ride a lot of the rides this year and loved doing the fun houses by herself

lindsay joined us for the day

next year beckett will be sitting with her. he was too little to ride ANY rides, so josh took him to try out EVERY tractor they had. both josh and beckett were in heaven! total boy stuff

mommy's weekend away!

at the end of august i spent 5 days in california visiting a college friend.

we had a blast, even though we didn't do a ton of things.

hiked, massages, shopping, our usual stop at in & out, and hitting the beach

it was the perfect get away

thanks mark & sarah for a relaxing weekend

another day outside!

we've had amazing weather this summer, while some days have been a little too hot we've enjoyed every minute of it. soon enough we'll be stuck inside.

beckett is a little fish this year in the water. he doesn't matter the temperature he'll just jump, dive or slide in. we set up our little kiddie pool outside and it's filled most days, but the best part is the slide we added this year. so much more fun than just sitting in the water.

mr. curiosity...like his daddy, has to figure out how everything works.

our evenings outside....

after dinner we're outside again for more fun with daddy.

this summer we upgraded our trampoline for one that has a net around it. a must for this busy boy!

doing summersaults...thanks to his gymnastic teacher "ellington"

she's perfected her summersaults with hands!

and this is why he is 120% boy...always trying to up the danger

but such a sweet smile through it all

he has to do everything big sis does, and copies after the 1st time.

he knows how to climb in to the baby swing, buckle it, ask sister for a push and then get out of the swing (without unbuckling) and slides himself down to the ground. logical, i'd say yes!

ellington loves to ride her bike and really good at it. she's got some endurance in her

and of course, he must follow suit...climbs up and says "GO"...next year he'll have long enough legs to reach the pedals and can then keep up with sister.