July 2011

Well I guess when you have 3 kids, every month seems very busy! Here are a few highlights of July.

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Top left to bottom right: Kai's 8th birthday. We had family parties for all the kids this year. *Kai had a Star Wars cake (I forgot to take a picture before we ate it. oops) *One of Kai's presents.

*Just finishing a 7 mi family bike ride! We were all getting into riding bikes everywhere we went.

*Water balloon fight! *Dad takes a hit.

*Nicole would fall asleep eating lunch every Sunday after church. It was a pretty rainy month. *It was fun to see the outlines of various toys left on the driveway, but it also was the season of the snail! They were everywhere! *A picnic in Genola; they sure don't make slides like that anymore!

*Home Improvement by Jeremy. Jeremy lost his job back in May so we did some major yard projects to fill our time. *A huge rock pile to fill in all out planters. *Some finished planters. *Jeremy hard at work.

Trying yummy cuisine at the Green Panda near the Riverwoods. My brother's wife's family owns and operates the restaurant. It is authentic taiwan cuisine, and it is delicious!

Our camping trip, you can read the whole story and see some film images here: http://www.frecklesphotography.blogspot.com/2011/07/fish-lake-camping-trip-film.html.

 *The truck fully loaded, every inch crammed with stuff. *Kai soaking up the sun instead of helping unload. *Jeremy setting up camp with helpers. *Lunch. *A nice bike ride near the lake over to the lodge (we all got sunburned). *Lunch in the truck while it poured rain one day. 

*Nicole asleep after a long bike ride. *Natalie the dirt queen. *Kai's new favorite game: Solitaire. *Kai chopping wood. *Fish Lake sign. *Taking a walk in the wilderness. *Nicole climbing rocks by our fishing spot (we didn't catch any fish).

Natalie gor her ears pierced this month! She had been begging us and we finally gave in. Here is her before and just after one side. She didn't even cry!

We did have some really nice days to just relax and play in the pool too!