Summer DAZE

We decided to try out St. Mary's the water was nice but so low.  The beaches were mud pits and you had to be careful where you drove or you hit sandbars.  The kids had fun and we even got Mason up on skis  for a brief moment.

I have so many of this kids peeing in random places.😂

They loved going to great grandma's and playing with Bruce's kitties.

Took Cohen out to help him work on shifting.  I love the prairies.

Mason taking Q for a ride.

Jack is always with the kitties.

These two played some intense games of chess.

Mase in his shooting protection

Harper doesn't know how much she is loved.

slip n sliding

Some activities just require devices

Tannis may never have kids after spending the week with us and our 8 kids, 8 and under.

Grandma put Ollie down for a nap.

Can't go to SoAb without spending some time with Grandpa Kevin and Grandma Nettie.  Ollie even got on a horse.  He was terrified at first and then didn't want to get off.

Visiting Great Grandma

Cohen truly in his happy place.

Freezie time

First day of swimming lessons

We put our kids in swimming lessons again this year.  It is amazing to see how much they improve in such a short amount of time.  Ollie hated it at first but his teacher was awesome and by the end he was playing chop, chop, timber  and diving for treasure like a pro.  Cohen worked on his strokes and really improved and Mason became way more comfortable in the water.

Last day of lessons pizza party.

Our last day of boating was pretty amazing.  We got Nathan on a tube, I dropped successfully a ski for the first time, Mason got up on skis again, and best of all we did a sister triple pull.  I was on skis, Erin and Tannis were wake boarding, and Elise took our picture.  Next time we aren't all pregnant we will have to do a quad pull.

Cohen, Quinn, and Mason decided to run in the Raymond triathlon.  Cohen ran, Quinn swam, and Mason biked.  Looking back they probably each could have done it but now we know for next time.