Country Lake

Last Sunday our church had a volunteer's picnic at Country Lake Retreat Center in Henryville.  Chris and I both just started volunteering at Southeast about a month ago so we kind of lucked out on this fabulous day!  The kids had a blast!! They served us a yummy lunch and there was SO much to do!!  We had the best day! I just love, love our new church!! :)

 I was cracking up at how well Chris' life jacket fit him! ha!

 Chris and Mark took the little ones for a paddle boat ride

 Braden and his buddy Jude had a blast on the big trampoline on the water

 This was Braden's favorite...he did this all day long

 Ethan loved just playing in the beach area. He found some treasures here. :)

They took us to and from our cars in this huge covered wagon-so neat!  

A fun Saturday and new pet :)

Last Saturday we spent some time planting flowers. Ethan was all about using "Daddy's tools" and helping. :)  Chris also found a turtle on the side of the road and brought it home. Braden was in heaven!! This poor boy is DYING for a pet! Seriously! So this turtle, "Frank" (named by Braden) has been such a treat! Braden feeds him, checks on him every day and gets him out of his tub for exercise. ha! It's really really sweet! Not sure how long we'll keep good 'ole Frankie, but right now he might just be my perfect pet!!

Live at 5:00

New Albany is starting something new this summer called "Live at 5." Each Friday they're featuring a band in downtown NA and it's free from 5:00-8:00. They have food and drinks too.  The Rumors were playing for the kickoff last Friday so we met the Rousters down there for some music fun.  The kids had a blast hearing a live band and dancing. :)

 They gave us free shirts too! Gotta love free t-shirts! :)

Playground Time

Today felt like my first day of summer break with the boys. Yesterday we went to Spencer and before that we were on the lake for 5 days, so today was our first time to do a picnic lunch and playground. :) We headed up to Grant Line so Braden could check out his new school. :)  Two thumbs up on this playground! The boys loved it-and so close to home.  I'm feeling really good about my kindergarten decision for him (woohoo! and it's not just based on the playground. ha!!).

My Dad's 60th bday

Yesterday the boys and I headed up to Spencer to celebrate my Dad's 60th bday (chris had to catch up on mowing). We had a cookout at my brother's and the family came...family including my mom and step-dad. I have been SO blessed to have divorced parents that are the best of friends! So grateful for that in my life. :)  Happy birthday Daddio!! Luv ya!

My dad and the boys

My brother Jim with Dad and me

Jim and his kids (Alissa & Dylan) and me and the boys. Dad with his kids and grand kids-that's a y prettgood birthday for a grandpa. :)

Norris Lake Trip

 This Memorial Weekend we rented a lake house on Norris Lake.  We left super early Thursday morning and just got home late last night.  We had an absolute blast!  There were 4 families that stayed the whole trip and two other families that came part of the time so needless to say there were a lot of kiddos everywhere! :)  The kids were sooooo good though I must say. We ran them hard from morning until they dropped at night.  Between boating, swimming, and running around playing with friends, they were busy busy the whole trip. The house was awesome!!! Plenty of room for all and so much fun.  Jenn has a lot of fun pics on her camera but here are some that I have. Thanks to everyone that came and made it such a blast! Let's go again...soon! :)

This is standing on one of the decks looking out at our dock. We had a double decker dock to tie up the boats with a huge laying out deck and slide-SO fun!!

The kids LOVED the hottub! They were always in it...especially Ethan. He kept saying, "I go swim in the big tub." ha!

A big hit with all the kids was this trainer ski. It was perfect for them! They all could do it and felt like they were big stuff out there skiing like mom and dad. :) Here's Alivia :) 

Here's Jackson...no hands too!

 Go Lydia!

 Ethan wasn't into trying the ski, but loved hanging out with his "sriends"(friends) all week and driving the boat.

 It was hot, hot, hot all weekend-lots of cooling off was needed.

 More hot tub action

These kids were not afraid of anything!!! Here's Braden going off the slide off our dock. It was pretty high off the water.  They also jumped off the top deck a hundred times. That jump took me a few days to even do. ha! Gotta love when the 5 year olds are braver than the mommies. :) 

 Here's our top deck where we could lay out, eat, play music etc...it was so fun!

Picture of the back of the house from our deck-so nice! By the way, those stairs did a number on my calves...and hopefully booty! ha!  It was a workout. :) 

 CHEESE!

 Here goes Braden! He was showing us how he could ski with one hand. :)

 Chris holding the rope for the kids skiing

 Oh yay! Work it buddy!

 Just cute!

 There goes Addi!

 A couple of cute fellas :)

 Go Carson!

 Boaters just hangin'

And finally...Go Judd!

Of course the adults got in on a lot of watersport action but I don't have any of those pics. There was skiing, tubing, wake boarding and of course some of the guys had to hurt themselves at barefoot skiing. :)  Such an awesome trip!!!! 

I'm baaaaack!

I have fallen off the blogging wagon but I'm back...and with a vengence. ha! I have blogged my heart out (and fingers off) tonight and I'm finally caught up! Woohoo!  So since I've been gone for so long, blogger has changed their whole layout and I can't quite find anything yet...so please ignore all of the spelling and grammar mistakes that you're sure to see because I couldn't find the spell check yet. :)  Happy reading

Muddy Fanatic 5K Race

Saturday was the Muddy Fanatic 5K race right here in Sellersburg. It's a "race" (uh...well a survival course) full of mud and obstacles.  5 of my girlfriends and I signed up together and then wondered what we got ourselves into. ha! I have to admit, even though I have a few boo boos and I'm more sore than I've ever been in my life, it was a blast! I think I burned just as many calories laughing as the actual cardio part of it.  So fun!!!

 Before the race...see how clean and sparkly we are! :)

 Going down one of the mud hills.  Notice the white shirts are clearly not white anymore. :)

 Trying to get up some of the mud hills...it was soooo slippery

After....we are trying to look tough here (or at least that was the memo I got). Instead I look like a super dork. :)  Thanks girls for a day we are sure to remember (and possibly feel for awhile)!

LAP Staff Dinner

Last Friday night our entire preschool staff and our hubbies went to Comeback Inn for dinner and fun. Jennifer spoils us for sure!  Chris and I love to eat here...in fact it was where our first dinner date was. We pigged out! Thanks Jennifer and gang for such a fun night.  I truly have the best (and for sure most fun) staff ever! :)

Hubers

For the very last day of school, the whole preschool had a field trip at Hubers.  Chris took off and we just made it a family trip too. Ethan hadn't been since he was a baby in a stroller so he had a blast!  It was a beautiful day and the kids just ran around between feeding the animals, doing the slide over and over and riding the trikes. Fun stuff!