Happy 60th Birthday's Mom and Dad!!!

Oh, and 35th wedding anniversary too!!! This weekend we all (absent the Matt and Taryn clan) met up at Brown County Inn to celebrate mom and dad's big 60th birthdays! On top of that, they also celebrate their 35th wedding anniversary at the same time (all dates within a month of eachother). Mom and Dad knew they were coming with Barclay and I to Brown Co, but didn't know that Joe, Mel, Abbie and the kids were joining us!!! They were really suprised - it was great!

We hung out around the hotel pool/playground/porch area a lot. We were lucky b/c it was sooo nice out on Saturday - sunny, but not too hot. Perfect for chillin' out and hanging out with the family. We also made two trips to the downtown Nashville area to walk around the shops, etc. Nice, but not the easiest thing with kids (even though they were all on their BEST behavior). Friday we had dinner in the hotel. Saturday night we had dinner in a little steakhouse and then came back to the hotel for birthday cake.

Sunday morning, everyone headed their separate ways, but mom and dad came with us to Brown Co State Park. We went to the stables and let the girls go on pony rides. It was great! We were the only ones there. They had really nice ponies to choose from, and a big arena for the kids to ride around. The girls loved it and have talked about it all day!

GREAT seeing everyone and celebrating mom and dad's big days. Here are some pics - Love you mom and dad!

Leiber Pool

Last Friday the girls and I met mom, dad, Clare, Mike and Henry, at Leiber's Pool. It's right in the middle of Terre Haute and Indy and a fabulous pool, especially for little kids. We had perfect weather. Lily went up and down the slide the ENTIRE time. The other kids splashed around in the shallow area.

JUNE 2011

We have had a busy, fun filled month of June thus far. Much of our free time (especially on the 90 degree days) has been spent at the pool. Addy has been swimming without water wings - in the shallow end at least.

I have no pool pictures, but I do have pictures from the sprinklers. We haven't needed to water the yard, but the sprinklers have been put to good use for other things :)

Lily had her recital last week, which was pretty all consuming. I keep having to remind myself that with dance, as opposed to baseball, there is one busy week. The recital was 4 nights - 2 nights of rehearsals and 2 nights of recitals. Seemed too much at the time, but baseball would have been 10 weeks of practices and 1 or 2 games each week. So it's fair. And, most importantly, Lily loved it. She was so proud of herself. We couldn't take pictures during the actual recital b/c no flash photography was allowed. But we ordered the DVD so we'll have that to remember the night by. On Saturday night, Mom, Dad, Barclay and I, Addy, Betty and Peter all came to the show. She did both of her dances, so it was really the best night to bring a crowd. Addy had a hard time b/c she really wanted to be a part of it all too - next year kiddo!

Sunday, of course, was mom's 60th birthday. We went out to breakfast, then to mass, and then on to Colleen's grad party. No pictures of any of that fun.

Then today it was cold and rainy, so the girls and I went to the Children's Museum to check out the new exhibit. They partnered with National Georgraphic and opened a Treasures of the Earth exhibit. It was very cool. Barclay met us for lunch, which was also cool!

Our summer is off to a great start!