Krampa's and Gram's pool is getting a lot of use this summer!

 And we are LOVING all the cousin time!!!

Sylvia French braided Caeden's hair this afternoon.

Ryan and Annah made calzones for dinner tonight. They were really good!

Evening swim!

This is a real look, Annah.

Silly girls, having fun 

Chicken!!!

As always, I blog so that I can "count" and remember the many blessings God has given me in this life. It is to leave a "note to self" that even though there are always challenges, God is so good! These are the things we GET to do, to enjoy. I am thankful.

A walk for beauty

I went on a little walk around my parents yard late this morning, just to look for beauty.  

There was a lot of beauty to be seen; I just needed to be intentional to look.

Sylvia designed and made this linen jumper today!

And this one!

We made one last quick visit to Indiana before the end of summer!

Annah and Wrigley

Uncle T knows how to get really relaxed.

Bryce-boo, trying to spit water into Sylvia's belly button while she played in the sun

cousin swim!!!

Annah and Tess went for a walk around the yard.

Bryce got to lick the beater!

Just a few cucumbers and squash from Dad's garden

Waiting on the homemade ice cream

Playing CLUE!

I forget what this game was called, but it was really fun!

Grayson, trying to show me his swollen hand where he got stung by a wasp

Talls and smalls 

It was such a beautiful weekend, and a wonderful time together!!!

Gone Fishin' and Shoppin'

The guys went fishing this morning!  It took a little bit to outfit Jeremy and Caeden with "fitting" and fishing-appropriate clothes.

Cousin buddies

I tried out the fishing hat.

Now these are some of my most favorite dudes!

We ladies went to Glenbrook Mall in Fort Wayne.  I had promised Annah for her birthday (8 months ago!!!) she could get her ears triple pierced, so I finally made good on it today.

She is pretty happy with the results.

Always fun to shop with Aunt Erin and cousin Tess!!!

Jeremy and Travis were playing Wii Mario Kart when we returned.

Gram was making us tacos for supper!!!

6 grandkids on the porch

Storytime with Jeremy

We decided to check out the new ice cream place in 'Busco!  Tess went with us, and Caeden went with Travis and Erin and the boys.

We played with Snapchat filters on the way!  Toooooo funny!

Apparently it only filters 1 or 2 faces at a time, not 3.

So many choices of hard ice cream at Otto's!

Caeden ordered a lemon poppyseed shake!

I see some birthday cake ice cream there!

3 sweet treats with their sweet treats

Kids table!

This place is so cute!!

More Snapchat filter fun!

What a wonderful full and fun day!