Mr Toad

My girls have really enjoyed the books about frog and toad and their adventures. So you can imagine their excitement when mom caught a real live toad for them. Cahill just wanted to study and analyze him while Ashy kept flipping the container and shaking it. Cahill wanted to bring him in the house and feed him and sleep with him. Once I explained to her that would never happen she finally surrendered the toad to Ashy. Ashy let the toad go then caught him then let him go and caught him. Finally she let him go and explained to me that he needed to go back to his family. (thank God)

Cherry Festival 2014 - Kids day

As natives of Traverse City we always look forward to Cherry Festival each year. The girls always enjoy kids day, rides and the jumping dogs event. This year we had crazy at kidfest playing tennis, getting their hair done, chasing balloons, petting brand new kittens and of course having face painted. Kurt and I really enjoyed the Gibby french fries and the shade. 

Cahill in Motion (and another lost tooth)

Baseball

Ashlynn

Ashlynn seems to be growing faster then a weed this year. She decided this winter to jump from 2T clothes straight to 4T. She has finally shown signs of possible obedience, even though she is still a stink pot. But all in all she only wants to wrestle with anyone anytime. She loves to play with her little people and mommy and baby cow and reindeer are her favorite. She is always willing to share when asked nicely and always willing to fight when not asked nicely. She loves junk food and hates to eat anything remotely healthy. She is terrified of anything fruit related. If you stick a raspberry on her plate she literally freaks out. Her favorite books are Pappa Picolo, Madeline and We are Going on a Bear Hunt. Her favorite movie is still The Lion King even though she sings "Let it Go" from Frozen all of the time.

Random photos of my cuties

Here a few shots of my cute little dress up dolls. This year we planted strawberry plants and the last photo is of Cahill picking her very first strawberry. I also have a photo of the Jenga blocks I bought from a yard sale for $.25 which my children love.

Stimpson's Wedding in Ludington

June has been a very busy month for us with weddings, memorial's, three graduation parties, vacation bible school, volleyball tournaments and family parties. A couple weekends ago we attended a wedding for Kurt's cousin Todd and Whitney. The weather turned out to be incredible so there was a lot of pool fun. The cousins had so much fun playing together. There was a lot of card playing and Little Pet shop playing. Of course all the kids would have stayed the entire time in the pool if the adults would have allowed. Alice was amazing bringing gluten free cupcakes and snacks that all the grandkids could enjoy without Cahill feeling left out.