Sweet Summertime!

My sister Shannon and her daughter Elizabeth came to visit us!  I didn’t get many pictures, but this one was funny.  All of the kids had been playing in the fountains at a shopping center by our house and stopped to watch the show.  Pat’s stealing some of Elizabeth’s granola bar right out of her hand!  Stinker!

We road-tripped it up to Independence, KS for a family reunion a few weeks ago.  They had an awesome park with a train (see Luke, above) and carousel.  The rides were a whole quarter!  The boys had a great time with their second cousins.

My cousin Jenny’s daughter Jamie shared a seat with me, and my cousin Brandi is hugging her son Tristan.  Sweet kids!

My cousin Christine’s daughter Gabby.  She looks so much like her mom!

A Peter sandwich with Brandi’s two boys Tristan and Cooper.  Cousin Ashley is in the background… she’s the latest new mom to little Aiden.  Sadly, I didn’t snap a picture of that little cherub.

Grandma getting some love from her youngest grandbaby (for a few more months anyway!)  We had a great time seeing everyone.  We even spent the night with my Uncle Marvin and Aunt Debbie.  They built a new home in Tulsa complete with a ‘safe room’ for tornadoes.  Pretty cool.

In other family news, Andrew got glasses!  This is only his back-up pair, but he’s doing so well with them already!  We’re pretty sure he can see so much better that he doesn’t mind the hassle of wearing them.

Horsing around.

Ahhh, the sweet taste of summer.  Again, at the fountains, but this time it’s with their cub scout pack.  Luke loved the cotton candy sno-cone.  Matches his shirt!

Joe with one of his cub scout buddies.

Andrew and Patrick cooling off.  It was a crazy hot day, but the parents kept cool on a patio with misters (and some beverages) while the kids ran around.  I love summer!