Cousins

Jake stayed with his cousin Justin last night and it looks like they had fun!

Happy 7th Birthday Justin!

Today is my nephew Justin's 7th birthday! We celebrated day 1 at Turoni's for some yummy pizza! I cannot believe he's 7 already but time does fly and he's proof of it! I was so excited for my sister to have my first niece/nephew ever and it looks like that's all I'm ever going to have! I love Justin like he's my own, he's a smart little guy and sometimes you forget that you're talking to a child and not an adult! He loves legos, playing baseball and basketball, he's obsessed with police officers and he's the most loving kid you'll ever meet! Happy Birthday Justin, we love you!

Lake Rudolph Camping Trip ~ Day 1 ~ Blitzen Bay

After Jordan's tourney on Saturday (June 20), we headed up to Santa Claus, IN to Lake Rudolph to camp for the weekend. It was fore casted to be hot all weekend and it was a scorcher on Saturday so we went straight to Blitzen Bay to swim! We spent a good 3 hours there swimming and cooling off!

We took a break from swimming and got some yummy ice cream!

After swimming, we headed to Dale for supper at Denny's.

Lake Rudolph Camping Trip ~ Day 2 ~ Father's Day

The boys were up and ready to go on Sunday morning. They played hard on Saturday and got a good night's sleep!!!
Brad cooked the sausage and bacon and my mom made pancakes.

We celebrated Father's Day while we were camping! Brad is such an awesome dad!

Juan (my bro-in-law) and Justin

We made smoked sausages, hot dogs, creek fries and baked beans for lunch. My grandparents came to visit after church.

My grandma, Brad, my dad and Jordan played a little corn hole!

My mom and Grandpa Chandler, he will turn 80 on June 28! He's a wonderful man, I have learned a lot from him!

Once everyone left, it was the kids, my dad and sister left to spend some time together for Father's Day. We made smores for the kids and they watched a movie in the camper.

Jacob and his papaw!!

Lake Rudolph Camping Trip ~ Day 3 ~ Holiday World

We broke down the campsite and Jacob was right there to help! Then we were off to Holiday World!

We finally made it to Holiday World! Our first trip of the season was so much fun. Since we were camping at Lake Rudolph, we were there within minutes! We ate and then headed off to the Wave Pool. The boys had so much fun swimming and catching the waves! Afterwards, we headed to Kima Bay and the boys rode water slide after water slide! Jacob threw a fit to leave and I kept telling him we would be back next week but it didn't help! I love having Holiday World passes, it keeps us out and active during the summer! We had an awesome Father's Day weekend, just wish it was a little cooler!

Frog Hunting Again!!!!!

We had planned today to go fishing with my dad and nephew but plans changed. Once we got to my parents house, the boys started playing basketball, then baseball and they didn't want to leave. Justin rode his bike, Jacob the motorized motorcycle and Jordan practiced baseball with his papaw. After resting in the house to cool off, the kids came back out and started frog hunting. They only found one frog but they were happy! After Jacob held him for a while, Jordan dared him to throw the frog in the neighbors pool. Of course he does what his brother says, so he tossed him right over the fence into the pool before I could say stop! They were laughing so hard, it was funny! We let him swim for a little bit and then their papaw fished him out and let him go! Of course, the mom in me made them run inside and wash up! Jacob is not afraid of anything and will pick up about anything. He's all boy!!!

First Otter's Game of the season!

We love going to see the Otter's play and getting free tickets to go, is even better! We decided to take the kids Friday night to their opening game. The boys love going to cheer the Otter's on and because they love baseball SO much.

We went with my mom (my dad had to work) and my sister, nephew and brother-in-law. The Otter's lost but won against the same team we watched them play on Sat. and Sun.

I'm sure there will be more games this summer planned! The boys are looking forward to going to a real MLB game in June! I think Brad and I are more excited to take the kids and see their expressions!

Jordan wanted a picture with Evan the Otter but every time he comes out, he gets swarmed with kids! This was the best we could do! Jacob wanted a picture too but he was a little afraid!

Otter's vs Southern Illinois

Easter