Mari finally got to go tubing

Mari has been watching all the boats pulling tubes and has been wanting to go sooo bad. The day had come! Aunt MoMo went with her and she thought she was pretty cool. It was so fun and sweet to watch that big grin. My baby girl is getting so big.

Getting ready to go.

Waving to us all on the boat. She even braved no hands.

Zoom Zoom that is how fast they were going.

We look forward to the next time.

The Quirk's and Peck's visit for the 4th

The Quirk's and the Peck's came for a visit over the 4th of July weekend. It was so nice having them here and for a full 5 days. Thanks to Mary and Jim for hosting them all in their home as well as us. It was a full house but so much fun. The whole family and soon to be new little baby girl Peck. Can't wait to meet her.

The kids loved jumping off the dock. Liam just made laps by himself. Mari is not a fan of touching the "water grass."

The cousins playing together.

Fun times together.

One of my favorite pics by far. Pops and Owen just enjoying a stroll down the boardwalk.

An evening with a campfire, smores, and a few fireworks.

Yummy!!

Sparklers.

The best attempt at getting the 3 of them in a picture together all looking at the camera.

Swimming off the boat. It was a bit brisk but we had fun.

Mari loves to match everything. From her food/utensils matching her outfit to matching her cousins pjs. Thankfully, Owen has a pair just like Liam and she can fit in them.

A beautiful sunset out on the pier.

Checking out all the boats and nosing in on the neighbors.

Love this pic.

Cool dude!!

See Sarah, Cory smiled just perfect for this picture.

We drove out to the big lake one day and just played and swam.

Grammie and Pops

The men playing some bocce ball.

Pops and Owen playing in the sand.

Nana built sand castles for the kids all day, just so they could crumble them in seconds.

It was a great visit, thanks for making the trip, we love and miss you all. We can't wait for the next time we are all together. Hopefully when lil miss is born.

Some Pics Finally

Well our internet is now up and running again. Yay!! We have been having a great summer here in Michigan. It has been busy and going fast:(.

Greg and I completed our triathlon last weekend. We had a lot of fun and both finished under our goal times. I wouldn't say it was that easy, considering we have been practicing the swim in Spring Lake(which is a small calm lake) or the pool, and the swim for the race was in Lake Michigan. If you haven't ever seen it, it is basically a fresh water ocean. And of course that morning it was cold and choppy. We swam in 4 foot waves which made it interesting. We survived! Then we had to run about 1/2 mile to the transition area. Then it was a road bike race (we used mountain bikes) and then the run. I am not so good at running especially after biking for an hour, but Greg is awesome at that part and picked up some time there. Overall we had a great time and we are thinking we would do it again. It was a fun accomplishment.

Here are some pictures of a few other things we have been up to.

Daddy took Mari fishing a few times and the second time she caught her 1st fish all be herself. She was so excited and proud. It melted my heart.

Her favorite part is reeling it in.

Here is the fish Mari caught. She wasn't so keen on touching it, but Owen and Juarez were loving it.

Our proud little girl. We weren't planning on keeping the little guy but he didn't want to let go of the hook so he didn't make it.

One of the small towns was having a carnival, so we stopped and let Mari ride a few rides. She loved watching all the lights and people(just like her mom). Owen wanted to get on so bad.

We started off riding the elephant and then she even got to ride the motorcycle ride all by herself.

They had a petting zoo as well and these goats ate non-stop.

A Family Fun night in town with a wings contest and games for the kids. This was the highlight for both kids, driving the firetruck.

Grandma and Grandpa Nienhouse took us all to Mackinaw Island for a weekend during the Lilac Festival. It was such a fun time and such a pretty place. I was so glad we got to visit there.

On the boat ride to the island.

We went on a horse and buggy ride. By far my favorite part of the activities. There are no motor vehicles on the island so the only transportation is by bike or horse. Mari got to sit up front and help too.

Stopping on our bike ride for some photo ops.

Watching all the horses with Grandma and Grandpa.

Yep, these are my kids watching them make fudge. Yummy fudge and ice cream everywhere you turn.

An update of no updates.

Hello to all our fellow readers. So the reason for no current posts is our computer has not been connecting to the internet very well. This means that with the slow to no internet and my patience I can't upload pictures. So we are in the works of getting that fixed. Until I can post pictures of our cute, wonderful, and amazing kids, here is what we have been up too.

Carnival Rides and Petting Zoos

Firetrucks and Family Fun Nights

Boat Rides and Beach time

Mackinaw Island

A 4th of July visit from the Peck and Quirk famililes.(that was the best)

Those are just a few of the great fun things we have been doing. We are enjoying our summer here and look forward to the rest of out time here and what is to come.

This Sunday Greg and I are doing a triathalon and have been training for it since we have been here. I am looking forward to accopmplishing it and terrified of doing it all at that same time. My goal is to beat 1 person thats right just 1. Either way it has been fun getting some time with Greg and getting back in the routine of regular excersice. I will let you know how it all works out for us.

Check back for pictures of our summer fun. We hope you are all enjoying your summer as well.