Let's see, at the end of July, we decided to take the kids somewhere for a mini get away. We took them to Michigan Adventures and Grand Haven. My favorite part was the water park at Michigan Adventures, probably because it was SO hot that day. The kids enjoyed all of the rides, but I started to get a little woozy from the heat, so the water felt great and they had tons of wave pools and fun activities for the kids. I'm a kid at heart, so I loved the water slides and just enjoyed watching the kids have fun! My least favorite part (only because I looked like a fool), was the paddle boats. It looked so easy when everyone else was doing it! I thought once you went in, it would be on a track and you just paddle around the circle....WRONG! I paddled right into the wall and couldn't figure out how to get it going in the right direction. It was quite embarrassing with everyone in line just staring! Somehow we eventually made it, but I will NOT be paddle boating in front of others ever again...at least not when you have to follow a course and can't just paddle aimlessly!
The beach at Grand Haven was so amazing! It was crystal clear with no rocks or seaweed and it didn't even feel like we were in Michigan. Sydney made a friend with a little girl and played with her the whole time. Sydney is becoming much more outgoing these days and surprisingly, Lizzy is becoming a little more timid...but not too bad! She's still a complete goofball and continues to make us laugh! This is totally unrelated to anything else, but yesterday when I put her in her car seat, she says to me, "easy boy, easy boy". She didn't want me to hurt her shoulders, it was just funny (it was to me, at least). Anyway, it was an awesome mini vacation and the kids had a blast!
A couple weeks later, I took the kids and went with my dad and Gail to Traverse City for Mia's 5th birthday! Jason decided to stay home...LOSER! We ended up having a great time! There was a street fair the night we got there and all of the cousins had fun running around and got to go on a cool fire truck ride! The next day my Grandpa came for a visit! For some reason, Lizzy is absolutely petrified of him and cries every time he looks at her and she refuses to be in the same room with him. That night when we were eating dinner, everyone was in one room and Lizzy sat out in another room all by herself! Fortunately cousin Baille felt bad for her and went out with her. It made taking a family photo very difficult, but we had to create this whole elaborate plan where Lizzy didn't know that he was sitting in a chair, and we had to bring Lizzy in at the last second to stand in the back! It doesn't matter what we do or say, she is SO scared of him. It's the only time that Lizzy ever just bursts out crying! But all in all, we had an awesome time. Every one got along great, and we got to meet Emily's new baby, Noa. The only bad part of the trip was the drive home! The kids would not sleep...like at all! There was also a lot of traffic...not to mention that I went the wrong way (not really the wrong way, I just went a longer way), and the kids were so wrestless and we had to stop a million times for them to go to the bathroom! But we made it!!
That's it for July...I know I fogot something...like July 4th, but we didn't do anything too exciting this year other let off some of our own fireworks in the front yard. There were also a ton that we could see from our house, so it was actually quite nice. But really, that's July in a nutshell. Oh wait...crap...one more thing....our sixth anniversary was July 9th...we had a night out without the kids and went to the casino and out for dinner...and I should mention that I NEVER win. I guess I'm not lucky! Maybe one day I'll make it on to Big Brother and win there....
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