Pool Days

It's no secret that this summer has been HOT! We've spent most of our days inside playing and crafting. Some days early in the mornings and in the evenings will enjoy some outside time, but for the most part we've enjoyed the air conditioning. However, the past couple of days we've enjoyed some water time.

The night before last we went to my parent's house for dinner and afterwards the kids played in the sprinkler and ate Popsicles.

They had a blast. Olivia loves water! She loves the bath, the sprinkler, the pool, it doesn't matter to her as long as it's water she loves it. She also loves Popsicles as you can see it all over her face. ha!

Owen on the other hand takes after Ben... he's not really a water person.

Yesterday we enjoyed some pool time over at my cousin's house. To my surprise, Owen LOVED it! It's the the first time that I've really seen him enjoy being in the water. I was thrilled! They also loved playing with my little cousin Katie!

They had so much fun.

I LOVE this picture of them. They are so close. I remember crying for days when we found out that we were pregnant with Owen because they would be so close in age and I knew that we would have two babies back to back, but now, I wouldn't have it any other way. I love that they are so close. They are best friends. It's so sweet. I pray that they always stay this way. They may fight, but I love the special bond that they have. It's so sweet. Ben and I are truly blessed to have these two. There's days that they drive me crazy, but then there's days like yesterday and last night when Olivia told me as I was getting out of the shower, "Wow Mommy, You're beautiful" that makes all the craziness worth it!



Memorial Day Weekend

Sorry to take a break from blogging...

It wasn't intentional, we've just been busy little bees lately.

We had a wonderful Memorial Day weekend with our friends and family.

Olivia & I went up to the lake Friday night after I got off work and spent the night/Saturday with Poppy. (I think he enjoyed it).

One of my most favorite things to do up at the lake is go eat at breakfast at Bee Springs.

Even though it's the campground right next to ours, we usually get on the boat and ride over and eat breakfast outside. My dad aka Poppy says it's the ambiance. ha.

Anyways, since we didn't have the boat docked, we ended up riding the golf cart over there. (Olivia loves riding the golf cart).

The breakfast was good, of course, and of course, I love eating outdoors by the lake, but what wasn't so good was it cost us $20 bucks to eat breakfast.

Mind you, it was just me and my dad. We both had toast, eggs, home fries & bacon or sausage. He had coffee and I had a can Dr. Pepper.

I mean, come on, $20?? Really.

Needless to say, my favorite summer tradition has now gone by the wayside.

We'll be fixing our own breakfast. Ha.

Nevertheless, that didn't stop our weekend fun.

Olivia must love the lake, but it wears her out.

This was her pretty much all weekend...

Sorry for the poor quality, it was dark and I took it with my iPhone.

Then here she is again... Sweet girl =)

Other than sleeping and paying way too much for breakfast we had a fish fry Sunday afternoon and grilled out Monday afternoon and played corn-hole and then little Ms. O went swimming for the very first time.

She LOVES her pool!

She would lay on her back and then flip over to her stomach and hang on to the side of the pool and pull herself around. It was the cutest thing. Then she started putting her face in the water and starting drinking the water. Lord, she's a hand-full. =)

Overall, we had a great weekend and we're happy that summer has unofficially begun.

Time to get on the water and have fun.

Happy Summer!