Aunt Jeneé & Uncle Fun!

We were soooo excited to see my brother & Jenee for a couple of weeks while they made their big move from Michigan to Oregon!!  The kids absolutely adore them & their sweet dog, Gus.  We really tried to take as much advantage of their visit as possible with fun family dinners, a trip to the cabin & plenty of play & pool time!  I cannot express how much I have missed my baby brother while he's been in Michigan for the last 9 years & we are so happy that they will be closer & we will see them a lot more often!

Swimming at Nana & Papa's!

Jenee & Liv were working on an amazing synchronized swimming routine!

We had a big family dinner at Riverside before they left to celebrate an early Father's Day.  We hadn't all been together since last July for Dusty & Gina's wedding so it was cause for celebration!

Kids & Gina played with the chalk on the sidewalk

Bozeman in June...this view just never gets old.

A couple family pics

Potential Christmas Card?

By the time dinner was through we had the place to ourselves!  Including the practice green so we took full advantage! :)

Jenee trying to perfect her "pose" like Liv

Liv giving her Papa a flower 

Action shot!

Watching a bee in the flowers was keeping their attention!

Father's Day

Today was a great day spent celebrating Daddy--I truly could not have asked for a better man to raise our kids!  It is so clear how much he loves being a dad & it warms my heart.   I am in awe of his patience, kindness & how much FUN he is with them & I honestly am so thankful to be sharing this life with him.  

Jeff and I are so, SO lucky to have pretty incredible dads as well who are great examples of unconditional love.  We love you Grampy & Papa!!

This was taken a couple nights ago at Riverside but it's my favorite picture of the three of them so I had to start with it!

We had a super relaxing day with brunch at his favorite place, Nova Cafe, watching Brady's last soccer game & watching lots & LOTS of US Open Golf & NBA Finals...pretty perfect for him! :)

No Training Wheels for Brady!!

A major milestone was passed for Brady today!  He learned to ride his bike without training wheels and we were very proud of him.  Our friends, The Moraskos, loaned their small balance bike to Brady a couple weeks ago because that had really helped Ben learn how to ride without training wheels this spring.  We were able to get some pretty good practice on that bike this week & today he was ready to give it a try.  It was so fun to watch it "click" and he was very proud of himself.  Of course, sis had to get in on the action & we lowered the seat on the balance bike for her so she can get her practice in! :)  Love watching these milestones in the kids. 

His first real ride...you can tell it was clicking.  Pretty funny & impressive to watch Daddy's moves on these videos too!

Family Fun in Coeur d'Alene

We headed to Coeur d'Alene for a quick State Farm trip in early May.  It was a great few days at the Resort with the kids.  You can never underestimate the fun to be had in a hotel with young kids--from the many elevator rides to the room service for breakfast & swimming in the hotel pool we had so much fun.  

There was a company function the first night that was totally family friendly.  They had several Wii's set up around the banquet room, face painting, a photo booth & a dance floor with Liv's kind of music! :)  To say the least we left the party totally spent! Lots of the photos I took were from my phone & are a little grainy...

Liv had Daddy out on the dance floor for a LONG TIME--it was precious.

This huge fish tank in the lobby was a big hit!

A mini golf outing--the weather wasn't great but that didn't hamper our spirits!

Oh that pose...

Liv was too small for the go karts but Daddy & Brady had a blast on them!

Liv pretending to make phone calls from the hotel room phone...classic.  She looks angry here but she was actually calling her friends Jenny, Tara & Maddy to come over to play & catching up on gossip with them. :)  I was getting a huge kick out of the whole thing.

Jeff played golf one morning & we had room service!

Checking out the lake from our 17th story room!

We also spent a fun day at the indoor water park

A bit hard to tell, but this is Brady & Daddy going down one of the big slides!  The big waterslides were a huge hit for Brady-it's so much fun to see how comfortable he is in the water.

I took this from our room the morning we left...of course that's when the weather got beautiful!