Remlinger Farm

 Since the Stephens' were here for a visit last weekend we thought a trip to Remlinger Farms was in order! I just love seeing all the cousins together- they are so cute!

 Carson was so fun on this trip- he LOVED everything and was so cute and excited about it all. He got to ride Peaches which he took very seriously. 

 Hads got to ride the biggest horse there!

 Off he goes!

 Lauren got to ride the 2nd biggest horse...she was jealous that Hads got the biggest one though. We rode a second time at the end of the day and she waited extra long so she could have a turn on the biggest one. So funny what kids care about. 

 Cowboy Ben

 Emma loved her horse riding!

 When we were in line for this Carson kept saying, "I'm going to be the driver". I told him there was only one driver and another kid might get there first but he said, "No I will be the driver" and low and behold, he was the driver and he couldn't have been more proud of himself! 

 Love this face!

 The boys were the only ones who wanted to ride the roller coaster so Doug & I took them. 

As you can see, it's not too big of a roller coaster, but it is really jerky. I felt like I needed to go to the chiropractor after it was over. 

From the looks on our faces here you'd think we were at Magic Mountain! Ben loved it and wanted to go again. As soon as we were riding Carson said, "I want this ride to be over" but when it was over he said he loved it!

Our cute crew! 

Friday Night

 We found out our friend Dave's fiance was in town for a bridal shower so we ended up meeting her & her parents out for drinks at Redhook. Marie and I laughed so hard and had the best time with her!

Doug came to pick us up and we stayed another hour. It was such a fun night full of great stories and lots of laughs. So excited for Dave & Katie's wedding in September! 

American Girl Cafe

 Emma was up for a visit last weekend so we had to make a trip to the American Girl Cafe! 

 The girls were so cute reading the questions to each other at the table. It was fun to hear their answers. 

Lauren, "Lorie",  Emma 

 Marie & I

 I found this on my phone, which cracked me up. Already perfecting the selfie. 

 They happened to have a bracelet making event going on so he girls had fun making bracelets for them and their dolls. 

 We went to Pinkabella for cupcakes after lunch! 

Such a fun day with cousins! 

Swim Lessons

 Ben just finished 4 weeks of 4x a week swim lessons. While it was a bit of a commitment to get to the pool every morning it was well worth it- he is now swimming laps! Yahoo! Still working on perfecting his dive...he gets the form down and then he just does a belly flop as soon as he jumps.. 

 Lauren did not do the swim lessons but came and swam laps in the pool. She managed to get herself included in some of Ben's lessons though and had to show the class how diving is done. I have to say, her dive is pretty darn impressive- definitely better than mine (though I'm scared to even step on a diving board so that isn't saying much.) 

 On the last day the teachers decided it'd be fun to have a cannon ball contest- the kids were in heaven and they let Lauren participate too...before I knew it was she the one in charge of the whole thing and was judging the winners. She both amazes me and drives me crazy all at once!

This was our 2nd year doing lessons at Gold's Gym and I'm super impressed- don't think we'll need lessons next year but I have a feeling the kids will be begging for them just because they loved going so much! 

Vianne

 These three are so cute together. The kids LOVE their time with Vianne, she is such a fun kid! She entertains us all with her amazing vocab and funny things she says.

Ben

 Ben made a whole bunch of fake money the other day and thought he was so clever stuffing it in his pants since he didn't have any pockets! I was dying laughing. 

 Ben just finished a week of Scott's Hot Shots Camp. He had a blast and the first thing he said when it was over was, "Can I do this camp again next summer?" 

 He & I went out to lunch today and he talked my ear off- non stop talking. It's so funny how different he is when there is no one around to compete for conversation time:) 

Ben has been so fun this summer- I feel like he's really grown up a lot and his personality is starting to show even more. Can't believe he's about to be a first grader!