Goodbye July!

I can't believe the whole month went by without me taking the time to post something! I guess everything just gets a little off schedule in the summertime. We've been busy doing all our favorite summer activities this month. We've been hanging out at the park, riding bikes, swimming, and we even took the kids to their first water park. I didn't get any pictures because we were too busy having fun...and I was too wet to hold a camera! But we did get a few pictures of the kids at the pool. This was Xander's first swim.

Tressa has come a long way this year with her swimming skills. She's not afraid to go under anymore! She can swim without a floaty, but she still prefers to have one for security.

"Watch me, Mommy! I can jump in all by myself!!"

Corbin's a pretty good swimmer to, but definitely not comfortable on his own yet. He prefers splashing around the shallow water and spraying everyone with his water squirter to actually swimming in the pool. But if he can rope someone into catching him in the water he'll jump in over and over and over...seriously, he never gets tired of it.

We also had a fun 4th of July celebration which started out with a Drillers baseball game. The kids wore the matching patriotic T-shirts that Grandma Jennings sent.

We splurged and paid a couple bucks for them to play on the jupiter jump at the game.

It was pretty hot and Corbin was a little sweat ball afterward.

The kids even got to meet the mascot that night...well sort of. This is as close as I could get Tressa to stand to him for a picture. She is putting on her brave face. Corbin was hiding behind me.

There were fireworks after the game and all three kids really liked them this year. I thought Xander might be frightened by the noise, but he was giggling through most of the show! Tressa and Corbin loved it too.

On the actual holiday we went to the Haynie's house for a barbecue. They were so nice to have everyone over. Here's a picture of our whole family in our red, white and blue.

Corbin and Tressa had a blast playing in the back yard and Jason and I enjoyed having some down time and just hanging out with everyone. It was a really fun day.

We also had a fun visit from Grandma Jennings this month. We just love it when she comes because she takes such good care of us! Jason and I went on two dates while she was here and she took me on a shopping spree at Kohl's and Children's Orchard. I love shopping with my Mom because we shop the same way. I guess Jason knows who to blame now for my shopping style...never been one of those people that can be in and out in 5 minutes.

The kids loved spending time with Grandma too. They make up for lost time by demanding her attention 100% of the time that she's visiting. She is very patient with them and so loving. She makes them each feel so special.

Xander turned 4 months old this month and also broke his first tooth. He's about to get another one and has been slobbering and chewing on things like crazy.

This second tooth has been a little harder on him for so me reason. He's had a fever and has not been his usual happy self. Here's what Tressa and Corbin have been doing (among other things) to help him feel better. So sweet!