What do you do in the summertime? a.k.a July's Highlights!

Here are the highlights of what was a very fun and busy July- we enjoyed camping with some of our extended family in Fairmont, hours in our pool, sunny days and a wonderful trip to Vancouver Island to visit Grandpa and Grandma B. The pics are not in order of activity but you weren't there so you don't know that! (it takes forever! to move them all around and the sun is shining and we are getting packed up to go down the States) so here they are we had so much fun and thanks to 5 wonderful kids we even did the whole ride to the Island in 1 day! 16 hours in the car both ways! I know you wish they were your kids but they are mine and I am sooo thankful for how patient they are! (oh and for DS's and DVD players!!)

T-man soaking up some fun at Sproat Lake on the Island

Ivy hitting the waves at Sproat Lake

Max and Cooper getting along while sharing 1 bogey board (at least while I took the picture!)

Brody just having a blast - safely!

My boys are with Grandpa climbing the rocks at Long Beach on the Island

We built a lot of sandcastles this trip- I love playing in the sand!

A suspension bridge on a hike

Pretty isn't it?

Grandpa and the boys (finally some boys to take on adventures!!)

Patiently waiting for the bumper boats!! (sooo hot!)

Max's game face on the bumper boats- he meant business!

The boys loved getting Dad wet so poor Brody was soaked!

I rode with Brody too and also seemed to have a target on my back!

Getting ready for mini-golf!

Spray parks are the best in your clothes right before bed!- No bath tonight!

The big boys got up at 5am and this was the day's catch!

Max helping Grandpa bring in a Salmon

I think Max dug that hole for like 3 hrs

T-Man eating sand!

Brody doing his front float at Rathtrevor Beach in Parksville

Cooper and his hills of sand

The view from Port Alberni pier

T-man at the Hotsprings pool - yup he just rolled over and went to sleep!

Max leaping from the high board

While we miss having my parents close- we LOVE going to visit them on the Island and we have so much fun with them and we also LOVE having Cory's family so close so we can do things like hit Fairmont for the long weekend- we are so blessed by our families! What a great time - we had so much fun from hotsprings, bowling and s'mores to salmon fishing, boat riding and sand castle building it was a great July and we're off again on Friday.