Okay, okay, so I'm late again. I'm not sweating it though. It's summer, we've been busy. :)
Here are a few highlights of mostly June, but now into July....

Here we are having a little fun and bonfire at Grandma and Papa Reid's. Papa let us get out the four wheeler for a ride.

Sister fun

For Austin's birthday since it was leading into a REALLY busy weekend and week, we decided to just take a few friends and go to get slurpees and to the spray park for some fun. Here are the boys on top of a slide after dropping the parachute men off.

We took a quick trip to Grandpa & Grandma Herbert's house that week too to celebrate birthdays and spend time together. Fishing at Grandpa's always delivers. (as he has a small pond that the fish are always biting in)

On the way we stopped to have summer fun at the Midland spray park.

Now, for the biggest event of the summer....BAIR LAKE BIBLE CAMP!!

What fun we had....crazy...hectic...draining...but fun.
Here's the first day of camp...emotions ran high with excitment!
The last day was just as great, but a bit sad too because it was ending

Here are our seven little kids (my three plus Katie and Adam's three plus Austin's best buddy Caleb). They ranged in age from 7 to 2 years. They seem harmless...and they were, but the week didn't end up quite as restful and peaceful as I'd hoped. Although I did have some great time with Kara (she wasn't old enough to go yet) and with Katie (whom we gratefully stayed with) and was able to see my brother and his family (since they only live about an hour from there) and finally with a great friend that I don't get to see but once or twice a year. I even did get to have a few hours to myself one morning at a park (thanks Katie!!). So all in all it was a great week. When all seven kids were together it was a bit crazy (as they were excited and tired from great days at camp- with no down time to themselves), but it will be something we will all remember with great joy.

After camp they kids really had a great time catching fireflies, sleeping in tents, around the campfire, making smores and swimming in the lake.Lastly, we had a garage sale with another family in our church to raise money for an organization called "Feed My Starving Children". It's takes 19 cents to feed a child for a day. The kids had a lemonade stand and we (my friend Kim) did a garage sale. We had a great turnout and will be able to help feed about 1896 kids for one day. The kids (and quite frankly) and I were pretty darn excited.

Okay, so maybe this isn't appropriate, but we just thought it was so funny. See, Kara has found this new freedom to pee at Grandma and Papa's house (behind the shed by the wood pile- of course). So, she didn't quite make it all the way behind the wood pile and apparently Hailey had snatched the camera and followed her....she really is a pro at it. Hope this makes you smile. (you can even see her little stream).

Looking forward to a very relaxing rest of the summer....hope you're all enjoying each moment!