Kindred spirits

It takes a special Aunt to appease a silly nephew over FaceTime:

Getting ready to swim with Aunt Shanny

They morphed from swimming goggles to safety goggles in one afternoon!

On the Pontoon...

...making waves and catching rays...well, we were catching fish!

Like father, like son? 

Hanging with Grandpa Wayne

Happy to be on the "toon boat!"

A shish!

Someone was pretty proud to have caught the only keeper!

In the end, it was agreed that we caught a Lake Perch

Fourth of July fun

It's always fun spending the fourth in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. We get to play at Tracy and Arden's lake house in Fond du Lac, and the kids got to partake in the neighborhood bike parade this year. Then there's the "big" parade in Elkhart, where Arjen learned all about candy this year, followed by a brat fry at grandma and grandpas. And of course there's always time at the beach!!!

Getting ready for parade #1

Look close and you'll see the gang: Aden, Adalin, Arjen, Andrew, and Gus 

Flag boy:

Lake fun in FDL at Tracy and Ardy's

Lounging with Gma Cherie 

Their super fun backyard! With a daytime full moon...

Twilight tiki fishing (Andrew, Aden, and Arjen)

Morning after walk to breakfast

Learning how to water the yard with uncle Ardy (thanks for the picture Tracy!) :) 

Waiting for parade #2

Chasing after candy with his special candy bag

Gus just got a candy pocket

Getting/giving a smooch with GGma Darlene 

Gus can't wait until Alex is big enough to play with him next summer!