Cincinnati Nature Center

On Monday we took a picnic lunch and went to the Cincinnati Nature Center for lunch and a hike. It was a beautiful day!

Olivia "The Star"

A week ago this past Tuesday, I was making dinner and the girls were in the basement dancing and playing, when all of the sudden, I heard a bunch of screaming. Grace was screaming, "We need help", and Olivia was screaming, "I need a cast." When I looked down the basement stairs, all I could see was Olivia's hand hanging there. She had been hanging on Dan's pull up bar and had fallen off. We quickly got her to urgent care, where they shot her up with some good drugs and sent us downtown to the main Children's Hospital, where she had both bones in her left arm reduced. It was a very long night in the ER (we got home at 3 a.m.), but she was a real trooper, and the best part was, she was a star, because she had been dancing in one of her favorite dance costumes (it's bright orange, pink, and yellow), and she couldn't change before we left for the hospital. She is in a cast for the next 6-8 weeks, followed by a brace for about 4 weeks. It was knarley (as the ortho doctor put it)! At least for the past week it has been cool here in Cincinnati, so we haven't been able to swim!

Summer Fun at Grammy and Papa's

After we left Deer Lake, we went to Grammy and Papa's for a few days. The girls had fun playing in their new shed, swimming, playing "dorm" upstairs in Aunt Kathryn's old room, learning how to play ping pong, and having girl time with Grammy while daddy and papa played in a golf tournament. Thanks for a great week Grammy and Papa! WE LOVE YOU!!!!!

Just taking a break from sweeping out the shed and having some lunch.

Emma learned to swim without her swimtrainer!!!! Go Emma, go Emma!!!!!

"Watch out, Papa. I don't want to hit you on the head when I jump."

Family Fun at Deer Lake

Here are some pictures from our family vacation to Deer lake in northern lower Michigan. We had so much fun spending time with family!!!

All of the cousins dancing at the house one moring.

Mom, Grace, Olivia, Emma, and I walked to the top of the ski slope at Boyne Mountain behind them one morning. As I type this, it doesn't look so big, but as we were walking up, it was pretty steep.

Later in the evening, we rode up on the ski lifts.

I don't think mom was too keen about the whole idea, but she was a real trooper!

4th of July

We spent the 4th of July up at Deer Lake in Michigan with my family. We spent 5 wonderful days there playing golf, swimming, going to the spa, and just spending some quality time together as a family. Here are a few pictures of the all the cousins on the 4th: