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The weather forecast was not great today. Luckily it didn't end up raining, but it was overcast and not very hot all day. Didn't matter... Emma still insisted on going tubing down the river. Tonight the campground did a wagon ride to the petting zoo, which
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Olivia's first trail ride! She was too young to ride by herself, but this place had a double saddle so she could ride with me. Emma had to take a break from horseback riding lessons for the summer, so she was pretty excited to be back on a
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It has been almost a month since we've been camping. It felt good to be back.... This campground is along the Whitewater River. It doesn't matter that the water is probably 50 degrees and it is not very hot out... the girls just wanted to be
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A rainy day called for some fun indoor activities. First up... ninja warrior gym. We followed it up with some bowling. Olivia was pretty proud of her strike.
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This year we hosted a BBQ instead of a pig roast. There was lots of food, lots of swimming and lots of fireworks. 🇺🇸 That also means there was a lot to clean up this morning. 2 signs it was a great day... (1) I totally forgot to get pictures of
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I love seeing all this milkweed growing at the barn. I think the girls are a little less impressed with raising monarchs this summer. We found one tiny caterpillar, but they didn't seem interested in finding any more. Yesterday morning they checked and the chrysalis was black, which
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This morning Emma asked if we could go to the mall and ride rides. We didn't have anything else planned... so why not? I talked Olivia into trying to Pepsi roller coaster since she is finally tall enough. Did it one time. Hated it. 🤷🏼♀️ I didn't
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The day I pulled Emma's tooth out at the pool... 😂
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This may be my favorite place to go in the summer... There were so many baby animals. This baby goat really wanted to eat Olivia's skirt. On the way home we stopped for lunch and ice cream.
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Our city hosted a Safety in the Park tonight. I don't know what I was expecting... but it wasn't this. It was pretty awesome!
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I have a hard time going to indoor places in the summer. We only get so many nice, hot days and I want to spend them all outside. We hadn't been to the aquarium in a long time though, so it was time. This guy was really cool.
