Primrose Farm

 Adam and Rachel met me at my Mom's house with the kids. We decided to take everyone to Primrose Farm for their free Saturday tours. I love how they are all walking hand in hand.

 They tended to walk holding hands to each area on the farm. So cute! Isaac and Caroline are getting so tall. Kendall is 2.5 years older then the two of them, but only a few inches smaller.

Kendall loved interacting with all of the animals. Caleb enjoyed the chickens and made lots of great connections to his school science unit.

Crystal Lake Beach

We visited Crystal Lake Beach with Caroline and Tessa. The kids of course had a blast. I love this picture that I got of them!

What a Storm

 We had horrible storms in our area with microbursts. Many places lost power and there was quite a bit of damage. My dad called Terry and asked him to help with a few branches that fell down. Here is a picture of the few branches in the backyard. I think that we have a difference in opinion with both the terms few and branches.

Terry manned the chain saw and worked on cutting everything into manageable pieces, while my mom, dad, and I dragged the branches to the front yard. It was sweltering out, but we worked until dark.

Even after all of the work, it still isn't done. Terry went back for another 2 or so hours, but is still a bunch of work to be done. His chainsaw ended up breaking, so he got a break today, and will be back tomorrow morning.

Play Date with Aria

 Caleb had a play date with Aria. He loves Aria, and she is the friend he talks most often about. Currently he has big plans to marry her and have 100+ kids.

It is nice that Aria is right in between Kendall and Caleb's age. When she came over she bounced and between playing with both of them. They had a very fun time!

Caroline

We see Caroline and Tessa just about once a week, sometimes more often. The kids just love their cousins. I thought this picture was just adorable of Caleb planting a big one on Caroline's cheek.

Go Red!

 The uniforms came in, and both kids are on Team Red in their respective leagues.  Note that Kendall is wearing a skirt with her tee ball shirt and hat.

Anthony, who was in Caleb's kindergarten class, ended up on his team. The boys were thrilled, and of course Kendall had to join in the picture. Caleb's tee ball league should be renamed tackle tee ball. There are so many agressive boys on his team that want the ball, and they dog pile for it every time.

Great America

 Caleb and I went to Great America. It has been such a hot summer, including this day. Terry and Kendall were originally supposed to come with us, but they complained that it was too hot, so Caleb and I went by ourselves. The temperatures hit around 100. Although we were hot, it was wonderful because there were no lines at all. For the majority of the rides, we got on immediately, then were told at the end of the ride if you wanted to ride again to stay on.

 Caleb was much more brave this year at Great America. He continues to have a fear of heights, but really enjoyed anything that spun around.

  We went on one ride that spun around, in every direction, 3 times and I finally had to say enough is enough!

 Caleb was very excited to meet Shaggy at the park. This was 1 line he wanted to wait in!

 When we began to get a bit to hot, we stopped for lunch. He had a cheeseburger and fries, which was pretty much all he could eat. I think next year we will bring a lunch for him. I brought him a snack and with the quick mention of food allergies, it was fine.

 Caleb's favorite area continued to be the little kid area. He rode each ride one time, but would have stayed on them all day if I wasn't so hot!

 We spent the final 2 hours or so at the water park. He loved the small lagoon, but they kicked everyone out to give the life guards a break. So we went to the wave pool. Caleb was enthralled with this pool. He had on a life jacket and wanted to go to the deep end. It has been years since I have been in a wave pool, and I forgot how strong that current is. It was amazing how we started in the deep end, but ended up in the shallow end each time.

I loved having a one-on-one day with Caleb. We had such a blast together.