Thank You Grandma Pat and Grandpa Roger AND Happy Birthday to Grandma Pat and Grandpa Chuck!

Grandma Pat and Grandpa Roger spent the week with us since Adam was traveling for work.  We celebrated Grandma Pat's birthday on Wednesday and wished Grandpa Chuck Happy Birthday on Friday! The kiddos ate ice cream with Grandma and Grandpa, went out to lunch, swam in the pool, played at the park, played games, worked on puzzles, and spent quality time with Grandma and Grandpa.  Thanks Grandma and Grandpa!!  We had a great visit with you!!!

Swimming in the pool!


Addie and Thunder


Ice cream cones with the Grandparents


Grandma went swimming - yay!


Addie getting warm in the foot rinse bucket


Ayson playing with the Aerial Ball he purchased


Grandma and Grandpa teaching Addie how to play Spoons


Addie working on a puzzle


Making banana-blueberry-chocolate chip muffins/bread :)



Happy Birthday, Grandma Pat!  Thank you for spending your birthdays with us (Grandma and Grandpa have visited the last 3 years during the last week of August - to help us with the kids)!!!!
Auntie Holly sent a fruit basket and we all enjoyed!  Thank you, Auntie and family!!




Grandma reading her cards


After eating out for dinner, we caught a gorgeous scene of the clouds glowing behind the clouds


Sunset


Shadow shenanigans




The kiddos making lotion with Grandma!


Hi Grandpa!


Everyone loves to swing!


A walking stick insect!


A "shy" sunny


On Friday afternoon, Amy, Grandma, and the kiddos went exploring at Stone Quarry Art Park
Standing the "Earth's Ear." 








We pretended to be earings on "Earths Ear"






A downed tree was turned into a "Stack of Books" which contained wooden books AND real books!


A man is coming out of the horse - creepy!


The wire horses


Finishing the puzzles before they got packed up for the trip back to MI




The dinosaur puzzle glows!!




The kiddos sharing their birthday cards with Grandpa (his birthday is in October BUT this way the kids could be present when he first saw their cards :)




After Grandma and Grandpa left, we went exploring at Tinker Falls


Hunting for crayfish, frogs, and salamanders


Salamanders - check!


Crayfish - check!  Hahaha, Addie caught a really small crayfish and she said that when it pinched her fingers, it hurt worse than the bigger crayfish -ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, OW!


Frogs!!!  Check!


A little frog


Instead of climbing behind the waterfall, we played at the base of the falls.  The kids loved it!


We discovered a huge salamander!!!





Building cairns at the base of the trickling waterfall




After lunch and a break, we then went to Stafford Park.
Ayson found another coin (from Mckenzie's birthday party last Saturday :)


Addie on the monkey bars - she can now skip a rung successfully!