July Fun

We have definatly been having a great summer and have been extremly busy! Swimming lessons are over now and I am happy to report that Addison did eventually somewhat enjoy going, although she did not pass the level. She is still extremely hesitant to put her head in the water. She will, on her terms. She still thinks that she is going to sink, and is sort of obsessed with what will happen if she drowns. I have recently purchased life jackets for all 3 girls!

Since I do not work on Tuesdays and Thursdays, we have been trying to spend lots of time with friends and swimming and being outside as much as we can. I got brave and took the 2 older girls to the waterpark by myself this last week, of course I forgot my camera! We had a blast though and spent almost 3 hours there before we had to leave because we had to get home for dinner and swim lessons. The girls did great listening and there were no fights and no melt downs...until we entered the car!!!

The latest on Ella...please keep her in your prayers. We are headed to Childrens Hospital this next week in hopes of finding some answers and figuring things out. Of course they don't tell you exactly what they think or what they are looking for. I was able to do some research on one of the exams she is going to have done, and it sounds like she may have to be sedated for that...I am terrified.

In about a week and half we are leaving for vacation to Pittsburgh. We are driving the whole 18 hours, and hoping for complete sanity the whole time. Grammy is riding with us, so that will be a TREMENDOUS help!! We have lots of activites planned, a family reunion picnic with Kerry's family, a waterpark day, an amusment park day, seeing Kerry's dad's side of the family and just spedning time with Grammy, Kevin, Jenny, Leo, Madeline and Cassie and Lou. This weekend, we are hanging out in York. Tony is golfing in a tournament with his brother and the girls are swimming and playing with their cousins!

e spent the 4th of July weekend in Omaha. The weather was less than cooperative, but we found lots of ways to have fun. We spent some time at the Children's Museum, and CoCo Keys (an indoor water resort), and hanging out at Cassie and Lou's for dinner and fireworks. Ella slept throught he fireworks, not sure how! Addison and Olivia enjoyed them, except for the REALLY noisy ones. It was a much different week leading up the 4th than in years past. Three years ago, Addison was terrified of the fireworks, wouldn't go to bed, would wake up crying. Many times I went to bed with her, just to keep her in bed, and because I was exhausted (pregnant with Liv at the time); can't really remember summer 2007; last year she was interested in them and wanted to see what they were like when it got dark. I let her stay up and sat on the driveway with her for a little bit until she had had enough. This year though, she was all for them...after my lecture about how dangerous they were. Check out the fun times (BEWARE: I had a hard time just picking a few!!!!!):

The Omaha Childrens Museum:

CoCo Keys Water Resort:

Fireworks with Uncle Lou:

Olivia's 1st attempt at taking pictures:


We were delirous with sleep deprivation and being cold on July 4th...okay and a little bored waiting for the fireworks to start...(Tony is going to shoot me for putting this on here, but wonder how long it will take for him to say something. I am convinced he doesn't even look at the blog.)