Summer

Ahhh the joys of summer! I have NO TIME to update this blog so I'm going to condense this into a short post and lots of pictures! We have had a great summer so far. In the last couple of weeks, I took Nora (along with my babysitter and her daughter) to see Barney Live! Then we went to Naperville to spend part of Fourth of July weekend with my brother who was there visiting Nicole's family. We were seriously only there for pretty much one day, but it was so nice seeing Rudy and Nicole and Nora has not stopped talking about Uncle Rudy. Also, funny side note ... Nora calls Nicole (Rudy's girlfriend) "And Nicole" because we always refer to them as Rudy and Nicole. It makes me laugh everytime!!! Then it was back to Michigan to walk in the Fourth of July parade with my dance studio again. Nora actually tossed candy out to the kids lining the streets and never ate a single piece of it herself. It was a miracle! We treated Nora to Rainforest Cafe afterward which was a HUGE hit! And she got her first try at sparklers this year. Unfortunately the only fireworks we got to see this year were at the Tigers game we went to a couple of weeks back since Jarrod had to work on Sunday and Monday night at his new fellowship. So much for the short post. Anyway, here's the pics:

Nora in the pool at the hotel

Nora and Uncle Rudy in the pool

Grant in the pool for the first time

Dylan in the pool for the first time

Nora and Mackenzie at Barney Live -- see Barney in the background? They had a blast!

A baby bird on our porch. There's two of them.

Nora's trying sparklers for the first time.

Ditto.

This picture made me laugh. Jarrod's the only one looking -- so typical.

At the Rainforest Cafe -- the fish were her favorite part.

Artistic shot.

At the parade with Daddy.

The three kids at the parade.