This n' That

The kids like to have what they call a sleep over, which means that they pick which room to sleep in and they sleep play in that room for the night!!

Here they are finally sacked out for the night!

While we set up his new train table and trains he was busy playing!! I love that you can tell he is making sound effects in this picture!!

The 4th of July

We spent the 4th of July at our house, and were glad that Juan, Cari, their girls, and Marila could join us for a day of swimming, eating, and watching fireworks!

Sweet Sammy Boy

All the kids were having a crawling race with Sammy!

He didn't win, but he sure loved it!!

What a cutie!

Sweet Juliet in her stars and stripes!

Swimming!

Savannah LOVES to swim and is a little fish!!

Pretending they were choo choo trains!

Scarlett doing tricks with Juan!

Chloe's turn!

The delicious and pretty food!!

Hungry kids!

Auntie Marila is so fun!

A little pre-firework show!  Sammy was NOT impressed! The noise really freaked him out and I had to hold and soothe him most of the evening! He never really got used to it and relaxed!

His sister on the other hand LOVES fireworks and can't wait for this day!

Dancing around in the grass as we waited for the big show to start!

Doing sparklers as we waited!

Wow!

Pretty!

Our own little lady liberty!

Savannah gets a little help from her daddy!

Ahhhhh! Fireworks are so pretty!!!

Happy Birthday, America!!

My Job!!

We've been dealing with an EXTRA whiney Elijah for the last little bit. Whining seems to be his favorite method of communication regardless of the situation! This morning he came out of the bathroom with his pants around his ankles just whining, and not saying anything... So I asked him do you need some help? All you need to do is ask for help! That's my job, to help you! To this he replied, "yeah, and to clean up!!" I just about died laughing!! Wow, they catch on early!! :)

 

Weekend at Camanche!

The weekend of the 4th the three Strassburg families all headed up to Lake Camanche for a few days of fun! What could be better than 6 adults, 8 children under the age of 4 (well almost 5 in a few days) and 2 dogs all under the roof of a mobile home!! Chaos is just a part of the deal, but we all had a great time with very few tears or tantrums! :)

Chloe and Elijah adoring their newest little cousin Juliet

Now Eli wants to kiss the cutie patootie! It's so cute to hear him call her that!

Chloe thinks she's such a big girl holding her little cousin!

Sweet Juliet!

Sweet Sam taking a little snooze with Daddy!

Cousins!!

Boys digging in the dirt!

And throwing rocks!

The kids were running as fast as they could down the hill and sliding on the red mat-I'm telling you kids don't need toys they will think of ways to entertain themselves!!

Big smile!

Beautiful sunset!

Joe and Roxy the 80 pound lap dog!!

The annual cousins on the couch photo!

Brothers!

Best Friends!!

A couple of cuties!

Sammy has the most expressive, beautiful twinkley eyes! His eyes always smile first!

What a cutie!

Running through the sprinklers!

Ready, Set, Go!!

All the kids having fun on the front lawn!

Cooling off!

Watching the water

Joe was nice enough to bring us all some nice cold lemonade!!

It was a big hit!

Yummm!

Drinking up!

One of Chloe's favorite things- lotion!!

Sammy joining the kids!

Sweet Savannah playing on the shore!

Me and Sammy enjoying the sun!

Uncle Jimmy enjoying the water with the kids!

Joe took Chloe and Elijah on a little canoe ride!

The geese didn't like how close they were getting!

Away they go!!

Going for a boat ride!

Happy to be on the boat!!

First boat ride for Sammy boy!!