Rewin Time to August

Here's a peek at the month of August...

Miami County Fair:
The kids look forward to going to the county fair all year and have a blast riding all the rides.  This year their cousins joined them and even rode on some of the rides with them.

Jenna was hilarious - she kept raising her hands throughout the rides!  I think she was hamming it up for the camera, but I also think that's how she was feeling - loving every minute of it!

More excitement from Jenna!  Grant is finally tall enough to ride the swings - one of Jenna's favorites from last year.

The slide is also lots of fun.

This is a miniature roller coaster.  Jenna and Grant could have ridden it all night long.  It was definitely a favorite!

I got to ride a few rides with the kids.  One of the reasons I love having kids is because it allows me to be a kid too.  So fun!

Even Drew rode a few rides with them.

Summer Nature Class:
 Both Jenna and Grant love the outdoors, so we signed them up for a nature class.  With Grant having turned 4, and Jenna still 5, they were in the same class.  The class met every day for 2 1/2 hours a day for one week.  They LOVED it!

This day they got to play in the mud.  Grant didn't want to get muddy, but Jenna loved it!

On the last day, they had a celebration with lots of fun activities.  Parents were invited to attend, so I got to watch them in action.  Here they're doing a relay race.

A humungous slip-n-slide!

And they got to go canoeing in the lake.  I had Hannah with me, so I wasn't able to ride with them, but one of the leaders took them out. 

Spiderman Attacks!!
 Uncle Brian and Aunt Natalie got Grant some fun Spiderman toys for his birthday.  One of them is a glove with a canister of silly string that attaches to it, so you can spray the webs just like Spiderman.  So Jenna and Grant donned their Spiderman/girl gear and waited for Daddy to come home from work so they could attack!

You gotta love their superhero pose!

Attack!!!!!

Drew played it up well.  ;)

SO.MUCH.FUN!!!

South Carolina Trip:
 We took a trip to South Carolina to visit my aunt and uncle, along with my sister's family and my parents.  We always love going down there - it's always a load of fun filled with lots of laughs!

Swimming in their neighborhood pool

The kids handed out hats to everyone, so we had to get a hat picture!

Cousins...minus a few.

A highlight of the trip is riding the boat and swimming in the lake.  Jenna and Grant always look forward to the lake!  They both got adventurous jumping off the dock into Drew's arms.

Hannah loved it too!

Out on the lake

Aunt Mary needed a co-pilot apparently.

Riding the golf cart to the pool.

Jenna and her aunt

After some long days outdoors, they were like zombies in the evenings and became glued to the TV.  It did allow the adults to have some conversation though.

The whole gang!

The boys even got in some golfing

And of course some jet skiing - that's Drew out on the water.

August Randoms:
 Lastly, here are some random pictures from August...

This is what Grant looks like after Drew's church softball games!!

Jenna has become quite the helper to me this year.  After one of our grocery trips, without me even asking her, she unloaded the cart and then put the cart away.  Such a sweetheart!

She's ROLLING!!  This little stinker started rolling from back to tummy to back to tummy.  It's slow, but we're excited to see her consecutively rolling!

Poor thing was absolutely exhausted and fell asleep in her highchair!

Love this shot of her with a ponytail - so cute!

My pretty little lady!

Me with some college friends at her baby shower.  I always love catching up with them when we're all in town together (although one lives in Georgia and one in Wisconsin, so it doesn't happen often).

Gram-Gram has the touch!  She's always able to get Hannah to fall asleep.  :)

I absolutely LOVE this picture of Jenna and Hannah and Hannah's sweet grin.  They sure love each other!

Grant's first dentist appointment - no cavities!

Grant also has a special bond with Hannah.  He loves her so much and it's obvious Hannah loves him too.  She LIGHTS UP whenever Grant's around.  I love to see their special bond!

What do you do on a rainy day???  Go play in it!!

And jump in the puddles!

Stomp, stomp, stomp

I came in his room and found this!  Poor guy had apparently fallen out of his bed during the night, but was too tired to get back in bed and so decided to just get comfortable on the floor instead.  Hilarious!

Another one of Gram-Gram and her little girl!  Love this one!