Kelowna+ Summer+ Family=Perfection!

I love these gorgeous summer days with the lake surrounding us and so many awesome people to enjoy it with.  Here are the kids, their cousins, and their Great Grandparents. (Mike's Mom's Mom)  We had the pleasure of enjoying an evening by the water out in Peachland thanks to Rich and his Gam.

I do love Kelowna in the summertime.

Cute cousins Maddie and Jenaya.

My silly girls teasing me cause I take so many pictures!  Can you say "orthodontia"?  I have a feeling we will be spending a lot of time in the orthodontist's office.  For those of you who were around when myself OR Mike were younger, you know my kids come by their "not YET perfect teeth" honestly!!

Bear hugs for Grandma Crick

Caleb and his fun buddy Rich.  Here he is eating cracker jacks while waiting for his smores to be ready.  Yikes, it was a sugar fest "vacation meal" kind of a night!

Little Girls in Summer Sunshine

The sun was so warm yesterday and the colors in the air were so pretty so I had the girls throw on some summer dresses and we went for a little walk.

I was thrilled when they picked these gargantuan dandelions.  The things kids do on their own often make for the best captured moments!!  Anyways, I took a few pictures that I am really happy with.

Oh Caiters and her sucky fingers...what are we gonna do with her?

"just keep loving me Mommy"

Maddie's "real smile"  I have about 7 "forced smile" pictures before I got this one by tickling her!

Maddie and Mailee get along really well when Mikayla is at a sleepover:)  Funny how the dynamics change when one little person is removed from the bunch.

Awe!  This one might need to go on a wall in their room!

So similar yet completely unique.  Amazing how God can come up with so many different designs in the same family!

Yay!  I love this one!  I love that the little seeds are flying, the girls are both blowing and that Mads put her arm around Cait!

Here is Bear "blowing" her dandelion just like she saw her sissies doing:)

I love these middle girls of mine!

Just Beachy

This weekend we had a little fun at the beach.  We are all really glad to have some sun and warm weather!

Busy day a the beach?  Not really, that's just our kids taking up the whole shoreline:)

Cuteness comes easy for our little baby bear!  After a few hours at the beach, I had learned something new about Cait: she really likes the sticks.  Rocks and sand were appealing too but the sticks were her favorite.

We had a little fun with the camera.  Here is Maddie holding the sun in her hands!

Mailee holding the sun over her head!!

Mikayla giving the sunshine a little kiss.

A little sister love:)

Before the beach we watched Mads and Mikayla perform at the Fat Cat (a kid's festival).  Maddie is second from the left.

There's my serious little girl concentrating.

I should be up and running pretty soon.  School ends this week and then I should have less driving and more blogging to do!  Yay!

This is my first post made from my new MacbookPro!  Yippee, I love it so much!  It is so easy to use and all around fabulous.  Mike was nice enough to decide it was time for me to get my dream computer. What a guy!  I really like him and his really great ideas!

One of these days I'll have to tell you about my new "job" that I will be taking on this fall.  I'll give you a hint, it will require a lot less driving and a lot more time with my kidlets...  I am so excited but I can't type it all out tonight so stay tuned friends:)