A Whirlwind of a July

In July We......

Threw a 4th of July party where we had sparklers for the first time!!!

 

 

 

Drove to Richmond to visit my Nanny and George, and my uncle, aunt, and cousin!

...where we ate and played at Chuckie Cheese!  (I told my children they only exist in Virginia :))



Made candy apples.    
 Went for a picnic, read books, played outside, had lots of good coffee, and built marble towers.




Then we drove to the lake to camp with my family....



...where we laughed, tubed, attempted to ski, saw my sister and her kids for a day, slept in a tent (other than Eliza) and ate spaghetti for the first time.




Then we drove down to the Gulf in Alabama,


where we....

...caught our first real fish (a croaker and a pin fish),

attempted to ski again (he got up almost everytime, but just didn't stay up too far), and tubed.

We also acted kind of silly,

played in the bay,

had a cookout on the beach in the abnormally cool weather for Alabama in July (it was great!),

and went to the creek and dove from the diving board,





where we did a few front flips.

Then we went shrimping!

Where we.....




  ...played with cousins, sting rays, crabs, shrimp, fish, seagulls, and a dolphin.



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All things considered, I'd say we had a pretty good July.  Thanks for making it possible, family!