lately...

well, i've not been doing a good job keeping up with the blog lately.

so, here's my "catch up" post of what's been going on around here lately.

there's a new frozen yogurt place that opened up and i'd been anxious to try it out.

so we headed to cherry berry to see what it was all about.

 my handsome boys definitely enjoyed their frozen yogurt.

 max was sure to get every bit of it!

someone insisted on wearing his cowboy hat in the car.

this is the only he has napped lately.

 the other day we just wanted to do something outside.

so, we walked around downtown and checked out the sites.

we ended our evening with a smoothie from harmony cafe!

i snapped this shot of libby the other morning.

she likes to sneak under our covers to snuggle in the morning! :)

 i had to work a golf outing so max got to go to drew's gig with him and spend the night with grammi.

he made a boat at the festival where drew played.

then, he and grammi did some shopping and he found this sweet spiderman bike at a resale shop for $10!  he told grammi, "i really want this bike.  but you don't have to buy it for me, you can just give me the money and i'll buy it for myself!"  ha ha!  

my mom bought this margarita maker for my aunt for her birthday.

my aunt named it julio.  julio is our friend! :)

enjoying a nice lunch at fratellos after church with my mom!

hannah, teddy, and diane joined us too!

i was a little bit in shock buying my little boy his first backpack for school.

i found a pretty great one for him...and he LOVES it!

we take kids from youth go camping every summer.

i did the shopping to feed all 25 of us for 3 days.

it was a FULL cart.

 here are meredith and i on day one of the camping trip.

it was an awesome experience, the kids did great, and the weather cooperated.

here is drew with his shark balloon.

he bought this "for max."  

it took him over an hour to assemble, $12 in helium, and he was ready to go.

i joked about his purchase on facebook and enjoyed many of the comments made by our friends.

one of drew's colleagues said that they had gotten one and it slipped out the door and then was lost.

the flew it around the house for a bit and decided he wanted to take it in the backyard.

i advised him against it after reading ian's comment on facebook.

(please note that he did not read the directions, or the back of the box)

well,  it went up, up, and away.

i ran in the house, drew thought i had a great idea of how to get it, but...

...i really just went to grab the camera.

max was quite sad that his shark wasn't coming back.

drew was upset and ready to call the company because it didn't say not to take it outside.

well, i showed him the box that said "hours of indoor flying fun" and the directions that said that the shark should be flown indoors.

oh well, now i get to spend $42 on whatever i want...no questions asked! :)

we took hannah and teddy to the n.e.w. zoo with us.

we had a blast!

on a trip up to door county, max got to enjoy his first treat from frosty tip! :)

we've been staying busy, having fun, and soaking in the beautiful weather and good quality family time!