kickball party...

my brother in law, jeff, is getting married to jessica in october. it was her 30th birthday last week and jeff threw her a kickball/bonfire party at the beach. it was such a fun idea. he got shirts made for our teams along with awesome sweat bands and wrist bands. so we all looked super cute. :) my team won the game. at the end we decided to do a pyramid. it was so scary and painful!

here are some pictures of the party that i took from becker, jasmine's and jessica's blog.





of course michael was really good...


we were all number 30 :)






yes, that is me on the BOTTOM! ouch...




jeff and jessica...

the dentist...

we went to the dentist today for makenzie. last time she went to the dentist it was a terrifying, horrible experience for her. she cried the whole time, was so stressed out about it, we never even got through the appointment. so we tried again, but at a pediatric dentist in the area that had great reviews. she was super nervous again but within minutes calmed down. they brushed and polished her teeth, took x-rays, everything. i was so glad it went so well. they just knew how to deal with kids so well and made her so comfortable. i was so thankful for a better experience. all day she's talked about it and now wants to be a dentist. one for kids. haha:)

i took a quick picture....



and biggest news of all that MADE makenzie's day is that she has 2 wiggly teeth! i had no idea it would come this soon!?!?! her two bottom teeth are starting to loosen. they showed us in the xrays that the big teeth are beginning to push their way up. the dentist said she thinks that they will come out in 3-4 months! crazy! makenzie was so excited to have wiggly teeth!

here she is trying to make them wiggle more...

hot summer day = lemonade stand!!!

makenzie has been asking me for a while if she can have a lemonade stand. i told her on a hot hot day we would have one. so, last weekend she told me it was so hot out and asked if we could finally have a lemonade stand. so we did. we just went right outside in the front yard. so not the biggest traffic area but it worked great. we had a few neighborhood friends stop by and then a few other people that just happen to walk by and drive by. we said the lemonade was free but people were very generous with their tips. she ended up making $8.50! it was a lot of fun!





i have several other things to blog about so i will try to be good about catching up...

summer time fun at the pool...

i love that we have a pool right across the street from our house. it makes it so easy and so much fun. we go pretty much every day. makenzie is a fish - loves the water so much. we always love it when our neighbor friends are there to play with too. on friday we went over to the pool for a while with our friends and michael came too. daddy is way more fun in the pool so makenzie was super excited. michael started flipping and throwing makenzie in her raft and she thought it was so great. it was hilarious. i was bummed i didn't have my camera but then naomi remembered she had hers. so we caught a little bit of it on video. :)