Memphis Kiddie Park and Uncle Nathan

Uncle Nathan came in from Dallas to visit this weekend too

We went to check out cedar point and hit the "beach"

Grayson was loving the sand...it was all over him!

Downward dog

We have met some very nice people through Jocelyn and Grayson's school, and they invited us to go to this kid sized park called Memphis Kiddie Park.  It was awesome and so perfect for kids their age.  To make it even more precious, Jocelyn & SaraLynn are the same age...and Zach & Grayson are the same age :)  

Grayson and Zach

Jocelyn and Saralynn

They held hands like the the whole time, it was so cute!

On their first roller coaster ride!

Me and Grayson barely squeezed into the car

Look at my face!!! Hilarious

Train ride through the park

Cuties!

July Happenings!

When the sun comes out in Cleveland...people get out and do things!  We started out the month with my birthday.  I took off from work on the Thursday before and Derek had a special day planned (a surprise).

We went out for brunch at this awesome non kid friendly place, then went on a barge tour of the city of Cleveland.  The weather was great!

We had a neighborhood party to go to, and Grayson and his little girlfriend "Alex" played all night long.

J and I went to get our nails done.

On my birthday we went to the minor league ballpark for fun with friends and fireworks of course.

And yes, it was cold enough to wear jackets

Jocelyn and Bella

The "adults" photo cred...one of the kiddos.

On the 4th, we went to Derek's co-workers party on the lake.  Beautiful view.

Then we got the kids to bed and sat in our driveway with some new neighbor friends and got to watch these awesome fireworks!  These were legit (and probably SO illegal) fireworks right on our street.

The following weekend, we went to Indiana to visit my sister and her family...and check out the newly done backyard!

The kids loved it!

We roasted hot dogs and made smores.

My sister and I floated away all of our work stress in the pool...I may have had one too many beer-ritas :) 

Overall a fun holiday weekend, filled with good family time and activities.  Can't believe we have been in Ohio for just about a year, time flies when you are having fun!

Jocelyn's first soccer practice!

Gymnastics took a break over the summer, so we decided to try something new...soccer!  It has been raining like crazy here all "Summer" so we finally got to start on Monday.  Jocelyn talked about it for weeks, even drew a picture at school of her favorite sport, "soccer"...which she has never played before?!?  Guess Dad has brainwashed her or something. 

She was slow to warm up to it, so Derek took her out there and hung out for a bit.  I could tell he desperately wanted her to love it because soccer is in his heart.

She finally got brave and lined up and followed directions.

Even showcased a few moves...

Even scored a few goals

From the sideline I yelled for her "Jocelyn, smile for the camera"...ALL GIRL! Ha!  Such a sweetie, we were so proud of her, she did great!