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!