Sweet summer days, sweet summer memories! There is nothing like summer to create great memories. After the older gals had some sweet one-on-one time with family we met back up to hear of all the special fun of Bible school and Grandma adventures. Then we went to the zoo. The adults didn't have great expectations of this zoo trip and although we poured on warning after warning trying to dull the expectations for the girls we all had a GREAT time!! We saw lots of animals, fed the bears some moon pies, cheered as the prarie dogs tunneled beyond their boundries, and fell in love with the goat kids as we fed the ones that were out of their pens. Then to top off the trip we got to have our picture taken with a lion cub!! Too much fun for all 4 generations present and accounted for!!!

After we returned home to Daddy we had a super special day. We stared the day with a plan of eating a fun breakfast out before we attended a friend's birthday party. But Daddy's check-out at the office ran a little long and Mommy was unorganized as most necessities were (and still are) in the suitcases. So a breakfast out turned into Dunkin Doughnuts drive through. "Oh fun" you think, but that before you realize the party is a "decorate your own cupcake" party. So loaded up on the first filler of sugar we find the party location and head in to ic

e our own cupcakes. It was so fun to watch the girls decorate. Sophie had a design in mind, a mountian with a snowman on it. Haleigh also had a design in mind, "load it up." She piled on the icing until it literally slid off the cupcake. They got to eat the first cupcake they designed and then they got to ice another one. Again, Sophie created an ocean scene with gold fish (sprinkles) and octopus and seaweed. Haleigh created a 3D color infusion.

Then we happened next door into a second hand kids store. There we found what could be the solution to an ongoing struggle of family time vs. exercise. A jogging stroller and a trike with handlebars. SO last night we had an awesome time at the park all three girls on wheels for about an hour and then fun on the playground. (Funniest part is when Sophie got ahead of Haleigh and me just enough to jump off her bike and lay down in the grass to breathe jump back up and go again!) Many of these images I wish we had on film, but to be honest it was all we could do to keep all wheels in motion and not running over each other!

Let's just say everyone slept very well.