Sprinkle Sprinkle

Just about all of our adventures this summer have included water of some kind.

It has to...we all know Kenna loooovvveees water...and as a bonus all of our little friends loooovvveee water too!

So we headed to Geneva for another fun play date at our friends, Laura, Ella & Delilah's house. They are lucky enough to have a sprinkle park right down the street from their house! We met at their house, jumped into strollers & strolled our way down to Moore Park for a fun filled morning.

We thought we had planned it perfect - it was supposed to be like 110 degrees last Friday! No such luck on a perfectly planned outing...I'm not sure it made it into the 80's!

Regardless we had a blast. The kids didn't care. They enjoyed the sprinkles just the same!


4 of the 5 kiddies! Delilah, McKenna, Ella & Brayden!


the little twinkies...McKenna & Delilah






This girl will tumble anywhere! You go girl!



he could have sat there all day!




I HIGHLY reccommend this sprinkle park. It has sprinklers and water spouts for all ages. Littles for the littles and bigs for the bigs. It also features a nice rubber athletic flooring so you don't worry about the kids falling or slipping, which I've found is pretty important to me as big kids are running around our little kids.

We loved this outing and it'll be one we make sure to schedule over and over again!!!

The 3rd of July

Brian's brother, Kevin turned 24 on the 3rd of July. What a great holiday weekend to have a birthday! We celebrated at the Witkowski's house with another delicious summer cookout.

We decided to take advantage of being over their house and take McKenna over to their neighborhood pool. Benny stayed with Grandma & Grandpa. Ashbury Pool is perfect for kids. It is zero depth pool and we just knew McKenna would have a blast. She even went down the slide with Brian! What a brave girl!







After the pool, we headed back over to the Witkowski's.


Happy Birthday to you!


Birthday boy licking the candle


Of course, McKenna wanted to lick one too!


yummy cupcake


and ice cream!



McKenna kept wanting to "read" this book with Uncle Eric...we think it's because it had a brown bear on the front. She kept looking for redbird, yellow duck, green frog, white dog...


she wouldn't put it down!




ready to head home...Benny is now playing with his elephant hanging from his carseat! He hits it and can even pull it!

Happy Birthday, Uncle Kevin! We hope the rest of your day was full of fun!

Our Whirlwind Summer

This summer has been one of the busiest yet. Every week brings playdates and adventures and every weekend brings parties, get-togethers, and barbeques...it's what every summer is meant to be. Living life to the fullest. Staying up late. Getting together with friends. Enjoying the warm days and enjoying the warm nights.

Needless to say it does not leave me much time to blog...

So here's a rundown of all that we've been up to!

We celebrated Brian, my dad, and my father-in-law on Father's Day over at the Witkowski's House...


nice view of the Witkowski's new screened-in deck


Benny & Grandpa Witkowski


Dad & his girls


Benny smiling at Jordan


blowing bubbles for his girl


Doug, Kevin & Eric


Mom & Kris cheesin'

Brian turned 31 on June 25. To celebrate we went golfing with Brad & Megan and then we went out to dinner. A perfect "Brian" day!


before the celebrating could begin...the landscaping chores had to get done!


McKenna & Trippy helped


best friends


birthday boy



didn't quite make it to the ladies tee...uh oh!


killed it

(by the way...I can't believe I didn't get a single picture of Megan! She was our cart girl, enjoying the day on the sidelines...who knew we'd have so much fun?!)

The next day, Sunday, June 26, we headed to Riverside, IL to celebrate Jackson Myers' 2nd Birthday CARS style! He's another one of our little friends turning TWO this summer! You know how much I love these posts, always my chance to celebrate our littlest friends. It was a perfect summer day for a backyard party!


June 18, 2009


June 19, 2010 - Jackson's First Birthday


McKenna with Jackson, no longer a baby...now a little boy






a new way to play bags...


birthday boy opening up our present


time to go!

Thanks for having us, Myers Family! Happy Birthday, Jackson!!!

One of our favorite things to do this summer is to sit out on our front porch after the kids have gone to bed. Brad & Megan come over quite often to enjoy it with us. It's always good times!




fun with the camera...that red line and ghost-like haze is Brad walking by...the red line is his cigar

We're very lucky to live really close to our best friends. We're only a couple of miles away. We get together all the time, playdates for the kids during the week, and fun family togetherness during the weekends. There's not much we do without our favorite friends. Brad & Megan are our best friends and it definitely seems as though, McKenna, Brayden & Ben will follow suit. I mean we've already got them in the bathtub together!




Every year my Dad & Brian choreograph a run to Naperville's Ribfest. Brian drives and Dad runs in quick to pick up ribs. It makes for a perfect lunch.


McKenna likes this tradition