Splash Pad

Man, we love the splash pad!  We just pack up our stuff, bring a picnic lunch and spend a couple of hours in the water!  I already miss our carefree summer days!

Campus

Campus is deserted during the summer so it's the perfect playground for us.  We love to ride bikes, climb rocks, and of course dance on the benches!

Visit from the Torlands!

Aunt Marie and Brynn drove out and stayed with us for a week!  We had a great time showing off all the fun things in Laramie.  

We did some bowling!  (Instagram pic)

 We made the rounds and visited nearly every park in Laramie.

We drove out to Curt Gowdy Park for a picnic.  We didn't really plan on swimming, but the girls had other ideas.  Love Brynn's naked bum in this picture!

 We went to the Cheyenne Frontier Days parade.  The girls loved watching it, but were disappointed about the lack of candy.  (We bought some candy and made our own parade at home and threw candy at the girls on the stairs.  It was a blast!)  

 After the parade, we visited the Children's Village which is always a hit!

Milan and Eden have always wanted to rent the boats in Cheyenne so we tried it this time.  We I pedaled to one side of the lake and that was enough for them.  

 Lots of playing.

 And of course some snuggling.

We had such a great time and hope we get to see them again soon!

Camping

Even though I am flying solo, I want my kids to have an amazing summer!  When my kids wanted to go camping with a bunch of our friends, I thought, "What's the worse that can happen?!"  So, we packed up the car and headed out last weekend.  The girls had a BLAST!!  

Milan was quite the little climber.

 Cora was pretty intense about camping.  She had to really focus on walking over the uneven terrain and wanted to check out everything.

 Sad story.  Cora tried to get out of the kid's camping chair and fell face first in the dirt.  After I took a picture and cleaned the dirt out of her nose, she was on her way again.  She fell all the time and ended up filthy, but had a great time.

 Bedtime went pretty smoothly.  I loved snuggling my girlies and sleeping in the tent.  Cora did wake up once in the middle of the night, but all in all, it went pretty well.   

The next morning, there was more exploring!

 Eden picked wildflowers all morning long!  We got to come home with a pretty bunch of flowers.

Baby Mama

We have another little baby mama in the house!  Cora found a baby to love, pat on the back, push in the stroller, and repeat.  Today, I noticed her licking her baby's head.  I realized that she is kissing her baby on the forehead, just like I repeatedly kiss her on the head all day long.

Don't you just love her awesome bed head!  She is so so so kissable!

4th of July Fun

We had a great 4th of July this year and the best part was that daddy was home with us!  We kicked off the day with a bicycle parade.  Both girls decorated their bikes, but Milan was the most excited about the actual parade.  Eden hung out in the stroller with Cora. 

This is the starting line.  Milan considered the parade more of a race so she wanted a front spot.

 Our cute little bicyclist!

 Next, we walked around the Freedom Has a Birthday Celebration at the park.  Since we were so early, we were able to do all the popular attractions without waiting in line...it was perfect!  Here are the girls touring the fire truck.

 Cora devoured my free ice cream cone.  Once she realized that she loved it, I wasn't allowed to move my hand or the ice cream away from her mouth

 Milan and daddy.

(FYI:  All the above pics are from my phone.  I just figured out how to transfer pictures to my computer....Yay, go me!)

After we BBQed with our friends, we played at the park for a little while. We needed to keep the kids energized for their late night!  This is Cora's very favorite thing at the park (and look at all the chocolate around Cora's mouth.....she was definitely enjoying her night!)

Milan and Eden LOVED playing with glow sticks, silly string, and watching the neighborhood fireworks!  Their excitement was so fun to watch :).  We ended the night with the city firework show then passed out in bed.

Riding in the Mountains

A couple of weeks ago, we headed up to the mountains with our friends the Chamberlains.  We had a great time!  We found this mud course and Milan, Dani, and Leila LOVED the bumps and mud.  They wanted to ride around here all day.  

 Eden would hop in the Rhino if daddy promised to go slow and avoid the bumps.  She's still warming up to it :)

After riding, we moved on to some of the girl's favorite activities....throwing rocks, playing in the water, eating junk food, and performing dance performances on top of the trailer!