Making Up For Lost Time

Here we are Sunday again...they sure seem to come fast, in the Summer time especially. I'm making up for missing last week's post with LOTS of pictures this week, because we have been doing LOTS of things!

First off, I spent last weekend relaxing for the annual girls weekend with the gals from Daren's family. It was a great time away...I left Danika behind for some daddy time, but Haddie tagged along with the grown up girls. We spent much of our time playing games, doing water activities, and just simply lounging around- however, this was the only picture I managed to take. This is my excuse for no blogging last Sunday:)

Here's what we've been up to around our house the last week or two...

We made 9 dozen ears worth of freezer sweet corn-Danika was actually a pretty good helper:)

And Haddie was a watchful observer 

The ultimate test...how is it Danika?!?!

I think this means "Delicious"!

Auntie Lori came to have a playdate with us. We went to Irvine park to swing, look at the animals, and play in the fountains. Then we had GIANT ice cream cones at Olsons:)

We traveled to Lake City to visit my sister and her crew of kiddos:)

They played at the park together and we attempted to go to a waterpark...

This was the extent of the waterpark fun- No more than 10 minutes after we got there, lightning struck and we had to evacuate the water for 30 minutes...while we waited under a shelter, it rained POURED. However, I think Danika and her cousins had more fun dancing in the rain than they may have  in the pool:)

We also went to watch the ski sprites at Lake Altoona. Danika wasn't as into the skiing show as much as I thought she'd be, but she did enjoy playing on the beach in the water and getting her toes wet:)

And on Sunday we went to visit Great Grandma and Grandpa Spielman in Hudson. Danika enjoyed playing ball in the yard and building with blocks. Daren helped them trim some bushes and of course Ms. D had to get right in there and help too! Grandma had the perfect size rake for her:)

Haddie has also attempted crawling this week! It's crazy to me because Danika was at least 9 months old before she figured it out, and here Haddie isn't quite yet 5 months, but she's determined...She gets her belly up and on all fours, then she rocks and moves her legs forward, but her arms aren't quite strong enough yet so it looks more like a hop. I did get it on video this week, but it was taking forever to upload, so maybe next week I'll try to get a shorter version, and who knows, maybe by then she'll have it mastered a little more:)

Until next time...

D J D H