Fourth of July Weekend Pt. 2

For the second half of the weekend, we went to my parents' house (where the kids were staying) and played with my parents, "Grandpa" Doyle and "Grandma" Val, Keith, Julie and Jaxson. It was so much fun. We went up to Mirror Lake and enjoyed the beautiful weather, even though the mosquitoes were out in force. Paige had so much fun playing with Yogi, my parents' dog. If dogs are involved, Paige is in heaven. Austin is starting to feel the same love for dogs, too. It's pretty funny!

Julie, Keith, Jaxson, Paige, me, Austin and Brian

We went down the river walk in Evanston and the kids loved it. Paige was fascinated by the fishermen and also wanted to show us that she was big enough to push Austin in the stroller. Notice the second picture of my mom and Paige with the stroller...my mom kind of had to take over in order to keep Austin on the path! :0)

The following pictures were taken up by Mirror Lake. I don't think it was actually Mirror Lake, but it was close to it. (There are many lakes up in that area and we decided this one looked good!) :0) Marshmallows were a hit, of course. Paige and Austin just couldn't get enough of the great outdoors and loved every minute of it.

Feeding "Grandpa Doyle" some mallows. Good sharing, Austin. Let's just hope that it wasn't a half-eaten one!! :0)

Paige and "Grandpa Doyle" on the way back to the cars. It was so fun seeing Val and Doyle again. They were my second set of parents growing up and I loved seeing how well the kids warmed up to them. We're excited that we get to see them again this weekend while I'm there for my 10 year High School Reunion. That's right, folks, I graduated from H.S. 10 years ago. Boy, I'm getting old!! ;0)

P.S. Notice the pictures of Austin with the binkies. Right after we got home from this trip we took these babies away cold turkey. Austin was being such a stinker with them and Bri and I were tired of it, so we took them away. It's been the best thing we've done!! The first night was a little interesting, but he hasn't had a problem since. He sleeps better and we're all much happier. (Hopefully I just didn't jinx myself!!) :0) Bye-bye, Binkies. You were great while you lasted, but there's an end to everything!! :0)