The week after our family reunion my sister’s family camp up for a week of family camp at Camp Forest Springs.  My kids love it when they come up because her kids Anna (5), Seth (4), and Ashton (21months), are very close to their ages.  We spent every waking moment out at camp with them, and by then end of the week I know my kids were worn out.  But some of the things they enjoyed included the CFS Express, the 1/4 mile Sunset Run, and the new Sling Shot Range.  Other things we did were geo-caching, mini-golf, the mini-farm, swimming, and of course the sessions with the puppets and the Bible classes.

riding the express

Seth, Hudson, Simon, Anna, and their friend Jason, right after running their race.

Simon giving the slingshot a go

Another exciting happening is that our favorite Sarah in the whole world turned 25!! We hosted a suprise party here, complete with games, food, cake and ice cream.  We played Sarah Jepoardy (compliments of Sarah Komer), in which we found out how much we all know about Sarah.  I think we did pretty good and impressed her!

Sarah, Brian, Simon and Hudson

The first week in August Rib Lake celebrates Ice Age Days.  This year I got involved by running in the 5 mile Velociraptor Run, and the kids got to enjoy thier first Ice Age Days Parade.  They got so much candy I am pretty sure we could save it and hand it out at Halloween (just kidding).

the kids waiting to get their candy

Alivia’s first parade

And of course we have done plenty of the summer time staple activity: swimming!  This is the first summer the boys want to get right in the water.  Whether we are at home or at the lake, they are loving it, splashing and getting soaked! Alivia gets right in there too! She loves to splash and get her face in the water!  When we are at the lake I have to watch out because she also loves to eat rocks! The other night it was so warm we let the kids swim after dinner. Here they are having a blast! (even though the water was fresh out of the hose and REALLY cold!)