The final days of summer...

The final days of summer....

A fellow LF has a wonderful cabin by a lake!  She was having a Thirty One party so the kids got to enjoy the lake.  Hopefully some day this is the type of place Mike and I can own.  He can hunt and I can lay in a floaty on the lake with a drink in my hand:)

Joden had a blast shopping for a few school clothes!

He even changed in the car on the way home because he was so excited:)

Mike brought this huge paper home from work so we decided to paint it!

We hit up Island Oasis one last time!  

Mike's sister Heather and her three kids came to visit.  We enjoyed a wonderful evening on the patio!

Lainey-6th grade, Reeve-preschool, Joden-Kindergarten, Grant-9th grade, Natalie-4th grade!

 

Joden literally was ready for school in May once we registered him....the day finally came in August!  He was stoked!

Celebrating a dinner group friends 30th birthday!  Now I am the last one in my 20s-ha ha:)

 This was actually early in the night-this is just how much fun we have together!

Love this guy lots!

 These two have given me such an amazing gift-being a mom!  I love them so very much <3

They really get along fairly well-this is Joden helping his sister put in her Wii game:)  Love it!

Mike has a tradition with the kids every morning.  He shares his bowl of cereal with them:)

Abby is a dear friend of mine that I have gotten to know here in Grand Island.  Our boys are a few weeks apart and have enjoyed growing up together.  I enjoyed helping her celebrate her bridal shower and bachelorette party and I look forward to helping her celebrate her wedding day in October!

One perk of living in Grand Island is the State Fair!  Of course we had a blast:)  We decided to go for Mike's birthday!

Joden's teacher sent this picture to me!  They celebrated the end of summer at school and rode on this train:)  He LOVED it!

 This is a picture we took at work:)  These are just some of the wonderful people I get to work with at Howard!  

  

She often falls asleep right outside her door of her bedroom....she is crazy because she truly has the most comfortable mattress in our house!  

Joden is playing flag football this year!  So far he is actually paying attention and trying to soak it in.  He has his first game here soon....it could be interesting!

We decided to go to the first varsity football game so Joden could truly see what football was like!  We made Joden watch the first quarter and then he just ran around:)

First Husker football Saturday and storytime at the library:)  These two love making crazy faces.  

Mike's dad brother and his wife came down for Labor Day weekend.  The kids loved picking on Papa Schu while he was napping, playing a lot with Dan and Lisa, and eating at Fuji!  The kids ate sushi for their first time and LOVED it:)

                                   
                                             

     

July was Crazy Fun!!

July was Crazy Fun!!

Mike met the kids at I at my parents' house, which is at Lake Mac!  We did some fireworks with the 4 of us:)  It is so fun to do these types of activities with our kids!

 Being a mom is truly an amazing gift-I love these two so much<3

 The next day we left the lake and headed into Colorado.  Our first stop was the pool in Sterling, Colorado.  My sister came with us.  It was just the right size!

After Sterling pool we stayed the night in Brush with Mike's cousin and his wife.  Then we got up on July 3rd and headed into Denver and took the kids to the Children's Museum.  They had a BLAST!

Lunch time with cousins Finn (4) and Piper (6 months)-she missed this picture:)

Our next activity in Denver was attending a Rockies game with the extended  Schumacher family.  Marcella, Mike's grandma has been getting Rockies tickets for the July 3rd game for Christmas gifts.  We probably had roughly 60 Schumachers in attendance!  We had a great time with everyone, but with 2 young kids I am not sure I saw any of the game:)

Mike's sisters Kati, Heather, and Heather's friend Tracy!

The sisters and sister-n-laws on Mike's side!  We always have a good time together:)

After the game we got to go down on the field and watch the fireworks.  There were people EVERYWHERE!  The field felt like carpet:)

We were so close to the firework show and at one point I plugged my ears it was so loud!  It was incredible though!

One last picture of our Schumacher crew on the field after the fireworks.

After being gone for a week we missed home and were excited to return!  It is always good to go on vacation and it is great to return home:)

Just riding on a horse:)

Pool time!  The kids and I spend a lot of time at the wading pools in Grand Island:)  

One night at dinner group there was a watermelon eating contest.  Let's just say Reeve did not end up participating.  As for Joden he was not there, but I am guessing if he was, he would have definitely participated!  

Mike was in a wedding and since I had gone back to work I wasn't able to go.  So, Reeve and I stayed home together.  We enjoyed the Chocolate Bar for coffee and then did some shopping.  I wore her out and she fell asleep in my lap:)

Once I put her to bed I enjoyed an Apple Ale and read "The Fault of Our Stars" on our patio.  It was such a relaxing night all to myself:)  I guess Zaley was there with me!  

Reeve loves her cousin Finn so she was hugging his picture!

This is Reeve's best friend Ellie:)  We were helping her celebrate her 3rd birthday!

They truly did miss each other!  They were hugging after being away from each other all weekend:)

Joden was sick so I got to stay home with him the second week I was back to work.  Funny thing is he did not have a fever this whole day, so we just relaxed!  

We really have enjoyed hanging out on the patio once we get the kids to bed.  This night entailed Yahtzee and asking each other random questions off of something I found on Pinterest.  We had a date night in our own house:)

I snapped this picture of Joden holding my hand.  I just love how he will reach over and grab my hand when we are snuggling on the couch.  I know one day he will be too old for this, so I wanted to capture a picture!  

Kids Kingdom!

This was our one and only trip to Island Oasis this summer!  Next summer we will have a family pass, therefore I am guessing we will be there a lot.

One afternoon the kids decided to play "Kori".  This is the name of the person who cuts all of our hair;)

Summer Fun Club has wore him out this summer!  He does not get a nap anymore, so he would sometimes fall asleep on the couch at 5pm.  I cannot imagine what the first week of kindergarten is going to do to him!

Trying to keep him from sleeping in our bed with us, so we have booted him out to the floor!  I swear that cannot be comfortable.

Wednesday nights we go to Body Pump at the Y and Mike usually runs home.  So, Joden loves running with his dad for a short distance.  It will be neat someday when they can run races together:)  

Saturday fun day with mom while dad went to the woods.  We started our day at Baristas for coffee and a cinnamon roll, then we went to story time at the library, next was a picnic in the park, and we finished our day at the pool!  I LOVE doing these types of things with them:)