Summer Adventures

Some of our adventures since we've been back from Utah include:

Going to Belle Isle with Jason's parents

There was a nature preserve/zoo there.

Detroit River overlooking Detroit from Belle Isle

 Playing outside

Catch with Abuelo

 Swimming lessons

Only two lessons for my kids this summer, but they did well!

 Making crafts

Karissa was the mastermind behind these robots.

 Playing with friends

A little celebration for Logan's birthday since we missed his party.

Tennis lessons for Austin

 Babysitting class for Victoria

 Quidditch at the library

Karissa was the goalie. She was the youngest and smallest and insisted on wearing a dress and flip flops, but she still managed to block a few goals.

Victoria was a beater.

 Being goffy

 Going to Kennsington Lake

This is what we call the "beach" in Michigan.

The water was refreshing! All four of my kids played in it long and hard!

Going to the Summit for games, crafts, and swimming!

Victoria has a good spin on the football.

Austin had these hula hoops rolling well!

Karissa and Erik play well together!

Besides all these fun adventures we have gone to the movies to see the dollar show, once with Gramms, once without her; the older three have gone to the Park Program so I can have a small break; some dentist trips, including filling of cavities; piano lessons for the girls; and we pulled weeds at the church.

Some not-so-fun adventures have been: trying to rid our couch of Yoda's urine smell that he left us while we were gone. Yes, our new couch. He was sick and not ready for us to be gone and had some problems. We've been nursing him back to health some natural ways in the hopes that they will make a bigger difference than the antibiotics he was taking before. I'm waiting on my new foam cushions to come in the mail. After about 5 washes, the last being in pine sol and making the best difference, I finally got the smell out of the covers! Using a solution of 2 cups vinegar and 2 cups lukewarm water with 4 tablespoons of baking soda, two times, I got the arm smell-free as well! Cat urine is not impossible to get rid of, but almost! The other impossible battle for me is my poison ivy. I got it the day after we got back from our vacation as Jason, Abuelo, and I were clearing out some shrubs. (They didn't get it.) I know there is poison ivy near there, but didn't think I actually touched it. Well, apparently I did. I had it pretty bad for two weeks over many parts of my limbs. I have some new spots that came up the other day, even though I haven't been near the plant and it's dead now. I think my body wants to try it out in every place on my limbs before it's really over. Ugh! I'm just used to being itchy now...

Another 5 1/2 weeks of summer!