While Daddy's Away We Will Play!

Cody had a great opportunity at the end of June to travel to Canada for two weeks with his dad and brothers. He was gone for 12 days at a primitive lake and was in his element. While he was gone Eli and I traveled to Cody's parents house to hang out with his mom and meet up with my sister-in-law Becky and my niece Hannah.

We had so much fun while we were there! We went garage saling, walked by the lake, visited Nana and Papal, visited Gran and Pa, and met up with a friend from camp. Here our a few pictures that highlighted our week.

Eli and Hannah were reading together!

Enjoying their first bath together.

Grandma and her grandbabies. Grandma's going to have to find more room on her lap for baby Isaac.

Eli sat in Cody's old high chair!

Enjoying cuddle time with Aunt Becky:)

Eli LOVES Hannah! He thinks she's HILARIOUS!!

There was one in the bed and the little one said...

ROLL OVER!!!:) Eli has been rolling over from his belly to his back since he was teeny tiny. (Mainly because he hated being on his belly when he was small.) We've been waiting and waiting for him to roll over from his back to his belly because when he would sleep he would roll off his tummy and not be able to go back to his tummy until we rolled him back over. When Cody was in Canada we were visiting with my sister Mel who was house sitting. While we were there Eli decided to roll over! He was 5 mo. 3 wks. when he rolled over from his back to his tummy! Yay Eli!

FirstFair, Food, and Fun

At the end of June, Cody took a 12 day fishing trip to Canada with his dad and brothers. While he was gone, Eli and I tried to stay busy to make the time go faster. My sister Mel was house sitting so we spent a couple nights with her and then we headed over to Mom and Dad's on a Saturday morning. Jeff, Kristen, and Zachary were already there, and we enjoyed a scrumptious brunch together. Then we lathered on the sunscreen and headed out to the fair. It was really warm that day, and I wondered how Eli would do in the heat, but he did really well. We walked around for a couple of hours and then it was Eli's nap time. So we got our hands stamped and headed back to the house that Mel was house sitting and enjoyed air conditioning and naps. In the evening we headed back to the fair and ate some supper. Then Eli and I headed home. What a busy, but fun day!!

Already a football fan

Dad, Zach, and Mel warmed up on the scrambler before hitting the other rides

Eli enjoyed his first flavorless snow cone! He would grimace as soon as the ice hit his tongue, but then open his mouth for more as soon as it melted.




Granddad and Eli sporting hats

What a fun day!

Eli's First Camping Trip

In June we went camping with my family. My sister is an excellent planner and reserved us a site at the KOA near the Mohican Canoe Livery. We had an excellent camp site that was in the back corner of the camp site. It was a little secluded (as much as you can be at a camp site) and we had a lake view at the back of the site. Dad and Mel went down on a Wednesday and set up their camp, and Cody and I went down on Thursday. We began to set up our tent and quickly realized how small it was now that Eli is here. Thankfully, my generous parents switched us tents so I could actually stand up in their tent!

We set up camp and ate dinner on Thursday. Then on Friday we went hiking, swimming, and Mom came up to bring dinner, and spend the night! Then we went canoeing on Saturday morning! Mom stayed at the campsite and watched Eli while Mel, Dad, Cricket (Mel's dog), Cody, and I canoed down the mighty mohican:) When we returned to the camp site we had a late lunch and Mom headed home. We enjoyed the pool one more time and watched a movie after dinner. We packed up and headed home on Sunday. (FATHER'S DAY! I'll add the post in a little bit) We had such a great time and Eli really enjoyed it!

Eli and Mel all natural

Eli enjoyed the river too!


Elias is really into textures now. He was very curious about this fish:)

Cody's new water shoes:) I love this goofy man!

Eli and Nana had fun while we were canoeing!