more summer fun

The hematology/oncology group at DeVos had a party at one of the doctor's houses this summer.  They have lots of land, lots of fun toys, a pool, and this crazy slip n slide (made from an old billboard!).  Kate and Liv loved the pool - it was heated - and Kate even tried the slip n slide with all the big kids.  It was a fun afternoon of getting to know some of the people Matt works with and playing outside!

Girls and their babies:)

At the beginning of August, as a reward for good behavior for Kate, we took a trip to Catch Air.  It's an indoor play place with lots of slides, bouncy things, ball pits, and - our favorite - a dance floor.  Every hour they turn all the lights off and play one song for the kids to dance.  My girls were in heaven:) Liv wasn't too daring on all of the toys, but towards the end of our time there, the girls started playing a game where Liv would sit in the ball pit at the bottom of the slide, and Kate would slide down right next to her and splash the balls all around.  Both of them were laughing so hard.  It was perfect.

Puzzle time in the basement...sorry, Mom, did you just clean everything up? :)

We had a big get together with friends from Hope at the Johnson's house again.  The girls all dressed up and all the kids sang and danced to Frozen.  It was pretty funny.

look at all these kiddos! (l to r: karstens, pridgeons, allemans, and johnsons)
and three more are on the way!

This girl and her smile...gets me every time:)

Later in August, our neighborhood block party was next door at Steve and Jill's house.  Kate pretty much stayed in the bounce house the entire time.  She kept getting hurt and would come to the edge and cry for a minute, but refused to get out.  She also cried when they started deflating it at the end of the night.

The very next day, we went to a kid's carnival/picnic at my dad's work.  Kate got to do the bounce house again.  We had two happy girls.

Matt and my dad also trimmed out the built-ins in our basement, so here's Liv being daddy's big helper at Home Depot when we went to buy all the materials.

The girls new favorite play -and snack - spot: the cubby hole:)