First half of our 4th of July weekend...

Well, we have had a great start to our weekend!  Friday night we went to Uncle Joe and Aunt Tay's for a cookout with our family and Joey's Mom and Dad and nephews.  Crewsie loves their new "swing" chairs and he loved riding around his tractor in their HUGE backyard!  Saturday night we visited with our friends Nate and Kim and their girls Lauren and Addison.  Crew loved playing with the girls on their swingset!  We also got to see some fireworks from their house!  Crew was a little scared and just held onto Mommy the whole time :)

Joey's Mom, Cathi and Tyler

Jaymes (Tyler's big brother!)

From top to bottom:  Lauren, Addyson, and Crewsie!

Lauren is 7 and Addy is 4!

Cheese!

Swing time...

Playing with their workbench...

Climbing the rockwall!

Look at that chubby little face!  I LOVE it!!!

Nate and Kim have a flag pole in their side yard...very patriotic watching the fireworks over the flag!

Giving hugs goodbye!

Hope everyone is having a very SAFE and RELAXING weekend!  HAPPY 4th of JULY!!!!

One, Two, Free......Jump!

This is what Crewsie loves to do off of Yaya and Popa's boat...jump, jump, jump!  We have still been keeping busy.  Last week we had dinner at Aunt Taytay's to celebrate Father's Day...Friday Crewsie and I met my friend Emily and Cash (her 9 month old!) for lunch at Panera's...Saturday was our 6 year anniversary!  so Greggy and I went out for dinner to celebrate (together 13.5 years, married for 6... and have a 2 yr. old...where does the time go!?!?)  Sunday we went out to the boat...Monday Tay, Mom, Crew and I went to Loyal Oak to swim...and Monday night I met some girls for dinner out at the lake!  We are having a FABULOUS summer :)

There are so many pretty homes on Portage Lake, but these are just a few of the ones I like...

This is what he did every time I asked him to smile...cheeseball as usual!

But then didn't want anything to do with taking a pic with Momma!

Running away from me!

One...Two...Free...JUMP!  And usually he pops right back up on the boat, spins around and says "Two...Free!" and jumps back in!

Love the look on Daddy's face!

Catchin' some air!

Off to the zoo with Aunt Taytay...

Tatie and I took Crewsie to the Akron Zoo this week.  He absolutely loves running around and looking at all of the animals.  He also loves the play areas and especially the carousel and train!  It is always a fun time at the zoo and Crew is always worn out by the time we leave...he falls asleep about 2 minutes after we get in the car and then I can normally count on about a FOUR hour nap!  haha!

Tay and I were looking at the deer above and when we turned around Crew was behind us sticking his face and finger right up to the glass of the leopard cage.  The leopard was literally two inches from the glass staring at Crew...kinda freaked us out!

I did not zoom my lense...this is how close she was!

He always gets two rides on the carousel...because one is just not enough!

Frontier Town

Crewsie ringing the train bell!

Barn Owls...they were so cute.

As much as we have been to this zoo there is always one area that I have never seen and the gardens were one of them.  Crewsie's favorite part were the water fountains!

Not going to lie...he almost face planted off the front of this turtle...slight hotflash for me and Tay!

The Butterfly Maze...Crewsie just loved the caterpillar!

Feeding the goats!  He fed them at first and then got a little freaked out.  But when Aunt Taytay started feeding them he thought it was hysterical!

Going for a ride...

Tay laughing at Crewsie!

Momma Bear and her baby bear!  I bought a new book on vacation called "Bear of my Heart" and it has become our favorite new book.  One of Crewsie's nick names is "Crew Bear" and the story is adorable!

There are so many bears in the world dear,

but there's no other one that will do.

You are the bear of my heart, dear,

and I am the one who loves you!

This is just one of the little lines from the book...I just LOVE it and recommend it!  It brings tears to my eyes sometimes when I'm reading it and Crew will finish the lines...so precious!