Adventure Thursday

This week for Adventure Thursday, I surprised the boys and took them to Kings Island.

Kevin came home early to watch Leyton so I could take Holden and Rylan.  I did not take my camera but did capture some of our night with my phone.  The boys ran from ride to ride.

We did stop for some snacks

....these two are living the life.  We ended the night with fireworks and these two were asleep before I even pulled out of the parking lot.

I think it is safe to say they had a fun time on this week's adventure.

End of Season Celebration

Rylan has one more game before his first T-ball season is over. However, we went ahead and had his team celebration this past Friday.  The team met at Twist Ice Cream after the game.

Once everyone finished their tasty treats, it was time for the coaches to pass out the trophy's.

The little ball players were so excited, you would have thought they had won the World Series.  Especially this little guy.

(This picture was with my phone as we were leaving.  Sorry for the poor quality but it was too cute not to share.)

What better way to end his first T-ball season.  Way to go Little Reds!

Rylan is already talking about his next baseball season...yes, he is such a boy!

Adventure Day

When the summer began I knew I had to have a plan for us.  The boys are so used to us going all day, all summer long that I knew we just could not do that with Leyton.  So I came up "Adventure Thursday".  On this day, I do not tell the boys where we are going until we get there.  We began this past week but when I looked at the weather for the week I changed our Adventure Thursday to Wednesday.  For our first adventure, we went to the Zoo.  This was Leyton's first time at the zoo and not to mention my first time with all three.

We saw the alligators,

"the mean bird from Rio"  as Rylan likes to call it,

the tigers,

polar bears,

gorillas,

flamingos

and so much more.  Yes, I survived a full day at the zoo with these three monkeys!

Once we got back home we headed straight to the pool to cool off.  I watched the boys swim while this little on was asleep in my arms.

I would say our first adventure of the summer was a success!

Baseball, Game Ball, & Strawberry Picking

My in-laws were in town this past weekend.  Most of our time was spent at the baseball fields.  After 3 weeks of rain outs, Rylan finally had a game.  He was so excited!

Rylan has the best expressions when he is out on the field yelling for everyone to throw him the ball.

Oh this kid!  But he was out there hustling and trying his best and when they mentioned that snacks would be given out after this inning, this was his reaction!

Just the mention of food gets him excited.

After the big game, the coaches acknowledged the players who gave their best effort during the game.  Well, look who received the game ball.....

our baseball player Rylan!

So sweet.

Holden had games too.  He always gets nervous if he sees me taking pictures so I only have these few from the game.

Even with all the games, we did manage to get out and have a little fun.  We went to one of our favorite farms for strawberry picking.  This was the first time for my in-laws and they went a little crazy.

The boys picked their fair share too.

 Rylan loves to "test" his fruit just to make sure their ok.

Strawberry picking is one of those summer traditions that we look forward to every year.

The year, we ended up picking a total all together of 24 pounds!!  

Completely crazy but we split them between the family.  This week so far I've made strawberry jam, strawberry balsamic dressing, and then froze some for smoothies and other recipes.  Before heading home after strawberry picking, we stopped by the asparagus farm.

By this time, Leyton was ready for his nap.  With that said, we picked really quickly and were able to get 2 pounds in that short time.  They were fresh and so good!

Another busy weekend of baseball, family and traditions.  Now, it feels like summer to me.