Face Painting with friends

Our friends had a party and their were face painters there.  Emmerson had never been real interested in having this done but she was excited this time around!

Of course once Claire saw Emme do it she had to have a turn too!

They LOVED it!

They had poppers too.  Emme thought it was great to throw them and listen for the pop. 

One of Claire's friends from school was at the party too.  They were very excited to see each other.  

We even did some sparklers to end the night!

Playing with our friends

We have been keeping very busy this summer and we are having so much fun with all of our friends.  During the school year everyone has different school schedules which makes it hard to get together. 

We love to spend time with Anna and Owen. Anna is 6 months older than Emmerson and Owen is 2 months older than Claire. 

We have been able to spend a lot of time with Jack and his new baby brother Cater too.

We even got to see one of Emmerson's old teachers from her daycare days. 

Kate, Molly, and Miles came over to have dinner and Popsicles with us!  

Soccer time

Emmerson got to play soccer this June too.  The first three practices were to learn the rules and practice all the moves...the last practice was a "real" game.  She really liked it, especially when Daddy was called out to play too.  

Learning to kick towards the goal.

Poor Daddy would come from work so he would run around in his work clothes in 90 degree weather (usually while letting Claire "play" too.)

Our buddy Jack played too.

Stretching for the real game. 

She is sure she wants to play next year too.  This makes her Daddy very happy! 

Our little tennis player

Emmerson started tennis this summer.  She really liked it.  It helped that there were a lot of her friends in her class.  It was hard to get good pictures due to being pretty far from the courts but it was so cute to watch.  

Emmerson and Jack before their last class.  Emmerson was sad it was over and is already talking about playing tennis next year.  

Here are a couple pictures of her on the court.  She is in the middle with the purple tank top on.  

Fathers Day

We broke up our trip home from Michigan by stopping at Nana and Pop Pops.  We celebrated Fathers Day with Daddy there.  

Emmerson asked for days to go get Daddy a gift for Fathers day.  She wanted to get him a soccer ball so "he could play with her whenever he wanted."  I finally took her to shop for one once I realized she wasn't going to change her mind.  There was a whole wall of soccer balls...every color you could imagine.  She was sure Dad "would LOVE" the pink one she picked out.  

and he did!

They tried it out right away. 

Happy Fathers Day to the BEST Daddy we know! 

Pop Pop got a squeeze too.

Tired girls after a big weekend!

A weekend in Grosse Pointe Park, MI

We made our yearly trip back to Grosse Pointe Park, MI.  We love to go back to our old neighborhood and see our friends.  We had perfect weather this year and the girls had so much fun!

Plenty of backyard fun!

Miss Anna is always a hit!  The girls couldn't get enough of her.  

We were outside the whole weekend. 

We spent lots of time at our favorite park and even got to swim.  

And see the water and boats. 

The crazy crew!

They loved looking at all the boats.

Betsy was so good with the girls.  They love playing with her.  

There is so much room to run and play...with no better view!

And an awesome playground. 

We can't wait to go back next year!