The Baxa’s

Last Sunday, we had an impromtu beach day with the Nelson’s. We piled in the car and headed out to the Warren Dunes. I love doing outings with my sister. Not only do the kids have the best time ever with their cousins, but it reminds me to slow down, and relax. April is really good at going with the flow. Relaxing. Sitting back and watching the kids have a good time. Me? Not so much. I am a very scheduled person. I like a routine. So, when we do outings with the Nelson’s, I try to be more like my sister, and just enjoy the day. It is always a ton of fun, and relaxing. We spent the day at the beach, the boys and the kids hiked up the huge sand dune, we enjoyed the sun and the water. We packed up around 6 or 7. We stopped for dinner in a cute harbor town, New Buffalo. And we even got ice cream afterwards. We didn’t get home until after 10:30. It was a great day!

Our "camp"

Digging and building

Hauling supplies

Excavating

Serious discussions

Sisters!

The 4th of July was a really, really good day. It was sunny and beautiful out. The pool was clear and warm, and full of people! The whole family was there, along with some friends. The kids all got along. There was no crabbing and whining. We swam, we hung out, we ate, we drank, the boys played bags, we celebrated a birthday, and we watched fireworks.

It was perfect.

Loving the summer life!

Our kitties are seriously cute. Who would have known we would be such cat people??

It amazes us how different the personalities of this brother and sister are. One is rambunctious and always ready to play, one is more cautious, always testing the waters before they jump in. One comes to bed with us every night, one likes to scratch and chew on Jeff’s leg while he gets ready every morning. So set in their routines, so much the same but different.

Zeus absolutely cannot resist the bath water when Quinn is in the tub. The swirling, moving water, and the bubbles attract him like a moth to the flame. Athena, most of the time, she’s happy just to sit back and watch. Zeus has only fallen in once, but we are waiting for it to happen again…

Oh, and you’ll notice in these photos, there is no toliet paper on the holders in our house. The kitties keep unrolling it. And I was tired of using toliet paper off the floor. But now? They are knocking it off the counter, and shredding it on the floor. There is a reason they don’t sell shredded toilet paper people. It’s very hard to use.

My boy plays in the band. He plays the French Horn. He was one of two French Horn players in the 5th grade band. We will see what 6th grade bring, but he likes it!

A few pictures from his end of the year concert.