It has definitely been a crazy-busy summer! This weekend was the first one in many where we didn't have any set plans before we started. We decided that the best thing to do with a free weekend where the temps were in the 90s was to go to the pool!
I wasn't very good at taking pictures while we were at the pool, however. It was too hot to be out of the water taking pictures! We had a great time at MawMaw's pool with Jessica, Easton, and Taelyn!
Later that evening, we celebrated PawPaw's birthday! Elise and him are big buddies, and she likes to know where he is at all times. She prefers when he is right there near her so she can keep an eye on him. We had a good visit with Grandma Halleran, who came down for PawPaw's birthday and who made a homemade German Chocolate cake for the occasion! YUM!
Sunday was another day spent at the pool (this time the country club pool in Marshfield), followed by another BBQ (this one to get together since some of the Petersens were in town). The BBQ was at Aunt "Dory's" (as Elise calls Aunt Lori), and Elise always has something to play with there. Aunt Dory has as many toys for Elise as we do! In this pic, she told me she was going bye-bye on her horsey.
Much to Mommy's amusement, Elise has started saying "Cheese" when she sees the camera come out. Here, I wanted to catch her in the fire hat--and she just looked up and said cheese as loud as you please! Don't mind the graham crackers in her teeth. She can eat whatever she wants if Aunt Dory and/or Mammy are around!
Finally, we were having dinner last night and Elise did something peculiar with her spaghetti, causing me to break out the camera--as you can see, she was putting it on her "toast" and eating it off there. But of course, being the ham that she is, as soon as I grabbed the camera, out came the "cheese-face"! Elise can always make us laugh!