Sometimes You Win and Sometimes You Lose

This weekend at the lake Corbin and Chris had a pool noodle battle.

Sometimes Corbin won and Daddy lost…

and sometimes Daddy won and Corbin lost. 

Either way it was a win for me because it was so fun to watch.

Win, Corbin tried out the new “easy skier” and he got up and did great.  Lose, I don’t have a picture of him standing up. 

Win, we took Chris to the movie, Finding Dory, in 3-D!  That was fun and Corbin looked super cute in his glasses.  Lose, they hurt the bridge of my nose and by the end I was super ready to take them off!

There you go, sometimes you win and sometime you lose!

Pictures, Teeth, and Paint

Many of our summer activities take place around water, whether at the pool or the lake. And because of this, my phone is often not handy. So even though we’ve been to the lake and the pool I have no photos (which I’m going to try and do better about).  That’s my goal this week…it’s good to have goals.

What we do have are teeth.  In the past month Corbin has lost 3 teeth and two of those happened within a week of each other! 

This bottom tooth came out while he was chewing. Luckily, Corbin was able to get it out of his mouth before he swallowed. But, as I was cleaning up from supper I almost (accidentally) threw his tooth down the sink with the crumbs I had wiped up. Thankfully it landed right next to the drain and was not lost…wahoo! That was one lucky tooth that is now safely with the Tooth Fairy.

This weekend Corbin attended a birthday party where they were instructed on how to paint a dolphin. He loved it! They have sessions for adults (that include wine) and I think it sounds like fun.

Listening to instructions…

artists at work…

masterpieces complete!

This boy is one summer lovin’ guy!

Weekend Travels

We had a family reunion to attend this weekend.  So on our way there we stopped at Lego Land to check it out for the first time.

There were some amazing “mini” sized landmarks built out of Legos.  Of course the baseball and football stadiums were two of the favorites with my family.

“Howdy, Lego Cowgirl!”

Corbin built some type of attack machinery to get the giant spiders that Dad built crawling on the mountain.  Oh those boys had fun.  I have little Lego creativity so I watched and cheered them on.

Then it was off to the races.  Corbin (and Dad) built a race car and tested it out on the track.  With a few modifications his race car was really rolling.

Here we are stylin’ in our glasses to watch the 4-D Lego short movie.  We felt the wind, the snow, and the rain throughout.  We all enjoyed it.

Our time there ended with a ride that took us up to the sky.  The faster you pedaled the higher you went, so we pedaled our way up to the top and loved it.

Our time at Lego land ended and we piled back into the car to head to a state park for the family reunion.

The first night we all got into our lodge after supper.  So we stayed in and played some rousing rounds of Uno.  Let me tell you the boys pummeled me every round.  I never won, ever, and I wasn’t trying to let them win, they were just good and I perhaps was not up to their level.  Don’t worry, I’ll be back

The next day was full of out door activities from walking, to mini golf, hiking up to an observation tower, playing at the playground, and participating in some intense games of corn hole we spent a full day out and about.

The evening we attended a melodrama, it was Corbin’s first live stage production.  The crowd had different sounds to make for each characters and even was asked to throw popcorn at the villain.  It was a great way to end the day!  (No pictures)

The next morning we got up, some of us earlier than others.  Surprisingly, it was Corbin who slept until 8:30.  So he was still in his pajamas when we took these pictures.  But, once we were all up and around we ate breakfast, hung out, and did the goodbyes and headed for a long trip home.

Here were the kiddos on the trip this year:

This is from 2013 when the girls hadn’t even been born yet.

And here is from 2012:

We had a fun weekend and looking forward to more exciting events this summer.  We love summer!

Color Run and Elephants

Corbin’s school did a color run this week.  Everyone wore white tees and followed a course to run around the school.  At designated areas volunteers threw powdered color on them.

Here’s his class all clean and ready to run.

First stop pink…

After several other colors purple was at the end of the line.  But of course you don’t just go one time.  These kids ran around 25 minutes and got colored out!

Post run class picture and comparing shirts.

Then this weekend we headed to the zoo to see a special elephant exhibit opened only for employees at Grandma Tammy’s work.  It was a great morning to be at the zoo!

Corbin and I have one more day of school and then it’s officially summer break.  We are winding down and ready to get some R&R out in the sun by the pool and lake.

Graduation and A Gap

Chris’ sister graduated from college this weekend.  We made the trip to see her walk across the stage, spend time with Kati, and celebrate her accomplishment.

Here is Corbin reading while we travel.  His legs crossed, his cute little shoes with no socks, and his serious face…scrumptious!

The hotel had a pool so we made sure to get there early so we had plenty of swim time.

The big event…Kati’s graduation!

 

It was a busy and fun filled weekend.  Congrats Kati, we are so proud of you!

And then the next day, this happened….

Corbin is not diggin’ his front gap.  He has asked every day since if his tooth has started to grow back yet.  Poor guy, losing teeth can be a hard adjustment.