Lots of Excitement...

Our visit with the VanStippen's was full of fun and excitement as well... We were able to visit and catch up, spend a day with Marty's Grandma while the kiddos swam, slid down the slide and jumped off the diving board and then had a pizza party at his Grandma's place. The kids enjoyed playing hide and seek in the community room with Bryan and Alex...

Here is Marty with his sister and Grandma Bryan joined in the hiding party under the table! :)

That night we drive to Marty's Aunt Tammy & Uncle Marty's cottage. The neighbor girls were there too and all the kids hit it off really well. Here they all are on the trampoline. It took Drew a little bit to warm up to all those girls but he joined in on the fun after not too long.

There was plenty to do with riding tubes behind the boats and going on the jet skis with Daddy and Bryan and Alex...

Here Madi is with all the girls on their tube.

Here Drew is all smiles with Daddy and Bryan. He wasn't going to go at first but ended up with a permanent grin telling Uncle Marty faster, faster...

Madi even tried to water ski... The neighbors have a skiing boat and were so incredibly sweet to hook up their "boom" to let Madi try and water ski. It totally made her day! She did awesome for the 20 minutes she was out there. She got up several times and stayed up for very short spurts...

We finished the night off with a boat ride through the sprinkling weather and a campfire after dinner.

The next morning Madi kayaked with Bryan and Drew with Marty... Drew didn't make it long as Daddy tipped him and he was done.

We all enjoyed just sitting on the dock visiting before it was time to go...

Last but not least a picture of Madi and Drew and the girls so we can see how much they change by next year! :)