River Time

One of our favorite parts of the summer was some of our amazing family coming down for a long weekend with us. Brian's sister Lisa and her family, and also his brother Chris and his family all came down in June. I absolutely LOVE it when we all get together, because it means that most of the cousins all get to hang out and have some good quality time. We did a whole lot of swimming, eating, talking, and just about everything else we could cram in! Here's some pictures of our time togther:

One of the most fun things we all did was go to Hammonds. Its a spot on the river that is not too far from where we live, so we all decided it would be a fun outing. It was Brady's first real time being in a big river, and he had a great time! The kids enjoyed looking for crawdads, and then once the got one, building it a house :) Brian used to go to Hammonds when he was a kid, and I got a kick out of thinking about him learning how to swim there!

Chaise and Madison

Getting ready to step into the COLD Blue Spring water!

Brady enjoyed the hike it took to get to the spring

Alyssa doing a crazy jump into the spring

And Mackenzie doing the same!

Jolee testing out the water in the river

Brady getting his feet wet

Uncle Chris showing the girls a crawdad

Brady and Chaise hanging out

The crawdad had a home!

Pretty girls!

Brian and I

Brothers Brian and Chris