Fun Days!

Here's a look at some of the random fun we've been having this year:

We went to Mr. Patton's 100th Birthday Party!  My kids love him!

We went to Champaign on a day off from school: Indoor Park & Olive Garden!

I took 5 kids to the movies and to picnic at the park by myself.  I might be crazy (but it went well)!

They just about all fell asleep!

SFNE Roller Skating Night:

Ice cream for Hannah's half birthday!

We go to the library program A LOT:

Josh played church league softball this year and WON the championship!  

A day at Homer Lake:

We had extra kids at our "table" a lot this summer:

Splash Park:

We met Betsy at a park in Champaign:

We met Emily at Sholem:

Root Beer Floats and Snow Cones all summer:

I love having a house full of kids when there is no school in session!

Indiana Overnighter

At the end of summer, I was feeling like we needed to pack in a little more fun.  Since we bought our new house on June 29th, and we sold our old house on July 9th, I felt like that process ended up consuming a lot of our time.  So, we uncharacteristially planned a last minute overnighter to Indiana.  Josh was able to take one day off of work, which was all he could manage with no notice.  We went to church on Sunday and then took off for the Indianapolis Children's Museum.  We got another annual pass, so we're hoping to make it back a couple more times this year!

Hannah doing a back walkover on the beam.

The new sports exhibit outside is AMAZING:

Aleah wandered away from us, and it was a few minutes before we noticed (#fourkids).  Thankfully a security guard spotted her and brought her back to us.  

That night, we drove towards our hotel, hoping to stop for dinner on the way.  After missing some turns and some other bad luck, we ended up at Grandy's at 9:30 at night eating fried chicken and okra.  

The next day, we hit Holiday World for the first time ever with our kids.  The amusement park was fun, but the water park was amazing.  We want to do it again next year and spend more time in the water.  

Jacob was brave and tried a big wooden coaster, but he was really shaken up afterwards: