family pics

 

4th of July

Once upon a time it was the 4th of July.

OK, so it was just a few weeks ago...but it seems like SO long ago!

It was a full weekend (theme of July 2013) filled with lots of fun!

On the 4th we headed to Pella for the parade and some fun at my aunt & uncle's house/pond.

The bank sponsored free jumping castles for the kids...I think Kase would have been perfectly content playing in this all day!

He was pretty excited to see a parade!

 On Friday we headed to Omaha to celebrate our niece/cousin's 2nd birthday.

We had a family reunion in the swimming pool, nearly all of our Sietstra family joined in the swimming fun!

Uncle Jeff & Lydia

I'm a multi-tasking Momma!

Then on Saturday we headed to the Omaha zoo.  I was quite nervous how this would go with Kase since our last visit was such a disaster, but being one year older seemed to be the trick!  He did great, and had lots of fun looking at the animals this year!

Miss Lydia was fairly content too, she spent the day in the Baby Bjorn and under this sun cover...it isn't easy to keep a newborn out of the sun!

Cousin Callie & Kase...they were too busy to smile!

sleeping babe...sweaty Mommy

Daddy & Kase took a ride on the ski lift

This was just one of our many fun summer weekends...seems like we've hardly been home this summer!