One More Summer Adventure

Every once in a while I get to go to my Aunt and Uncle's house and experience what my children do with their aunts and uncles. I feel really lucky to have an aunt and uncle who open their home and hearts to me, Jeremy and our children.

It was a hot, beautiful weekend for swimming in the stream...

...and jumping off rocks. Isaiah probably had the most fun jumping off the rock over and over. He also figured out how to swim this weekend.

And tubing. The root system of the tree that Aliza is floating past below was removed from the stream by Dan and Jeremy because it was disrupting the tubing course. It involved hand saws, a pulley system, chain, a 4 wheeler and quite a bit of determination.

Our reason for visiting this weekend was to attend Little League World Series. What a fun international experience! Below is the field for the American teams' tournament.

We sat at the top of a very steep hill and, as you can barely see in the picture, families bring pieces of cardboard and then children slide down the hill--over and over.

It was really hot that day. Isaiah used the cardboard for shade when we made him take a break from sliding and walking back up the hill.

Later, we started watching an international game between Canada and Italy. At the end of the first inning a storm rolled in and the game was delayed for weather. We went home and watched the rest of the game on TV.

Both ways our travel time was extended by traffic and accidents. Thankfully the children are pretty great travelers and Jeremy and I are pretty good at tuning out crazy amounts of noise and silliness. On the way home we got to meet my cousin and her family for supper. Eventually the children fell asleep and we drove home the rest of the way in peace. =)