In the blink of an eye.....there goes July!

This crazy month started with a weekend at DeeDee and Dups Beach House to celebrate
the 4th of July!!

Which of course meant a lot of time at the beach and we soaked up every last drop of sun!! For those of you who may not know, it goes unsaid that when down at the beach the "adults" get the beach chairs and the kids sit on towels...

with the exception of DeeDee's only granddaughter who gets to do whatever she wants!!

Tyler got to connect with cousin and "his best big guy Kenny"

And we all cheered on Dad and Dup during the sailboat race.....after which Dad and Dup both decided they would never do again unless there was a steadier wind.....

The weekend went by way too fast....we played with Bentley and Auntie......

 Tyler went for a sail in the harbor....

and then we made our way back home to rest up for our next adventure.

Next stop: Dup's 65th birthday!!

DeeDee planned a surprise party for Dup at Pinz bowling alley in Milford and we all became kids again!!! Joe made t-shirts for all the kids with this picture on the front...

and we all celebrated in the "King Pin Bowling Suite"

It seems it was from one thing to the next this month....Logan Marie's Christening......

Bentley Christopher turned 1......

and somewhere in between we still had time for popsicles.

Ava decided her and Dad had to try on their winter hats as temperatures reached a cool 100 degrees....

We also had our very first sleepover with Ava and Tyler's big cousins Sophia and Maya....the kids each made their own ice cream sundae...

and we all laughed as we watched the sugar slowly enter Tyler's blood stream and the giggling began...

All in all I think this summer has turned out just the way I expected it to...

crazy, fun, busy, hectic, beautiful and full of family.