Summer Day at Berlin Lake

Yesterday we went jet skiing at Berlin Lake. We finally found a day when no one was sick, the weather was beautiful and we didn't have to deal with flea bombing. (That'll be again this Wednesday, but that's another story!) The day was HOT! Low 90s and really sunny. We lathered the kids and ourselves with sunscreen. We cooked out hamburgs and hot dogs and swam in the lake a lot. It was a great day! The jet ski wasn't working well, though, and just when we got Lily on it, the jet ski stalled and we couldn't get it back running. Hopefully we'll get to go again this year so Lily can ride it.

Sampson went too!
Dillon napping Dillon chillin in his bouncy seat

Daddy relaxing

Pretty day. The "dots" in the water are Jamie and Mom.

The shade kept moving so we kept moving our blankets and chairs to stay out of the hot sun. We made shade for Dillon with a blanket and the pack n play.

Lily was so sleepy she fell asleep in Papa's lap. We laid her down on the blanket and she didn't move.

Everybody hanging out except Jamie. He was sitting up near the water.

Lily swimming with Papa. She wasn't afraid of the water at all. She got right in and even asked to go underwater several times. She kicked her legs and moved her arms really well when we told her to swim. She's a fish!

Anson taking Sampson for a swim. We wore him out. He was so funny doggie paddling through the waves.

Anson, Sampson, Papa, Lily, Me and Dillon

Dillon, Papa, Lily and Nana

Dillon chillin in his raft. He's such a laid back little dude. He's cutting more teeth so his hands are always in his mouth!

Babe and Sampson swimming

Uncle Jamie relaxing and sitting by the water

Two cute videos of the kids tonight. Dillon smiling and giggling. Lily playing Playdoh. Lily and Dillon are really starting to play together. In the car on the way to the lake yesterday, the two of them were cracking up at each other. They were both blowing raspberries and giggling. It was really sweet.

Anson got promoted at work!!! I'm so proud of him!!! Congratulations, Babe! We love you!!!!

Congratulations to Uncle Dennis, Aunt Jeanne and the kids too! They are expecting their eighth child in April. They just called us to tell us!!

Long Weekend, Visit with Family

Anson's parents came to town this weekend. Anson and I took Thursday and Friday off of work so we could spend time with them. It was a nice long weekend. Thursday we went to the zoo. I forgot my camera though. We enjoyed walking around for a few hours. On Friday Anson and Jeremy went golfing with their dad. Ann and I went to Uncle Larry's with the kids. We ran some errands and went to lunch. Friday night we ate at Hartville Kitchen. Saturday we all went shopping and to lunch. We had a lot of fun but the time sure does go quickly! Today we are resting and relaxing.

Here's a few pictures from our weekend.

Grammy and Grandpa with the kids

Eating pretzels at Uncle Larry's apartment

At the courthouse waiting for Grammy and Uncle Larry to file papers regarding Grandma's estate.

Tuckered out

Grammy and her baby boy

Handsome guy! Isn't he a charmer?

Playing in the entertainment jumper that we dug out of the basement.

Babe fell asleep while feeding Dillon. Luckily Dillon fell asleep too!

Dillon is cutting his first tooth. It's on the bottom, front right. There looks like another one is coming in too. It's on the right side. That's all for now! Have a great week, everyone!!

Flea Bombing and "Boom Booms"

Yesterday we had Terminix come to the house and spray for fleas. We are really hoping this kills them all because it was a lot of work to prepare the house and clean-up afterwards...

We left the pets on the porch for ~5 hours while we went to Lodi Outlets to shop. We borrowed my parents' cage for the cats. It worked out well. But the cats were really freaked out!

When we got home, we had to give the pets flea baths. We haven't given the cats baths since they were kittens. Slater did well, but Peeve was mad. He tried to claw and bite his way free! The shampoo worked well. We saw a lot of dead fleas. Not a good day for the cats at the Cross household!

Isn't this photo hilarious?

Random photos of Dillon =)

"Boom Booms" is what Lily calls fireworks. We went down to Belden last night to see the Hall of Fame fireworks. We started to walk up to Kent Stark where all the food and festival stuff is, but we turned around and found a grassy spot by Chick Fil A. It looked like it might rain and we didn't want to be stuck in too much traffic once they were over. It worked out well because we got some ice cream, Lily got a balloon and she had a lot of room to run around. The fireworks didn't start until 10 so we had almost 2 hours to keep her busy. Luckily we had really nice people all around us who talked to her and helped keep her busy.

Eating her kid cone

Dillon loves being on his tummy

As many of you know, Lily loves balloons. Or "A boons" as she calls them!

These last few pictures were taken by Lily. We gave her the camera and let her take about 15 photos. She's a great photographer, wouldn't you agree?

Classic finger over the lens

Self portrait

Classic finger, head cut off...

Video for Grammy and Grandpa Cross. Lily is really looking forward to seeing you guys! So are we. Poor Dillon. He's screaming in the backround. He was in his pack n play and I picked him up right after I was done taping!