Morrills or Morals?

We flew out to visit the Morrill Clan between our familiy visits this year. Matt and Erin have the absolute best spot on earth to raise little boys. We spent our days fishing, riding four wheelers, swimming in the lake and taking walks around the property while picking and eating wild raspberries. We also spent our nights (after the boys were all tucked in and safe) playing Euchre and drinking wine. We miss the Morrills so much but we try to pack in as much as we can in the short time we see them each year. All three boys got along VERY well and seemed this year to be true friends!

Way to go OHIO!

We spent three of the most idylic weeks of my life in Ohio this summer. Jack and his cousin Cash got along so well this year. Cash is ALL action ALL the time and we all loved watching him go full tilt boogey each and every time we were with him! We were also lucky enough to spend quite a bit of time with Matt's friend from CU Josh and his family. Josh and Meredith have a daughter named Ella that is close in age to Jack. The bottom picture captures one of my all time favorite moments in life.

Jack, Cash and Ella had been playing at Grandma Inky & Grandpa John's house all afternoon. Each year Grandpa John brings in a TON of sand for the kids to play with over the summer. We decided to let them all play in the sprinklers in order to A) cool off and B) cool down. They all just stripped off thier clothes and had a blast in the sprinklers. Ella had kind of been checking out the boys and thier "junk" since this was all new territory for her...unfortunately Jack decided to show her exactly how it all works "down there".

NYC

We started off our travels this summer with a 5 day stay in NYC. Our hotel was in the East Village and we spent the majority of our time in Central Park. I would love to make this an annual detour each and every summer. We had a fantastic time! What a great place to go through jet-lag too! Our very first night in town Matt struggled to sleep and instead wandered the streets and snapped a whole slew of great private moment city pics.

There are 22 playgrounds in Central Park and I believe that we may have stopped and played at every single one of them. Our diets this week consisted of soft pretzels and hot dogs...YUM!!!