Summer for me always begins on July 4, my most favorite holiday of all. For the past few years, we have loaded up blankets, chairs, lots of food and drink and the entire family goes to Conner Prairie in Noblesville for Symphony on the Prairie with the Indianapolis Symphony. The fun of family, the outdoor air, the music, cannons firing, soldiers from the past in Civil War dress and that of other wars, the honoring of our veterans and finally the beautiful display of fireworks makes for a wonderful day. Our little group of girlies ( Dani and Gabi in back - left and right- and Izi and Alison in front, left to right) dressed for the occasion with a watermelon theme going on, or at least a red theme prevalent. Can't wait til next year!!
The Fort Wayne Children's Zoo is also a must-go-to for summer vacation. The new part of the Zoo has opened and we made quite a day of it. The girls still love the Komodo Dragon statue. At the Indy Zoo, the Komodo Dragon is very much alive! I hope to get these three to the Indy Zoo before it gets too late in the fall! (Gabi, Dani and Izi - front to back)
Izi loves the Merry-Go-Round, as you can tell by the happy look on her face!
Dani, on the bird and Gabi on the leopard, have pretty much outgrown the absolute thrill of the Merry-Go-Round, as you can tell by their faces....but they still "go along" so that Izi has her sisters with her!
A big part of my summer was spent doing the 30 Days and 30 Faces challenge with my Mary Kay business. I made it and received my Power Start pin plus a beautiful necklace and earrings set from my MK Director. Have I told you all lately how very much I love doing MK? Well, I do!
Here, after their facials, the kids decided they were kissably beautiful. Alison and Kitty have found each other....Chris seems to like air kisses!!!
What is summer without a good old balloon water fight? In this photo, Dani and Gabi are in the red shirts. Madison ( our niece) is in the bathing suit. They must have thrown at least a hundred balloons back and forth at each other...and then dutifully picked up the yard so PawPaw would still be happy with them!!!
We took a couple of days at Kitty's house for a little getaway. One day was the State Fair and all the junk food. The next was just Alison with the Grandparents, so we went to the Children's Museum and enjoyed all the new exhibits they have there. As usual, we ended up on the Carousel. Since it was a Monday and not as crowded as normal, I felt it was okay to grab a horse and ride as well!
One of the newer items at the Children's Museum is this pony from the 1950's. It only takes a nickel to ride. Nickels are like pennies...not used much anymore, so I ran downstairs and got ten nickels. Naturally, when I came back up, a large group of kids were ahead of us and another group behind us, so Alison only rode one nickel's worth! She sure loved it, though!
This is the ceiling of the Fireworks glass display at the Children's Museum. It is so very pretty and reminds me of summer. Wonderful vibrant colors and days all smooshed together to create a beautiful memory!!!
