THE GRINSTEAD FAMILY

ON THE GO!!!!

We've been on the go non-stop for the past 10 days or so. It amazes me how quickly time flies by!!

The weekend after the 4th kept us home, which was a nice change. Jake spent Saturday playing with his friend Paul & they ended up at the Transformers movie that afternoon. Allie & I stuck around the house & managed to get a lot of housework done. She is quite the little helper. On Sunday, Allie & I went shopping with our neighbor Kristin. We ended up at the outlet mall and found lots of bargains. I returned home to find that Scott & Jake has installed a new ceiling fan, new shutters, painted our front door & installed a new shower head in the kid's bathroom. It was a nice surprise.

Mandy, Kim, Ben & Maddie came to visit on Monday. They arrived in time to see Jake's baseball game. After the game, Mandy & Kim took my kids, Ben & our neighbor Paul to the waterpark while I stayed home and got to watch Miss Maddie. I was delighted to get some alone time with her (Kim tends to try to hog her). The kids had a great time with their Aunts at the waterpark.

Mom arrived on Tuesday morning in time for Allie's game. She had quite the cheering section with her aunts, cousins, Nana & her dad there! After the game, we took the kids over to Chuck E Cheese's to play. Ben seems to really enjoy that place!! After Chuck E Cheese's, Mandy, Kim, Ben & Maddie went home. Mom, Allie & I went shopping and came home in time for Scott to take all of us dinner.

On Wednesday, Mom came to Jake's ballgame and left shortly after it was over. The kids and I watched 2 of the Harry Potter movies in order to prep to see the new one in the theater (hopefully this week).

Thursday brought us a trip to the waterpark. Jake was SO excited because his friend Ben joined us. He could hardly wait to hang out with BOTH Paul & Ben at the waterpark. They had a good time & they were even nice to Allie!!!

Bright and early Friday morning, the kids and I headed out to meet Mandy & her kids to take our annual "grandkids" picture for my parents. This year we dressed the kids in UNI clothes. The picture turned out really cute. After pictures, we took the kids to the zoo. It was a great little zoo for the kids. The weather was perfect too!! We grilled out at Mom & Dad's that evening & we got to have our first taste of sweet corn this summer. Allie was really disappointed to learn that her loose tooth doesn't mix well with eating sweet corn. Thankfully, Nana came to the rescue and cut her corn off of the cob!

Yesterday, the girls in our family went to a bridal shower for my cousin's fiancee while the boys hung out at home. It was nice seeing all of my cousins & aunts. In just another short month we'll be together again for Jess & Tim's wedding. The kids and I trekked back home late yesterday afternoon.

Today was a productive day. Scott and I got almost all of our windows washed & we reorganized our basement. Tonight is rest time before another busy week. Allie finishes up t-ball this week and Jake still has another week left of baseball. We have some waterpark plans too & possibly going to see the new Harry Potter movie.

A nasty wasp that Nana killed before we arrived on Friday. Jake thought it was pretty neat.
Nana puts the kids to work drying dishes after supper. The crazy thing is that they all LOVE drying dishes!

Paul, Jake & Ben at the waterpark. They had just come off of the yellow slide.
Ben, Jake & Allie at the zoo. Note their matching purple & gold outfits...GO PANTHERS!!
Jake & Allie aka 2 monkeys!
Miss Maddie takes a snooze on the deck.

Allie, Jake & Ben were being silly & decided to make a band using Nana's Tupperware for instruments.