Everything but the kitchen sink

It's catch-up blog day. I'm laying on the couch sick and I don't have the energy to do anything else. So welcome to random tid-bits from the last month of our lives.

Fourth of July

What a disappointment. It rained. Everything got cancelled. The only bright point in the day was the food and company, but it still didn't feel much like a holiday.
I have to say, I cannot wait to get those other four chairs to this table. We need them!




These two may be in cahoots when nursery rolls around.


Later on in the month, we kept getting snags in our plans so we ended up going min-golfing with #1. It was his first time and it showed. He proclaimed himself "Rescue Hero Baller" and would rescue anyone's balls when they did not go into the hole on the first try. Considering my golfing abilities, that meant my ball needed rescuing at every hole. Then he got distracted with the ample water features and proceeded to wash everyone's clubs. Considering the lack of variety among the different holes- no windmills or clown faces, just astroturf and water- #1's antics definitely made things more entertaining.
Off-course golfing

Check out that hockey stick grip- those Canadian genes are coming through!






Further on in the month we took Aunt C out to see Allerton Park. We've been there a lot and never hiked the river bottom, so we decided to venture out and try it this time. Knowing that #1 wouldn't want to walk all that way, we took along our bike trailer/stroller hoping that the larger wheels would be able to handle some of the more rugged trails. This trailer is another one of my dumpster dive accquisions. Anyways, we are glad we took it, but S may disagree.

There were the stairs leading down to the trail...




The informative map along the way...


And...


Well...


We're still glad we took it. And that we went. Here are a few pictures my sister-in-law snapped. I was too busy laughing at S's plight to take pictures of the actual beauty we encountered.