4th of July Pool Time 2015

We had no plans for the 4th of July and we were so excited to do nothing!

We got an inflatable pool for the kids and boy, were they excited!

They immediately started in on the tricks with their slide.


I don't know how many times I heard "My turn!! My turn!!"  Or when Charlotte says it, it sounds more like "My tuhn! My tuhn!!!"


They had so much fun! It was really cold water and the weather wasn't that nice out but they didn't care!!


Charlotte took a break every once in awhile to imitate Tommy. Ha!



Her face going down the slide was hilarious!


Tommy was a sliding fool too!


We finally convinced the kids to take a break and go see a movie. We saw Inside Out. It was really good. It was all about what happens in the brain during childhood and adolescence. Very brilliantly done.  Tommy did awesome.  Charlotte actually did really well too for her first movie.  She got a little antsy but never had to be removed from the theater.  Yay for Charlotte and yay for us for learning from our last experience.


After the movie, we stopped by Target. Charlotte refused to leave until she got this Elsa doll. Already?? Are you kidding me? But it plays Let It Go.  I hoped they would be over that song by now.  They. Are. Not.  Charlotte won that round and now it's her new favorite thing in the whole wide world.


Then we set off some fireworks. Tommy liked them. Charlotte was terrified.


I don't know why she was terrified. They don't look very menacing to me. :)

If you would like a glimpse into their water world, here's a fun video.

How fun is the counting at the end? Plus the whoas? Oh my goodness.

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Lake Wawasee Trip 2014

Way back in September of last year, you might remember another event where a lot of Thornburgs were able to get together.  That's where the planning for this trip began! 

 These are the people who put this all together.  Andrew's dad and his siblings wanted to get the whole family together like they did back in the day and enjoy time on the lake.  Andrew found the house and the rest is history.

 So a family reunion was planned! Andrew's Aunt Jenny made shirts for everyone and we got a family picture.

 We had a full house! 

 Here's the full house we stayed in for the week.  We moved in on the 4th of July.

 We started swimming right away.  Oh no! Don't squirt Pop!!

 Andrew did his best dolphin impression.

 We were able to watch Andrew's friends in their sailboat race.

 Tommy loved the sun and water.

 So did Charlotte but she got a lot less of it.

 Andrew's parents rented a pontoon boat and we took it out every day.  We did canon balls and flips off the boat.  Andrew's an expert. :)

 I jumped off too but you don't need to see a picture of that.

 Sunset family pictures!!

 The sunsets were pretty incredible over the lake.

Baby kiss pose!

 Another one!

 Family picture.  Thank you, Charlotte, for throwing the bird for everyone.  She is OBSESSED with her middle finger.  What a stinker.

Here's another family picture in front of the house.

 These pictures are a bit out of order so just bear with me.  Here's Charlotte looking adorable in her 4th of July outfit.

We had beautiful views out of the windows of our bedroom.  Check out the beautiful sky and lovely lake.

 Here's the view at sunset.  Love it!

 But not so great for sleeping.  There were no curtains in the whole room.  Tons of windows.  Plus it didn't get dark until 10ish.  So this is what bedtime looked like through the monitor for us.  It didn't go well, as you can tell.

 Tommy and Charlotte loved, loved, LOVED spending time with their cousins. :)

 They are too cute!

 Hey a picture of just the two of us! Nice! :) And right before the fireworks.

 BOOM! Oooooohhh aaaahhh! Not bad for iPhone pictures!

 Another picture from our 3rd floor view over the lake. Awesome.

 One day we did the limbo with a pool noodle! Ha!

We're on a BOAT! :)

 This is one of our attempts to get a grandkid picture.  Some ran upstairs.  Two were trying to turn on the light.  One was crying.  One was trying to stop the crying.  One was smiling politely.  Too funny.

Charlotte did some stretching to relax.

 Tommy loved the star shaped light up shades that Pop found.

Check out that awesome sky again. (Yep these pictures are way out of order.  But hey, they're still cool! :)

Seriously, we had amazing weather for this trip.  We were so lucky.

 Check out our Tommy-friendly tie-dye cupcakes! Just get a box cake mix (one without milk), add a can of sprite, and viola! Best tasting cupcakes so far! (So far, the other recipes I've tried tasted like corn bread, vinegar, or were soupy so this is a HUGE improvement)

 Charlotte really wanted to get back out on that boat, I think.

 I have a lot of these pictures.  Tommy LOVED driving the boat.

 This picture cracks me up.  Tommy was marching out of the Oakwood.  Too funny.

 Did I mention our house had an elevator?? #elevatorselfie

 Andrew's Aunt Jill took this picture of Tommy.  What a look.  Love it.

 She also took this picture which I love.  Charlotte was super excited about the week on the lake.

I took just shy of 400 pictures from this trip.  There were so many good ones but I had to cut somewhere.  We had SUCH a great trip.  So many memories.  Thanks, Thornburgs, for a great family reunion!