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Weekends in the Summer

Okay, I am way behind on this blog and the updates.  I will spare all the details but my computer is in the shop right now so my computer time has been cut. 
Anyway, a few weekends ago we had a ton of fun with our friends the Clark's.  There kiddos and our kiddos just love to get together and play. 

We had planned to go to a blues festival with the kiddos and hang out but the weather was so warm that we opted to go out to eat and come back to our house to hang out. 

The kids played, danced, watched a movie, and just plain hung out.  The adults had some serious Jokers games.  It is always the men against the women and sadly I have to report that the men won the round of Jokers games for the night but overall, the women are still ahead.  It was a fun night and very relaxing to just hang out.  We need more of these types of nights. 

The picture below is from Friday night of this weekend.  We were lucky enough to get to hang out with our friends the Littles, this seems to e a rare occurrence these days since Jon, Steve, and Lisa all travel a lot for their jobs.  The littles treated us to a pontoon ride out on the beautiful lake they live on.  It was a fun night and our kids had fun catching up with the Little's girls.  The kids jumped off the Pontoon and ran around together.  It was a wonderful evening. 

This summer is flying by us.  I look forward to the next weeks of summer as our activities are all winding down and it is truly time to chill out and hang together as a family. 

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Swimming at Uncle T's

We started our weekend out with swimming at Uncle T's pool.  We all had a great time.

Uncle T lives in a housing community that shares a pool.  We were lucky enough on Friday night to have the pool all to ourselves.  It was such a beautiful summer evening and the weather was warm so it felt great to jump in the pool and swim around.  We did three way chicken fights with the kiddos and we all laughed and laughed. 

This summer, the kids have gone swimming a ton.  Whether is has been at Uncle T's pool, friends house with pool, or public pools around town, they have managed to swim almost every single day this summer.  It truly is so much fun to watch them and swim.

They have all really turned a corner with their swimming skills and Jon and I can see that Swimming lessons have really paid off. 

A Sparkly 4th of July

One thing that I have not been doing so great this summer is getting the camera out and taking photos.  The Erickson 5 had a great 4th of July weekend.  We headed down to some dear friends of ours for the weekend and we had a very relaxing and great time.

Sisters and Sparklers and take special note their matching shirts!

It was so nice to catch up with our dear friends while the kids got to play with the other kids.  We went to a party while we were down there and there was all boys there for K to play with.  He had a blast. 

Look at that smile!

He learned how to drive a 4 wheeler, go cart, and he even got to ride on a Spider.  Don't think the girls got left out though.  One of my favorite memories of the weekend was learning that those girls jumped in that go cart and took off.  Pedal to the medal with big grins on their faces the whole time. 

Even Dad enjoyed the Fireworks

We spent the 4th of July with Uncle T, Grandma and Grandpa A and Jane.  It was a great weekend. 

Mom in on the sparkler fun

We ended our celebration with sparklers and finally the camera to document our fun in the driveway and watching all the amazing fireworks in the neighborhood together huddle on our bed. 
Happy Birthday America! 

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