Photo Catch Up - Wisconsin Early Summer

After having been back in New Hampshire for a week, the time has come to put some more summer photos up. This set is from the end of June/early July in Wisconsin. By far our favorite part of the summer was spending time with our family.

Neel, Nicholas, Donovan, Lily, and Malu at the Hayward playground.

Lily on the swing. 

Nicholas and Grandpa working at Uncle Donovan and Aunt Sarah's building site.

Lily and Uncle Chris - Inspecting the work.

Donovan loved driving his trucks around the site.

 Lily even got to sit in the bulldozer.

Grandpa and Lily - still inspecting.

Even Donovan had to sit in the bulldozer.

The kids went through several outfits a day - when it wasn't from the dirt at the building site, it was from playing in the water, wherever they could find it. Lily, Donovan, Nicholas, and Hael in the pool.

Nicholas, Donovan, Lily, Hael, and Neel - Ready for a party!

We had lots of firework fun... unfortunately Mom and Dad's dogs go crazy for fireworks and can't be held back.

Watching the firework show...

Lily - Stylish as ever

Donovan's sensitive side.

Great Grandpa with Neel, Nicholas, Lily, Hael, and Donovan

The party crowd - too bad Doug was working.

(Dad, Mom, Aricca, Ray, little Donovan, Grandpa, Nicholas, Lily, Malu, Neel, Hael, Chris, Sarah, and big Donovan)

Great Grandpa and Lily - Lily absolutely loves her Great Grandpa. She gives him all of her special smiles, likes to "tickle tickle" his toes, and loves to go to his house to model necklaces and find candy.

Nicholas, Neel, and Ray

Hael - Future bartender. 

Donovan loved having the hose - and hated when the hose was pointed at him. 

All the other boys were under the plastic swimming pool running around the yard like a turtle.

And then Nicholas got the hose, and Donovan started screaming... and running.

But, the screaming and running got worse when Uncle Donovan exposed the innards of the "turtle" and Uncle Ray hosed them off. 

Almost time for bed... Neel with a "sparkler"

And the rest of the crew... 

For more pictures, see the slideshow below.