Water Parks and Worms

The day after Kiera left, we hit the road of our annual Kentucky/Cincinnati trip. We carried Hannah along with us because her family was a various mission trip locations. We arrived in Kentucky on Thursday. We pulled up and to much of Madi's surprise there were dogs everywhere! The Kindreds love dogs and so does Madi so she was ticked pink!On Friday, we went to a water park in Bowling Green with Rachel and Teresa. Austin and Hannah loved it. Madi, on the other hand, kept falling down and wasn't too happy about that!!

After the waterpark, we went to Rachel's for pizza and then came back to the house and the kids played in the hot tub. Madi wasn't sure about the bubbles, but they all had fun!
On Saturday, we got up and went to Aunt Mary Alice and Uncle Leroy's house for lunch and fishing at the pond (which Austin was thrilled about!).
As usual, the flowers were beautiful at her house!
They searched for worms forever, but only found 3. Luckily, before we went, Austin caught a few grasshoppers in the yard to use as bait also. They caught one catfish and 3 bream, pretty successful for the amount of bait they had!

Family Fun Day

Last Saturday, our church as a family fun day. Unfortunately, Austin wasn't with us, but Madi had a blast! There were slip 'n' slides set up, water balloons, playdoh tables, and, as you can see, shaving cream!! I'm really surprised that Madi let them put it all over her because usually she hate when she is messy, but she loved it! It was so cute to watch her! After the kids played for a while, we went inside to eat. They had a contest for who could grill the best meat, bake the best dessert, and make the best ice cream...so needless to say, there was a lot of wonderful food!!
It was a fun day for sure!

Madi, Darcy, and Georgia at the playdoh table

Tyler (and Kiera) come to town!!!!

We were so excited the Kiera and Tyler were able to come and visit us!! We miss them so much and try to soak up every second when they come to visit. They arrived by plane on Friday. We picked them up from the airport and then went to dinner at La Hacienda (one of our favorites!). On Saturday, we went garage saling in the morning and then went to the church picnic (that will be my next post!). It was fun watching the kids play. After the picnic we came home and played games. Sunday was church and swimming. On Monday, we hung out at the pool and watched Austin, Ty, and Madi play. I love watching them interact and hope that they stay close to each other. On Tuesday, we went to the beach. When we first got there, it was overcast, but that ended up being best because once the sun came out, Tyler was aggrevated. But we hung around for about another hour to get some sun. Brittany and Kiera took the kids out in the water and surprisingly, no one was stung by jellyfish (because they were everywhere!). On Wednesday, they had to go home :(...so sad!! We will miss them so much, but are so glad that they came!
We love you all!!
p.s. Kiera...sorry I didn't get any pictures of you. I don't know how that happened!

Beach Time!!

One of the many blessings of living in Florida, is being 20 minutes from the beach.
Austin spends most of his time fishing with his net while Madi builds sand castles and chases the seagulls. Fun memories are made at the beach!

Tattle Tale!

My little princess has turned into the BIGGEST tattle tale on the face of the earth! I didn't think tattling started at the age of 2, but obviously, I was wrong!
Note the following scenario:

Scene: Austin and Madilyn are playing pool in the Kindred's basement.
Austin and Madi are arguing over the balls.

Madi to Nana: Naannaaa, Austin not sharing!!
Nana: Thank you, Madi.
Madi to Austin: Nanny, Nanny Boo, boo! I telled on you!
Conversation occurring that cannot be heard from the other room.
Madi to Nana: Naannaa, Austin say he no care!

Friends!

Madilyn and Darcy are so adorable together. Darcy is Sheena and Oscar's daughter. Madi and Darcy are about 4 months apart and have so much fun together. They both are dominant personalities, so I'm sure there will be some drama in the teenage years, but for now...they are so sweet to each other! I hope their friendship continues to grow through the years!

The First Weeks of Summer in Pictures!