{Electronic Summer}

Well, as soon as it gets too hot outside(which is now),the summer becomes full of electronics!

It is starting to drive me nuts.
"Mom, can we play the Wii?" "Can I play on the computer?" "Can I play on the itouch?"

Mom's reply:

"NOOOOOOOO!!!! I don't want you to play anything that has a screen!"

"I want you to play outside or clean something." "I want you to find a friend to play with."

"Okay, you can play for a little bit I guess."

Typical day right now.

It does help, however, that my boys read for about an hour and a half every night at bed time.

If they didn't, I would totally NOT let them play any sort of electronic game thingy in our home!!

We Are Family- Part 1 of California trip

I love my family! I love to go visit them!

We went to Lake Arrowhead first to stay in our traditional cabin that is owned by a family friend. We cram into the 3 story cabin and although we don't sleep very well, we have a lot of fun.

This year, my brother Andy, changed things up a bit. He was able to "rent" a Pontoon boat so we could ride around the lake and knee board. Hahaha! Silly.

The kids loved it though.

Andy also brought up some electric scooters so we could cruise around the area.

Good times!

Here is my side of the family:

All grandkids:

Nobody can make a straight face when getting their photo for anything important:

This was Andy's boat license he had to get that day to drive the boat.

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Poor Jake was in charge of getting the tow rope out/in the water and he burned his knees on the hot cushions he was on. He is okay now.

Jay with no shirt on.

Andy and Shawna

Robyn and Jenna

Ryan

Taylor and Jon

Oh, yes! I know what you are thinking about Jake. "Wow! He has great posture!"

(See burned knees, dollar store shades, and sweet pink helmet below)

"Yeah, I like pink. You wanna mess with me?"

Jeffrey and Trent

Shawna and Breck

Melinda showing off her talents.

Trent, Breck and Ryan. Cousins.

Pretty Mom and Me.