World Pulse Festival

Only one word is needed....AWESOME!! We headed out about 5:30 in the morning {we spent the night at the Culver's and the kids at mom and dads} We arrived in South Bend to rain and threats of storms but God knew the worship He had prepared for us and blew the storms around us. We enjoyed the talent of the Robby Seay Band, Ayeshia Woods, Hawk Nelson, David Crowder Band, and Jeremy Camp. The goal of the whole day was to get as close to the front as we could for the Jeremy Camp performance by the end we where in isle two!! We endured sun, body surfers crashing into us {i got squished} and so much jumping my calves still hurt two days later! After the festival was over we tail-gated and enjoyed hot dogs, potato salad, and of course dessert! Such a fun and God awesome day!

Slip N Slide

The Culver's invited us over for a little cook out and slip n slide action the last day of vacation so of course we went and lots of fun!! OH Why do vacations have to end??

Rachel cracks me up when she runs!

Nicole's scarecrow...too cute

little football action before getting wet

bums are so cute when there little!

right before the crash and almost tears...poor guy!

Fort Wayne Zoo~Day 5

So day four we just traveled home and on day five we decided to take in at least one zoo so we headed up to the Fort Wayne zoo and checked out the exhibits we didn't spend much time in last time. The kids really enjoyed the petting zoo Rachel wasn't afraid of the goats at all and I had one befriend me and gave me goat kisses all over my arm....yes I washed well afterwards! We headed to the African exhibit again since it was just so cool the last time we were there. This time we got to get up close with the giraffes and Brandon and I even feed them a piece of lettuce! It's tongue was SO long it just cracked me up! We also got to see the lions much closer this time and they even got a little playful by wrestling around in front of us. Day six we just did laundry and rented movies and had a VERY relaxed day!

Change of Plans~Day 3

So we had planned to go the Cincinnati zoo but the weather changed our plans for us by raining all day. So we decided to check out the Creation Museum which was very cool it had lots of interactive models, a replica of Noah's Ark and very real accounting of creation the downside was that it is meant for much older children and adults so our two were a little lost and bored not to mention Brandon was coming off sensory overload from the past two days and wasn't happy there weren't all types of electronic things to keep him entertained. But they also had gardens to walk and a petting zoo to check out and since it had stopped raining and was just VERY muggy we headed outside to see that as well. We ended the day by heading to the mall that was very close to the hotel Brandon got a backpack for school...transformers..very cool! And when we first walked into the mall there was the jumpy thing that Brandon wanted to go on so him and I went on that and of course I had left the camera in the car and didn't get a picture but they put you in a harness and attach you to these ropes and you jump REALLY high Brandon tried his darnedest to do a back flip he almost but not quite got over I didn't try for the back flip because I was too busy watching him (we were across from each other). And of course not to leave Rachel and Daddy out they went on the carousel ride which Rachel LOVES and didn't want to get off of it! I almost forgot to mention that this day was Jesse and I's 9 year anniversary! We watched our wedding video while we where still in Indy and we both said after watching it we had such a greater appreciation of the vows we spoke that day now. I can't wait to see what the next 50-60 years brings us!

Kings Island~Day 2 of Vacation

So on Tuesday we got up and headed out to kings island we took in Nickelodeon World Brandon had lots of fun and was really brave and went on even the bigger rides. Rachel even got on some of the smaller rides and had lots of fun but then after a few times around and getting squished by her brother had enough and wanted off! After we got hot and tired of rides we headed to the water park Rachel didn't want to really get too wet so we stayed in the shallows of the wave pool but Brandon and Jess took off for the deeper part Brandon was a hoot to watch jump the swells of the wave pool he loved and didn't even get to upset when the water got in his eyes. So after that we headed to the hotel to check in, relax and order room service pizza which was really yummy!

Vacation Day 1~Childrens Museum

We left to head to Indy last Sunday and spent the afternoon at Bonnie and Bill's house had lunch and some trampoline fun. Grandpa also had gotten a new toy and drove the grand kids around in the bucket of it...as you can imagine Brandon was thrilled! Then on Monday we headed to the Museum to have loads of fun checking out all the fun stuff. Rachel really liked the glass exhibit and the playscapes. Brandon was fun to watch he got into everything so much more then he had in previous visits.

the clouds were so fluff and pretty!