DIY FUN!

We had some DIY fun over the weekend by adding some pavers around our sidewalk and of course, Mackenna HAD to get in on the fun and help her daddy out. She did a pretty good job if you ask me :)



Movie in the Park (Charlotte's Web)

On Friday, Nate and I took Mackenna to a movie in the park at Starling Lake Park! Some of our daycare friends told us about this fun event, so we decided to mix up the routine and give it a shot!! It was so much fun and for her first movie outside of our home, it was a success! I think we'll have to finally take her to the theater and see how she does there!

When we got there, they had an arts and crafts table, so Mackenna jumped right in :)

Never seen her use scissors before, she did a great job!

While I'm obsessed with this picture of her and Rebecca, I'm laughing at how funny she looks with her tight grip around her and then her scissors in her other hand, hehehehe :)

They got some playground time in before the movie started!

Best friends! (She actually gave Rebecca a big hug when they were riding on this and said, "You're my best friend Becca!" - heartwarming!)

My 2 favorite family which make up a pretty adorable lil family if you ask me!



Mommy's Best Friend

I've mentioned it before in earlier posts, but Mackenna calls me her best friend all the time and it is just adorable and always melts my heart. She is the best thing in the entire world and this just shows my love and my relationship with this sweet girl!!!

Adventure in the Park

Lately, we've been taking longer walks around our new neighborhood and surrounding areas and have been finding some fun new parks. Over the weekend, we went to the 'red park' as Mackenna calls it and took Wrigley and Mackenna got a fun surprise!  She got to see Wrigley swim for the first time...since moving home from TX, we haven't taken Wrigley swimming very much, but she was thrilled to go back in the water and Mackenna thoroughly enjoyed it!!!!!

Thankfully we had her on the leash...the stream's current was rather strong and would have taken her away in a quick second!

A new game Kenna likes to play with Daddy on the monkey bars!

A Couple Cute Ones...

We were taking care of Guiness (Aunt Erica and Eric's dog) and I got this cute snapshot of the 2 of them - Kenna LOVES Guiness :)

A couple times, we've gone in to check on Mackenna before bed and have found this adorable sight!!!! She absolutely LOVES her lil friends!

A moment to just smile at...

Como Zoo

We made our annual summer trip to the Como Zoo and had fun with Kenna really getting into it this year with the animals - wanting to see them all and then of course telling us what sounds they make :) The new Gorilla exhibit was finally done and ready for viewing pleasure - it was awesome to capture Mackenna's expression when she saw the BIG monkeys!!!!

Summer of 1st's!

Granpda Jeff decided it would be a fun Saturday evening to take us all to Valleyfair and boy was he right! This was the 1st time Mackenna has been to Valleyfair and we were shocked at all there was for her to do at her age. She fell in love with the park and I think we'll be going back before the snow hits!!!

I love these shoulder pics with his girl :)

Kenna and her Grandpa Jeff :)

Such a big girl on all the rides!

Fun on the ladybugs!

Kenna's first ride with Daddy at the park - the Octopus!

Daddy and Kenna waiting for a splash from the WAVE!

CHEESE!

We even went through the dinosaur exhibit - so fun to see all the life-size dinosaurs :) Kenna wasn't even scared!