Timmy had a ball riding around in his stroller and playing with his toys. 
We asked around on the 4th of July about fireworks. It turns out that it was Canada's birthday so they were having a show in Grand Bend to celebrate. Earlier in the day we tried to drive up to this little beach town, but it was SWAMPED. We turned around and headed back to the campground. We decided to take our chances and hang out on the beach until dark. We ended up having great seats for the fireworks that took place just off the shore to the north of us.
We explored a few of the beaches at the park. The first one we went to (area 3) was beautiful and sandy. The second one we went to was very rocky and didn't have much of a shore (Burley). It was HOT, HOT, HOT, and if Timmy was a bit older we probably would have spent more time at the beach.
He took his first dip in a lake and he didn't like it too much.
So he hung out in a little tent on the beach with mommy.
On Saturday night, there was a huge thunder and lightning storm. We decided to take shelter in the car because the lighting was striking the ground quite frequently. Once the storm moved through the temperatures cooled off a bit and it was much more tolerable.
The set-up was extremely impressive and very memorable. So cool!
Thank you so much to Mom and Dad C for watching the kids. It was so great to have a date without the little ones and also to know they were in wonderful hands.
Or...not so much! My heart was wrenching when Hannah was riding on the alligator roller coaster. I had no idea she would be so terrified! She was screaming, "Please stop! Please make it stop!" Oh, the poor thing! It felt like the longest ride ever!
We had to put her on a calm ride afterwards so she wouldn't leave with such a horrible memory. Hopefully she wasn't scarred too badly. She certainly was happy on the bumblebee ride!
JuJu taught Hannah how to look through binoculars. She also spent time with Hannah lounging in the backyard and looking for shapes in the clouds. It was so sweet to hear Hannah's imagination going wild. I wish I would have gotten a picture of the two of them snuggling on the chair.
Thank you for a wonderful visit and all of your help around the house...especially outside of the house, actually. We have a hard time keeping up with the yardwork and appreciate the hours you spent spiffing up the place!
My surgery went very well and the doctor reported that the gall bladder had become inflamed, infected, and was even turning black. We were all happy to get that thing outta me! I keep anticipating another attack but am so thankful that I won't be having one! Ever again! I was having pain in my upper right quadrant, but after I sent out requests for prayers the pain went away completely. I followed up with a Hidascan appointment that the doctor requested to make sure my liver was functioning properly and that I did not have a blockage or leak. Everything came back normal and each day I feel better and better.
Hannah attended a preschool camp for a few days at the beginning of the month. The theme was camping and she enjoyed it. She came home with cool crafts and stories upon stories of all of the exciting things that she got to do.
Timmy turned 5 months old on June 12th. I can't believe how fast the time is flying by. I don't remember it going this quickly with Hannah. This month he has found his toes and we have also discovered that he is extremely ticklish on his neck. He is such a wonderful addition to our family. Just love that boy to pieces!
Hannah, of course, continues to entertain little Timmy. In the video below she is saying, "I'm irritating you." Luckily, Timmy is enjoying it right now. I imagine in a few months he'll be getting her back for this when he's mobile :)
(Baby Elephant is only 12 days old. Soooo cute!)
We went with another family from church, the Kerns, and Hannah had a lot of fun playing with their boys.
On Saturday morning, one of our old friends from Grand Rapids came up for the day and met Caleb for a ride on the trails. They had a lot of fun riding through the woods in preparation for their Iceman race in Traverse City in November. 
In the afternoon, we were able to go to Binder Park Zoo for the first time. They had a fantastic African exhibit.
You'd never know it by the picture below, but we were under a tornado watch for most of the afternoon on Sunday. We watched several campers pack up and high tail it outta there and wondered if we were nuts for sticking it out. Really, there was no where we could have driven to in Western Michigan to escape the storms anyways.
By about 5:00pm the sirens were blasting and we raced to the bathrooms for shelter. There was a tornado that had touched down in Vicksburg and heading our direction. I was pretty nervous in light of all of the other tornadoes that had been happening lately in the south. The Lord kept us safe and sound. 
