We love the month of July. It starts with one of our favorite holidays of the year, is filled with swim lessons at Coney Island and the summer is always in full swing by the time July hits. Here is how we have spent July:
A couple of days with Aunt Paula hitting the Kentucky Science Center and Nashville.
Fourth of July weekend was spent in our usual spot. First, swimming at Coney Island and then enjoying the Cincinnati Pops at Riverbend. This year we had storms and spent our time at Coney playing Uno under an umbrella. The storms blew over when it was time to head over to Riverbend and we had a great night of music, fireworks, and friends. Later that weekend we had an impromptu picnic with sparklers, smores and of course a visit to the Nature Center.
We took an adults only trip to Brookville Indiana for a day of canoeing and kayaking with some of our besties. We camped in cabins, stayed up way too late and had some great food and fun.
The very next evening we took the kids and Miss Laura on another canoeing adventure. It started off with ice cream at Sonic and a hike at the nature center. The hike began at dusk with a hike and ended up with a canoe trip in the pond under the moonlit sky. The kids had never been hiking so late or so dark. We found some critters and had a great time together being out late in nature.
Charlotte and Oliver began their third summer of swimming lessons. Charlotte was a confident swimmer last year, so she got to learn some new skills and work on her strokes and her endurance. Oliver was the most improved over last year and is ended up the lessons jumping off diving boards, swimming in the deep end and loving his new found freedom of being able to swim wherever he likes.
We had a fun day at Coney Island with Gibby, Aunt Rachel, Ben, Hunter & Aunt Paula too.
To celebrate our 15th anniversary we took an amazing trip to Dominican Republic for 6 days and 5 nights of relaxation in paradise. The resort was beautiful. We laid on the beach. We ate way too much and really got some good time away to unwind. Can’t wait to go back again at some point down the road.
While we were off on our trip, Charlotte attended summer camp for the first time with her friend Lucy. It was two nights away and she had a great time. Here’s to more great July’s in the future!
