Life's a Beach! Linz sisters reunion

We all met up for a week on Lake Michigan and it was super nice to share a house together.  Getting to the actual beach was a bit of an obstacle course: we had to go up steps, down more steps and then jump down a steep cliff (there was also a ladder) but once we got to that water it was awesome!

Protests, Karaoke, Silly Jilly and Camp

Caleb came with me downtown to protest the separation of migrant families at the border. We came up with our own chant: "All of his in this hot weather/families belong together!"

 Moms Night Out!

We love Silly Jilly the clown! We saw her for the first time at a picnic at Hudson Elementary and since then, we've made a point of going to see her when she is around town.  Avery is her biggest fan! And on this evening, we got to see her at Serendipity ice cream and then go to the Magic House for a special night for autism families.  It was a lot of fun:

Avery went back to Camp Lakewood for the second year in a row.  He was not nervous at all!

Missouri Boy and New Yorker

Carolyn took Avery to New York to celebrate his 11th (!) birthday, while Caleb and I spent a couple of days in Springfield, MO to check out the aquarium. We also stopped at Meramec Caverns on the way:

The New Yorker: 

And the Missourian: