The Jackson Family

We enjoyed having our Jackson cousins come and visit for the week. We hope they come back again soon.

Happy Fourth of July

Our neighborhood is the best place to be for the fourth of July. On the third of July is the fourth of July preview night complete with roasting smores, riding ziplines and fireworks. On the fourth of July we had a bike parade where all of the kids in the neighborhood decorated their bikes and the fire truck escorted the bikes through the neighborhood. After that we have a picnic. In the evening we did our own fireworks because of rain. On the fifth of July we got to watch another great fireworks show in our neighborhood. Anna and Cole loved all of the late nights and fireworks. Corbin and I think we live in the best neighbhorhood.

Amish Acres

We visited Napanee Indiana where a lot of Amish people live. It was fun going for a buggy ride around an Amish farm and touring what their school houses look like.

The South Side Soda Shop

We made a pilgrimage to the South Side Soda Shop in Goshen Indiana that was featured on the Food Network. We had fun drinking green river soda and fresh cut twisty fries. For dessert Anna ordered a plate of pickles. (we aren't sure if she is really a Partridge if she picks pickles over ice cream) but we will still keep her.

Explaining Michael Jackson to the Kids

Well, if this is possible, we were sitting down explaining the death of Michael Jackson and who he was in terms of him being the "King of Pop."

We decided it be best to listen to his music with the kids which is a favorite past time they have. As we listened, they informed me that he was not very good, unlike David Cook they told me. I then took them to the computer to make them watch how well he danced and moved......Anna continued to tell me that he did dance good BUT NOT AS GOOD AS COLE. I will only say one thing, kids are very blind, because I don't know one Partridge that can Dance......I think it was a Partridge that Phil Collins was singing about when he was singing...."I can't dance........"

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGI2d31M7Ns

The Children's Museum

We took our Jackson cousins to the Children's Museum. We had a great day exploring the science center, the planetarium, and the new star wars clone wars exhibit.

Zip Line

The new and improved Zip Line.....170 Feet of fun!!!!!

Art Camp

Anna had art camp last week and loved every second of it.

Big Rain Puddles

Well we got home from vacation and Cole was out on his bike, when it rains here on the Street we get alot of overflow water from Sand Creek which is behind our house, luckily even the worst of worst storms has not seen water get in our yard, but on an adjacent street there are huge puddles which Cole finds a great opportunity to get wet in.

Great Wolf Lodge in Traverse City, Michigan

Cole was not Happy about reading time

With Grandma Jane

The Lilly Pads, they spent hours doing these....Anna is not pictured directly but she and Cole did great.

1000 gallons of water dumped every 5 minutes, you can see Anna on the left and Cole on the right.

Three Person Tube

Anna going down the Green Monster by herself after she fell off and slammed her head and got smashed by the two man tube with her DAD, she told her Dad that when you fall off the horse you get back on and ride again.....very tough little girl!

We had a great Vacation in Michigan last week and the best part was our stay at the Great Wolf Lodge in Traverse City, Michigan. We initially went up north and saw the UP in Michigan but the weather was such that it did not cooperate, therefore we ended up in Traverse City. Grandma Jane came out and it was a GREAT time!