Cousin time

 Ruthanna's cousins came for a week and boy did we have fun!   They got to work on hair...

The hair stylists!

                                               Going for a wagon ride

 Grandpa with the two older girls ready fo a ride

 Grandpa came with the four wheeler and asked if anyone wanted a ride. The girls went running towards him!

Enjoying the ride

                                                        playing kitchen

Three cooks in the kitchen!

Camping

Two weekends ago Ruthanna and I went camping with my family near Milbank.  

                                     Some of the family...

   hiking

 Ruthanna by our cabin that we shared with my parents

 Ruthanna and me

Ruthanna riding a trike with my dad...lots of fun for the cousins with the bikes and push cars.

Ice cream with grandma

Enjoying a treat at the mall with grandma and cousin L.

Philadelphia pt 2..please touch museum

 Ruthanna and I bought a city bus tour ticket for a couple days.  There were 21 stops that you could hop on and off. One stop was the children's museum. We only had a few hours to be there but could have easily spent a day there.

 They had a pretend hospital and doctors office. Ruthanna liked taking care of the doll.

                                                   Grocery store

Philadelphia part one

 We flew out to see Andrew this last weekend in PPhiladelphia.   Going out there our seat beside us was empty so Ruthanna could buckle her baby in.

   .                                                      smiles when we saw Dad

   

                                                                                           eating chips In the hotel room

                 Went to a museum with activities..here Ruthanna is steering a boat.

                                            sitting in a boat

We Rented a boat shaped like a swan to take out for a bit.  Ruthanna willingly put her life jacket on.

                                                   Enjoying  the boat ride

                                                                    Family picture

mommy's helper

 After we picked the strawberries (16 pounds!) We brought them home to freeze.  RRuthanna's job was to hand them to me when it was time to bag them.

strawberry picking

A couple weeks ago we went to a you pick strawberry patch.  Ruthanna and her cousin worked together at picking and filling their buckets.

 Hard at work finding the berries...we had red ones, green ones, and a few white ones when the girls finished.  :)