the cast came off and summer officially began!

enough of that serious crap. jeez, i need to get a life and get back in school; i obviously have too much time on my hands. here's some catch up from the last couple weeks. i love summer in michigan! the weather is awesome and there's so much to do. the only drawback is the mosquitos. sillygirl and i have dozens of bites between the two of us!


we met aunt b at binder park zoo in battle creek. the zoo was awesome! they have a whole african park that they have set up like a safari. we walked the loop and saw giraffes, zebras, all kinds of antelope, monkeys, and birds. we were a little disappointed at the lack of predators, but because they just have most of the park open it would be really hard to let the big cats loose.... sillygirl had a wonderful time. she was feeding the giraffes!


summer for us also means festival season! we LOVE to go to festivals. l loves to watch the people and doc and i just like to be out of the house. east lansing has a jazz festival every summer and sillygirl danced her little legs off. here she is eating THE BEST ice cream sandwich ever. it's obviously as big as her face, and at 660 calories probably the only thing she needed to eat that day.


as soon as sillygirl got her cast off we were ready to start our summer! we went with some friends to lake michigan for some camping and swimming. sillygirl had a blast at the beach and even slept pretty well both nights. it rained a lot (during the nights) but the days were nice and warm. doc and i were also inaugurated as michiganders: l and m taught us how to play euchre, a michigan card game.


here's the family photo from the trip. notice the crazy curlies in my hair from the humidity.


lastly, a pic of sillygirl's whale pool. it was part of her birthday present, but can just barely play in it now that the cast is off. she plays in it all day, and sometimes several times a day.

anyway, that's the story with us for now! it's been a fun summer so far. i can't believe it's halfway over.