Kyle, Seth, and Meg joined us for the madness.
Little cow. What a cutie!
All this for a free meal. It sure does taste better when it is free:) It was fun to be part of the craziness. Elli refused to wear the cow "bottom" as she put it. (The utters!)
Precious!
Also precious:)
The gang at Dayton fireworks. Fireworks make me so happy!
I only took one picture of the fireworks so I could spend the rest of the time oohing and awwing!
That morning we went to Berry hill Farm to pick more blueberries. Brent was able to go with us this time.
She was telling me how she found some delicious ones!
Seth enjoyed eating the berries, off the ground:)
Getting serious about his work.
Kyle, Meg, and Seth came too. We got enough for blueberry desserts, blueberry jelly, and frozen berries to use later, plus a lot for munching!
There was a quick rain shower forcing us all out of the pool, but the sun came back out. Heather and Elli were taking a look around for a rainbow and a quick peak at the flowers.
The twins were a good entertainment piece for the party.
Posing with Gonga and Papa.
Hugs for great grandma.
Brent tried to climb on the crab, but as you see it was easier said than done:)
Love this picture of the two of them playing underwater. She was exploring:)
We all took turns coming down the slide. Some with more splash than the others.
Our little dare devil. She would go down the slide and say, "Catch me. You never know what I am going to do!" We had a good time even though the water park was more of a pool with a slide. It made the weekend even more fun for Elli!
The huge rock at the end of the cave. Cool how it got stuck right there.
The crew entering the cave.
There was a bit of a tight spot. Jenna and baby made it through just fine:)
Most of the family members who made it through the cave. The "aunts and uncles" took their turn later in the morning.
Kyle, Seth, and Larry came through a bit later. There was a crevice in the roof of the cave and I took this picture looking down on them.
We were able to have a baby shower for Jenna while there. What fun to celebrate the coming life with family.
Family picture before heading out. We then went to visit Randy and ended the evening at Grandma's house for root beer floats. It was a great day.
Elli posing on the tiger. All the real cats were sleeping, but we had fun looking for them hiding in the shade.
One of our favorite animals is the Okapi. It is such a funny looking thing. It leads to great discussion on God's creativity in creation.
The polar bears were awake and playing. We went down to the underwater viewing area to watch the bears jump on the glass.
This one was playing with the balls and discs. So cute!
The bear would jump off the glass below, up to the people in the viewing area. The kids there were loving it. So were the adults actually.
Poor little goats. Elli got to all of them, I think, brushing their hair.
Of course we had to ride the carousel. Such a big girl she is.
This baby elephant was fun to watch. He was playing in the water, swimming, flipping, etc. The mama was pacing back and forth though until he got out!
Brent got to take his grandfather golfing at Kingsville Golf and Curling Club. They had a good time together. Murray even putted a few strokes.
We planted flowers on Saturday morning. Larry helped Linda plant this little maple tree as well.
Brent and Linda in front of the old farmhouse in Canada. 
Enjoying a little conversation on the swing.
We all went to Collasanti's for dinner and a little fun. Here is Elli getting ready to feed the very large gold fish with Devin and Larry. They have lots of animals here though we didn't get to see them because they were closed by the time we finished dinner. We will have to go back.
Dinner of broasted chicken, broasted potato wedges, french fries, coleslaw, rolls, and delicious, freshly backed cinnamon doughnuts. Around the table; Elli, Brent, Murray, Devin, Eric, Donald, Nathan, Larry, Linda, Karen, Gordon, Laura, and Carla. It was a fun visit. We also stopped to see Aunt Ann, Uncle Carl Carolyn, and Adalai, on our way back to Michigan. Sunday morning we got to hear Devin sing a duet in church and Larry and Linda sing in the choir. This was truly a weekend packed tight with family and fun.
The farm was actually not open for "U-Pick", but we didn't know that until we got there. When the owner saw these girls, she let us pick anyway!
Elli found a bundle of berries. It is hard to tell in the picture, but these berries are huge and so very good. We had to try a few as we picked:)
Getting serious about these berries.
Elli picked about a pound, Emily picked two and a half pounds! We had a lot of fun.
Then, we baked a blueberry buckle, from allrecipes.com. So good!
Elli, Elliot, William. They all had fun on the train:)
Brent is trying out his new driver. Ell
And what is a fun trip to Young's without a pose from Elli, and delicious ice cream. We had a fun night.
