Then we went to Disney World (the 4 of us)! What a extreme blast that was! The girls had SO much fun it was hard to contain themselves sometimes! Ken and I enjoyed seeing them so happy! The trip really brought the 4 of us back together as a family. It is hard sometimes taking care of Makenzie and trying to have fun sometimes. She can be a joy sometimes, but she can be something else sometimes too!
We also went camping at our property. It was SOOOOO HOT (somewhere in the 90s) we found the Pine River and dipped in and tubed down a small portion it. There is a very small place maintained by the state that has a port-a-potty and a place to put your tubes, canoes or kayaks in and it's on a bend. We put in on one side and would float for 10 minutes and reach the other side of the state owned 'park'. We had a blast even though the river was about FREEZING!! Ken's sister, Melynda and her family, were with us and everyone had a good time. Makenzie really likes the water, so even she had a good time.
Since we found a REALLY good babysitter (for Makenzie) this summer, we were able to go to Michigan's Adventure this summer! It was nice to reconnect like we did at Disney and go a few weeks before school started. That may need to be an annual event too!
Makenzie went to school this summer for 3 mornings a week, so the girls and I would head out on adventures that we couldn't do with Makenzie. We went to new parks around the area, bike rides and even got to run errands! We don't get to do those things very often AT ALL! It's not easy running in a few places when you have a wheelchair to get in and out each time and she doesn't always enjoy it either.
I did take all three girls to the zoo in August since we had a free pass. We stayed 2 hours and came home. The girls saw what they wanted to, we had a picnic lunch and as long as we kept moving, Makenzie was good.
I think that's about all for the summer, but it was very nice to enjoy a few things this year.
Here's a few pictures of our summer...
