We had wonderful experience visiting Grounds for Sculpture this weekend.

As we walked through the many beautiful paths we felt like we were part of the art exhibits…

This one by far was the best experience here. I got goose bumps when I walked in to a little secluded path and saw life size Claude Monet sculpture . I felt as though I became part of the history and sneaked a peek in his time. 

“Also on view during Seward Johnson: The Retrospective are works from his Beyond the Frame series. An homage to the Impressionist painters, Beyond the Frame works transform well-known paintings such as Claude Monet’s Garden at Sainte-Addresse and Edouard Manet’s Le Dejeuner sur l’herbe into life-sized three-dimensional tableaux. ”

We got to be in his painting. How awesome.

Chloe had many up close and personal moments with sculptures.

Oh here we go…her obsession with underpants….

Our blog caught a nasty virus two weeks ago causing the site to crash. But thanks to my trusty programmer Andy, we are back! It was the longest two weeks. Ever.

After dinner, all FIVE kids stayed over for a sleepover tonight. That’s 7 kids in the house.

The littlest one saying goodbye to her mom…. I’m not sure who’s going to cry first…

Before bedtime, the girls read,

and boys played games….

They chatted until close to 11pm! I have no idea what they were talking about but they sure had a lot to say about something.

These (overexcited) kids woke me up at 6AM. I’m not even sure how long they’ve been up.

Breakfast at 7AM. What. The.

Shane has mastered cutting pancakes!

Right after breakfast we hurried off to church for a Sunday worship, followed by a memorial service… What a crazy busy fun (and sad) weekend we had.

Nothing says summer like some lobster rolls and clambake with cocktails!

Recipe here

Strawberry mint and lemon mojito… I’m going to make this my signature summer drink! 🙂

Best part of it all is having friends you love over to share.

Kids have been begging me to set up a lemonade stand for weeks now so I ordered one from Etsy. It finally arrived just in time for the playdate with Lee & Wei’s family.

I asked the seller to leave the top blank so I can customized the sign.

I was happy to find cute lemonade stand printables (exactly how I envisioned it) from here . Saved me so much time! I left the inside content area blank and laminated the sign and the menu so kids can use markers to write on it. They can also change the menu and reuse it in the future. 😉

Well well well, designer “super dad” Austin also handmade his lemonade stand and brought it over (to show off). It’s time for a throw down!!

Austin’s stand eventually served as a cocktail bar to adults.

The cutest cannonball I’ve ever seen!

You can totally see Chloe’s personality in her diving poses!

They are pretty good swimmers now!

Thank you so much Lee family for organizing this wonderful trip!!! What an amazing time we ALL had. Love you guys!

We are super excited to see Moses show tonight!

We were blessed to take in this wonderful presentation. The music, the drama, the lighting and technical aspects of it were top notch. From the first note to the last, we were enthralled by the story that unfolded of the life of Moses. We sat in the isle seats where live animals often walked by and actors also performed all around us. The whole stage affects were just amazing.

At the end of the show, I was ready to give my standing ovation to the actors, but they never came out after curtains went down. I was confused and my friend told me it’s because their performance was for the Glory of God alone… that they didn’t want to be praised…that… is truly a testimony of christian faith.

All I can say was wow….I left the theatre feeling truly truely blessed.

Family style dinner in Amish restaurant = All you can eat buffet brought to your table = A perfect meal for the hungry crowd

Best fried chicken. ever.

Look who got up super early this morning? She was too excited to sleep in!

Waiting to be seated for breakfast.

After a big breakfast, we went back to Dutch Wonderland just in time for this show.

What a fun show! ! So glad we got to see it.

All of us also went on the big slides over and over again. Now that both of our kids are big enough to not only ride them, they actually love it! It was so much fun to see them having a blast!

For dinner I had my first sonic food, and it was our kids first fast food experience…

There was a putting green right in front of our rooms.

We put the kids to sleep in the same room while we adults stayed up chatting in the front porch.:)

My second piña colada of the day.