Splash Pad

When Aunt Natalie was here for a visit in July, we went to the plash pad in Lyons. Which was recommended to me through Facebook after I asked for suggestions on what to do! Aunt Dani, Blake, Emma, and Ethan were also with us. This was a great place to take toddlers because there are 3 different areas for the kids to go.

Maggie had been going to swimming lesson for a few months already and was really enjoying her time in the water. She 's not ready to go down the water slide, even with someone, but she loves the rest of it!

Grayson visits us!

Grayson came over for a visit for a couple hours at the beginning of July. We were all so excited to see him! We're looking forward to watch him grow up and spend more and more time with him. Maggie wanted to help feed him a bottle, then she wanted Daddy to feed her drink to her while she laid on his lap (do I hear a little jealousy?!) Aunt Natalie finally got to meet Grayson too, which was exciting for her.

Oops!!

As I was looking through all of the pictures we have taken in the past couple of months, I realized I never talked about Maggie's Papa Steinmetz's retirement. On March 6th, we all went to visit Papa at his firehouse (which is on the FAR north side of the city). Maggie's daddy and Uncle Erik surprised Papa by working his last day with him. There were so many people visiting throughout the day, it just shows what a great person, firefighter, and captain Papa is!!

Happy 4th of July!

Usually, the Murphy family has a party on July 4th, but there was nothing planned this year. We decided to have a few people over on the 3rd and have a small cookout. Maggie was excited that there were other kids over. Even though we didn't attend an actual 4th of July show, there were plenty of fireworks in the neighborhood to keep Maggie excited.

On the 4th, we went over to Grandma and Papa's for pizza and many more neighbor firework shows!

There was also a parade during the week to celebrate independence day. We watched the parade and got a lot of candy! Maggie had her 1st (and 2nd) sucker during the parade.

It rained a little, but Maggie, Tonia, Ethan and I were troopers and stayed the whole time. Daddy hid on under someone's awning (since he had the good camera), but he eventually came out too! We tried to go watch the movie in the park afterwards, but because there were several storms coming in, it was canceled. This has been a very rainy summer!

Maggie's new cousin

Maggie's new cousin, Grayson Quinn Steinmetz was born on June 20! She was so excited to finally meet him on June 25th! She just loves him and loves seeing him whenever she can :)

Father's day pic

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Happy Father's Day 2011

Father's day weekend was very busy this year.

On Saturday, we went to Grandpa Rich's house with the whole family (minus Jerriah and Brandy). We had a cookout, played kickball, and took a lot of great pictures. We tried to get all of the grand kids to smile, but we all ended up yelling, which was pretty hilarious. The only person that wasn't amused was poor Ryland.

On Sunday, we went to breakfast with Papa Steinmetz. Then we went to Wicker park to shop with Aunt Tonee, had lunch, then came home.

Maggie and I "bought" daddy new sunglasses for Father's day. (Chris went into the Sunglass store while Maggie slept in the car & I read in the car :)

It was a great weekend!