La felicidad que se encuentra: Kyle, Jenny, Alexa, Tyler, Tad, Liam, Nathan, and Audrey

We had a blast in Indiana visiting Grandma and Grandpa Sweeny and our cousins.  We stayed with Brendan and Whitney in Indy the first week and then Grandma and Grandpa Sweeny in Bloomington the second week.  Kyle and the four oldest also went to Comic Con for a few days, and Kyle ended the trip at a Journey Continues workshop, which is part of the Brothers Road series he's been attending / volunteering at.  The kids did really well on the drive.  Audrey also made sure her baby doll was taken care of during the cross country journey.  We rented pedal boats and kayaks at a reservoir and our kids had their first-ever raccoon sighting.  They were sooo excited.  A chubby little raccoon walked across the picnic area and climbed into a trash can to get some lunch.  The kids followed and tossed snacks into the trash can for their new friend.  We then found the rest of his family camped out in a nearby pavilion.  Tad also found a hermet crab shell...

Alexa, Tyler, and Tad's baseball/softball teams all qualified for State this year!  Marmie came to one of Tad's game and repped her A's gear.  Grandpa Swingle was able to cheer Tyler on during one of his games as well.  Tad and Tyler had State the same week so we had to divide and conquer to run around between games at the same time.   I happened to be in Milwaukee for work the week after Jeremiah's birthday so we met up for dinner.  We had a great time catching up and visited for a couple of hours we ate.  The next day I gave Jeremiah a tour of Thrive's freeze dry plant in Milwaukee and then I got a tour of Milwaukee Tools where Jeremiah is interning for the summer.  The icing on the cake was that Michelle, Eliza, and Danny came up on Friday and I got to see them before flying home.   Alexa was a sharpshooter at Girls Camp and had a great time up in the mountains. Audrey and Jeremias, our renter's son, are great friends and love playing...