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July - Indiana Adventures

We started the trek to Indiana late afternoon on Thursday (6/29) and made it to Brendan and Whitney's by dinner time on Friday.  Tad was awake on and off most of the night, but Alexa and Tyler slept well in the car in their sleeping bags.
The kids were beyond excited to get to Brendan and Whitney's and play with cousins all week.  They have been begging to go back ever since we got home.
We spent Saturday at Yellowwood Lake kayaking and playing with the Sweeny clan.  We also walked down to the cemetery to visit Uncle Ben's grave.  The cousins all picked flowers to put on Ben's grave.

We spent Saturday night at the drive-in watching Despicable Me 3 with Brendan, Chase, Jeffrey, Carra, Caleb, Anne, Wylah, Corbin, Jonny, Michelle, Eliza, and Joy.  We left Tad and Erik home with Whitney.

We went to church with Bishop Brendan Sunday morning, took naps, and then headed to Tennessee to visit Todd, Melissa, and Dean.  It was so cute to see Dean's reaction when Alexa and Tyler jumped out of the car.  We spent the night there Sunday, had fun swimming together at the local pool Monday morning, and went to Nashville for delicious BBQ.  It was our first time in Music City and we were grateful for the chance to see Todd & Melissa while we were out east.

Tuesday was the 4th of July and we had a fun time with everyone at Brendan & Whitney's house.  Brendan got a zip line for his birthday, so he and Kyle set it up in the morning for everyone to play on.






We then spent Independence Day evening watching Ellettsville fireworks with Adam & Karen's family.

We took a tour of Jonny's work on Wednesday, joined by Adam & Karen's family.  We spent the rest of the day at Jonny's house, playing Spoons and Durak with the kids.  Alexa was invited to spend the night with Eliza and Joy and had a blast.

Thursday was Corbin's birthday and we met up at Children's Commons in Columbus to celebrate.  Then we headed to a buffet to continue the celebration.
We started the drive back on Friday and got home early Saturday morning.  We gave all of the kids Benadryl and it helped Tad sleep a little better on the drive home.  This is a gem we captured off the road in the middle of nowhere Iowa with a desperate 4-year old--
Uncle Adam even made the kids new bunny and Green Lantern rings from his 3D printer after we got home and sent them in the mail.  They LOVE them.
We had a fun 3-day Swingle cousin camp the next week, including a day of slip 'n slide fun, the Classic Fun Center arcade, and matching tie-dye shirts made by Emily.
Because July was the month of road trips, Kyle also took the kids to Nevada to visit Richard and Megan while I was at our annual convention for work the last week of the month.

All in all, July was a blur.  It was a fun, busy month and we were grateful for moments together in the midst of the chaos.
One final note is that Alexa is famous.  Kind of.  She was chosen for a scene in a new video for Thrive that was posted on our About Us page.  She loved the attention from the video shoot.  Here's the final video.  She appears around the 2-minute mark.  Despite the fact that they told her she could fake it, she ate handfuls and handfuls of broccoli during the 45 minutes we were filming.



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