Summer Fun Wrap-up 2015

I don't know who's luckier - the children or the parents when it comes to our nanny Dominique.  All summer long, the children have had fun activities.   She is just amazing and we are so blessed to have her.  The kids made tie-dyed shirts and they looked groovy!

The kids went to the splash park in Powell.

Slip and slide in our front yard.

Kate and I celebrated National Middle Child Day with some ice cream on August 12th.

Sage is getting ready for Bengals Football (thanks to fun face painters at the pool).

We visited with an orthodontist this summer for Emma - braces are in our future. 

Papa, Grandma, James and Hailey joined us for a day at Zoombezi Bay.  

Grandma W and Dominique took the kids to the Ohio State Fair.  Sage's pig won the pig race!

The Zinser fam gathered for an Indians game in July. 

Check out Sage's face!

The Weatherwax fam gathered for a Reds game in August.

Grandma Weatherwax took the girls to see Idina Menzel at the Palace Theater.

The kiddos had their 2nd annual campout with the Butler girls next door. 

Our adorable little golfer!  This summer has been a blast!

Beach Pics 2015

Zinser Summer Vacation 2015 - Hilton Head Island

It is always nice to go to the beach!  We had a nice and relaxing vacation to Hilton Head - we just love that place.  The Sun was HOT HOT HOT, and often an afternoon storm would roll in.  Fortunately most of our time was spent in the pool or at the beach.  We enjoyed cooking meals at home, playing Apples to Apples and "Heads Up."  Again, I attempted to teach my sister how to play Euchre.  Thank you Mom and Dad for a wonderful trip.  

 We decided to play putt-putt while it was sprinkling.  It was perfect as the course was covered by large trees and there was NO crowd!

 Randomly Sage walked over with a broken club.  It's still a mystery of what happened...some day he'll fess up!  And we payed a $12 club replacement fee!

The kids played non-stop in the water, literally 9am-4pm daily.  

They love taking "silly faces" pictures!

 Kate is so cool!

We went on the "Pirates of Hilton Head" Cruise.  

 The kids are looking for clues in the water.

 After attacking "Stinky Pete" with water cannons, the kids collect some treasures!

 My fav niece and nephew - Hailey Boo and James Lee!

 As a tradition, one day during vacation, my parents fill  up water balloons and the kids have a blast.  This year, Emma and Hailey figured out how to tie knots in balloons thus we had tons!

 My Dad and Mom with their "Little Ones" at Salty Dog.

 Cousins!

The whole Fam!

2015 MLB All Star Game

Cincinnati played host to the 2015 All Star Game.  As many of you know, my Dad, Brother-in-law Jim and my nephew James are huge baseball fans.  They embraced all of the activities and attended the big game.  I thought this was a great picture and wanted to share.

Trip to the Lake 2015

 Going to visit the Spicer's at the lake is one of the highlights of our summer.  Our kids adore each other and play together so nicely.   It was an amazing weekend!

Laura:  "Hey Luke.  Guess who's coming this weekend?"

Luke:  "Oh no.  Angie's coming this weekend.  Does that mean you're going to act weird?"

Absolutely!  And yes, we bring out the best in each other and we always have a fun time!

 Luke and Sage on the kayak

 Cute pic of Luke and Emma

 Boating beauties!

Tubing!

 Jumping off the boat

3 Boats - 23 people and 1 fabulous Selfie-Stick to thank for our group picture!

We had beautiful weather on Saturday and Monday morning, but it rained all day Sunday....a great day to play games and build a fort!

Our weekend coincided with the ONU Business College golf outing.  We had an adult night out for the welcome dinner and the boys golfed on Monday. We have good ole ONU to thank for our wonderful friendship!

A is for Applesauce!

The girls spent some time with Grandma Weatherwax making homemade applesauce.  Since my girls are obsessed with watching YouTube videos, Emma created a video for her "Fantastic Girls" channel. Enjoy!

We visited with the original Queen of making applesauce GG!

4th of July - 2015

God Bless America!

 We had a fun Fourth of July.  We went to a pool party, a picnic at Jim and Mickies (our "grand" neighbors) and wrapped the evening up with the Dublin fireworks.  For all the rain we have had, the 4th was a beautiful day!

 Arrrggghh matey!

Emma and one of her BFF's Ella.