The last week of July...

We've had a GREAT last week of July!!  On Wednesday, we were able to meet up with some very dear friends from Ohio at a beach on Lake Ontario.  Jenny is the children's director at the church we attended in Ohio and we were in her family's small group.  Alexa and her middle daughter, Morgan, were good friends AND Morgan was in the 3rd grade SS class I co-taught.  We are so grateful they squeezed in a visit with us during their trip to see family in New York!

The kids loved playing together and no one was ready to leave (adults included).

Last night, Billy was able to take some time off from studying for us to enjoy Harborfest in Oswego, NY.  Oswego is located on Lake Ontario and the fireworks are displayed over the lake.  We watched the fireworks from Fort Ontario, a historic fort constructed in the mid-1700s.  We weren't able to explore much of the fort on this visit due to the harborfest activities, but hope to make it back up there before we move from NY.  We walked around the town before the fireworks began, and the kids really liked the mural painted on the side of the firehouse!

Lastly, here are some other random photos from the last week of July!  :)

 Enjoying the carousel at the Carousel Center Mall

 These next photos crack me up!  Brody and Alexa both have authentic Korean outfits that my mother-in-law gave them.  We have had photos taken of my mother-in-law and Alexa both in Korean dresses, but we have NEVER been able to get Brody to wear his.  One day, he pulled it out and wanted to put it on, so we did, and he immediately began doing some sort of dance/martial arts.  The photos don't do it justice, but that child cracks me up!  Alexa then had to put her Korean dress on as well and I finally got a photo of the two of them, though Brody refused to look at the camera...  :)