Livin' La Vida Lake-a

Before school started, we just HAD to squeeze in a summer trip to the lake with the whole fam damily. Of course, this means there was never a shortage of a) people b) things to do c) fun or d) noise. Here's a look at this year's big adventure:

A rainbow followed us to Grandma and Grandpa's, so that must've been a good sign.

First time sharing a bed for Rylee and Liam!

We made sure to break in all of Grandma and Grandpa's new toys.

We prefer swinging in our PJs, you see.

Rylee, fresh off her swimming lessons, could not wait to get her little tush in that lake.

Lakers

Crazy Hoben Boys (3 of 4 anyway)

Oh, wait, there's the other one....

Showing off her new floating skills...

And her new swimming skills with Uncle Todd

There was paddleboarding...

And kayaking...

And playing with toys (some of us more naked than others)...

And.... yeah... um... I'm not sure what this is.

Lake Babies

Root Beer Floaters

Catching some rays (or playing dead, not sure which)

Kissin' Cousins

Leading the Way

WWF at the BPH

There were birthday celebrations

And you really never know what's going to happen while you brush your teeth up in this place. Goggles are highly recommended.

Lakeside snuggles with Amy

And, of course, the obligatory couch pic!

But if you ask me, the outtakes are WAY better.

Star Spangled Hobens

We love 4th of July in this house, so we try to do as much celebrating as we can possibly squeeze into one weekend. This year we only had half the wee Hobens to celebrate with, but we did our best. 

There's more than two tools in this picture...

Star spangled selfie

 Mommy whipped up some red, white, and blue spaghetti and meatballs for the occasion.

And there was a special giant 4th of July cupcake to boot!

When we cut it open, it had a nice red, white, and blue surprise for us:-)

Happy hour

Our lil' sparklers with sparklers

Daddy put on a small but impressive fireworks show out front, which we were mesmerized by.

Hooray for staying up past our bedtime to watch stuff explode!

Our neighbors had some pretty good firework shows of their own. Here we are oohing and ahhing.

And the next day we got up and got all patriotic all over again to cheer on the US women's soccer time to victory. 'MERICA!!

A Berry Good Day

Early June brought one of our most favorite annual traditions: STRAWBERRY PICKING!!

A tete-a-tete with Huber's infamous talking tree

Farmer Aidan and his farmhand, Rylee

Whose idea was it to let the 2 year old drive?

This year's Kentucky Strawberry Princess 2015

We found some really funny looking strawberries this year:

There was the 4-leaf strawberry (found by none other than Brendan, which was fitting because, oddly enough, he has found more 4 leaf clovers in his 16 years than most people find in a lifetime)

And then there was Ginormaberry!!

Liam did more sampling than picking, of course

Annual berry picking butt view photo

No, no, no, Liam, we said pick STRAWBERRIES not STRAW!!

In the zone

This might look like Daddy is showing Rylee how to pick, but it's really the other way around

Child of the Corn?

Strawselfie

Moo.

The Motherload.

And then I introduced my childhood favorite to those adventurous enough to try it: strawberries dipped in sour cream and brown sugar. We have a few fans in the house.