Tuesday, July 31, 2018

The rest of summer

Believe it or not, summer is officially OVER!  We had a really and truly fantastic summer.  We kept busy but really didn't do many major things.  Surprisingly, we never made it to the library or the movies, two things I thought we'd do regularly.  I feel like our summer was a great mix of being together as a family, doing things independently, spending time at the pool, playing outside, seeing friends, and doing little activities for fun.  There was plenty of whining and complaining... DAILY... but I'm going to miss the lazy summer days of hanging out with the kiddos.

Here's a look at the second half of our summer...

Hair cuts:
Sydney- before

Taylor- before







The pool:
The biggest accomplishment of the summer- Parker is finally swimming!  It's amazing how much your swimming skills can improve when you have regular access to a pool and not just taking random swim lessons. Yay!





Movies on the (apartment) lawn:





Lots of board and card games were played this summer:



Baseball:


 Bowling:





Dave & Busters:


 Playing with their friend, Stella:



Raegan and Monica came to visit!




 White Water!


 Playdate with Landon & Sutter:





 Random Pics:










Parker has a "broken leg" ;)




 Monster Putt Putt:







Ahhh!  Such a fun summer!!  Now we're back to early alarms being set, homework to do, structure and routine.  I'll be good with it in a few weeks, once my body gets used to waking up before 8:30. ;) I guess I should probably go to bed...

Fire Station Fun

We met my up with my friend Morgan and her three kiddos last week.  They're our friends from our old town, so it was so good to see them.  We grabbed some lunch and then went to go visit her husband at the fire station where he works in Marietta!

It was really cool.  The kids got red carpet treatment and got to check out all the trucks, the fire house, meet the firefighters, and hold a bunch of their tools.  They even got to see the trucks leave on 3 calls while we were there.  It was a great day to spend with friends that we miss so much!





Taylor, Sydney, Ansley, Parker, Mason, and Parker

Watching the truck leave for a call!



Turning on the lights



The jaws of life