Summer Fun

I love summer for all the fun things you can do!! We love to play and we love to work and we have done both all summer long. So fun!! Here are some of the things we have done:

Our summer was off to a chilly start - notice the pants and sweatshirt. It didn't last long -phew!

 Family mini golfing - yes I was there but I seem to always be behind the camera

 We LOVE getting a lot of cousin time in over the summer. We try to meet up weekly. Here are the kids at the park. Love the sunglasses owen!

Jane so excited for her sleepover at Wyatt's house. 

 Our neighborhood is always fun to hang out in. Lots of kids. Always plenty to do!

Theresa is helping the kids do tie dye - so fun!!

Puzzle day! The boys pulled out a bunch of puzzles and spent hours doing puzzles - on the bathroom floor of all places!!

Lucy worked on a sewing project of her choice this summer. We had fun working on it together. She made crayon rolls to put in a babysitting bag. 

 And we ALWAYS seem to spend endless hours at the pool. The kids love it and I love it. More than anything I love that they are burning off energy and exercising!!

Games are a must! We love to play games with our kids. This is what we played with Lucy and Ethan the first summer night.

We spent the start of our summer on soccer fields. Here are Jane and Gabby both sitting on Gabby's grandma's lap during a game. As you can see we had a chilly start to our summer!

The kids love to craft. Here are some balloons they covered in duct tape. They spent hours working on this project!

 Lucy got to go on 2 trips this summer both of which had her flying alone! She did a great job. I felt strange sending her off and she was missed but I am glad she got to spend a week with some dear friends (Kamryn and Eliza) and then she spent another week with her Grandma S and a couple of her cousins!

 Here are the kids doing our annual sweet cereal purchase! Once a year (and always in the summer - just because that's how we did it when I was growing up!) the kids get to pick their very own box of sweet cereal.

It took us a year to discover nelson's ice cream but boy are we glad we discovered it!! It's a tiny tiny ice cream shop and the flavors are great and the price is even greater. 

This is a child size - no joke!! And it only costs $3.50! Crazy huh?

The kids learned a whole bunch of new skills and chores this summer. I have been quite impressed with their hard work!! Here is Lucy learning to mow the lawn