summer things

 Summer is winding down, August is off to school, I plan to start my pre-K program with Jeanie next week, and my baby girl is ONE today. Life is flying by.

Some pics from our summer:

Visited my Grandpa

Fun with the water table we got free from a neighbor

At the airshow (getting into the back of a giant military plane)

Going to the country music bar dancing with my sister

Got a fun long puzzle as a gift from the neighbor

BOO!!!

Got to see a couple of my cousins at a nice summer get together.

Storytime at the library.

We'd been hosting guys/girls nights for our college ministry group at our church we volunteer with. The girls would be inside eating, talking, praying. The guys would be outside throwing knives or axes or paintball and then have a bonfire and talk about Godly manhood. It was a really nice summer doing that. 

I was SO excited to find 3 of these binders at TJ Maxx. Anyone who knows me knows I try to document the heck out of our lives. With a yearly family yearbook, my 5 year journal, my 5 year journal for each kid, their babybooks, my exercise journal, and this is such a cute was to document the grades as they go by. I'm seriously so excited about it.

We met with our friends at a music in the park festival.

Another day met with other mom kid/friends at the park, they played at the playground (which had one of those free book boxes) and we also played at the waterpark.

Jeanie girl traded in her binky for a new little doll (she alternates calling "baby Lucy" or "Boppa Dabe" (aka Grandpa Dave 😂) but it worked well and she has been sleeping all night without her binky!

My garden was mostly a dismal failure this year, but we do always get good-ol-faithful beans.

Met my bestie and her fam at the hot air balloon festival. It was so gorgeous watching them launch.

Wakeboarded a couple times this summer!

Our friend's neighbor had apparently some epic party with GIGANTIC inflatables, including like a 50ft long obstacle course one, so we all took turns beating each other up on this jousting thing, or whatever it's called, when we had our friends/food/fun/lake day.

And the kids have (for the most part) really just loved being together and playing nicely and it has been wonderful having everyone around so much. My boy is in kindergarten now and I MISS HIM SO MUCH.