June: The Start of Our Summer

Summer got off to a slow start with some rainy weather.  We had to get creative on things to do in order to keep everyone happy but we survived and now the weather is nice and hot and we are in full summer mode.  The kids are having a blast and it's hard to believe that the 4th of July is quickly approaching this week. 

 Crazy hair day at VBS.

VBS celebration at church.  It's always such a nice morning watching the kids sing the songs that they practiced all week, watching the slideshow and hearing what they learned.  The kids also love the cake at the end of the service :)

 Painting mugs for Father's Day gifts.

 National donut day at Duck Donuts.

Our babysitter, Morgan, got married!!  She started babysitting for us when she was in high school so it was really fun to be a part of her big day and Quinn was so in love with the bride.  Nolan even broke out his dance moves of the dance floor while people cheered him on.

 No more infant carrier!

 The kids volunteered their time to make activity kits, notes and door decorations for kids at Children's Hospital.  They had a good time and I think we will add volunteering to our list of things to do each month.

 Father's Day cheesecake.  I was pretty proud of how this turned out and Eric (who doesn't eat dessert) went make for seconds.

 Since it's too hard to go to the theater with Mairin, we brought the theater home.  Complete with popcorn, candy and a special drink.

 These strawberry cake pops at Starbucks were too cute to refuse.

 Pool bums.

 Mairin is more and more mobile these days and sometimes finds herself in weird places.

 Attack baby.  If the kids lay down, she sprint-crawls over to them and body slams them or starts hitting them over and over again.  She's feisty. 

 Three babes in the tub.

 It's a rare night this summer where we don't find these two cuddled up together.

 Play date with kindergarten friends.  They even saw their teacher while we were there.  The girls were so excited to see Ms. Conley out in the world.  It was the highlight of Quinn's day.

 Such a good big brother.  Building lego towers for Mairin to knock down at the library.

 Quinn and our neighbor, Camilla.  They put these "Taylor Swift" glasses on and danced around to her music.

This makes my blog so worth it.  The books that they are reading is my blog in paper form.  I have the blog printed each year as a Christmas gift to my family and the kids have gotten into looking at them and reading about their lives.  It's not easy to find time to update the blog but I am so glad I continue to do so in order for the kids to have their memories in one spot with my narrative to go with it.