July: Fun, Family and Friends

It's already the end of July.  This summer started off slow with lots of rain and crabby kids but the month of July has been gorgeous, we got into a schedule and it has FLOWN by.  It's time to go back to school in just a couple of weeks.  July has been great so I hate to see these summer days disappear.

Quinn started tennis and so far she really likes it!  Maybe I'll get a tennis buddy someday. 

Veranda dinner with friends.

The dads took Mairin out to the putting green after dinner to keep her happy.  She had a blast chasing the balls around the green.

Water balloon fun.

The Wolfer girls' birthday party. 

One of our summer projects was to grow butterflies.  Nolan and Quinn really enjoyed watching all of the transformations taking place and then finally releasing them.  When we see butterflies now, they think they are the ones that they grew.

Declan came to visit!  We were able to sneak in a quick dinner out and ice cream to follow.  It definitely wasn't the most relaxing dinner with two toddlers but it's always good to see the O'Briens.

She's quick.  Turned around one second at the pool to get her something to wear and the kid had a ring pop in her mouth.  Probably the best "pacifier" she had ever had.

Manis and pedis with Quinn.

We got a swing set!!  We bought it second hand from friends of ours and it turned out great.  It's a really nice set, only a few years old and fits all three kids perfectly.  They have had such a great time playing on it with friends.

Pool day.

Practicing wearing her flower crown for her birthday pictures.

Yum!

The DePauls are back!!  Their house is finished and our neighbors are home.  The kids are so thrilled (that's an understatement) to have Rylen and Reese down the street again.  Kate had to be out of town during the move so I had the girls most of the time and it was fun to watch their excitement as their family moved their things and they saw the moving truck show up.

Toy Story 4.

Eric and I celebrated 11 years on the 19th.  We lined up a babysitter and went out to dinner and grabbed a drink afterwards at a cute wine bar in downtown Powell we had never visited before.

National Ice Cream day calls for ice cream.  We tried out a little hole in the wall ice cream store in Dublin and it was very tasty.

Big kid, eating a snack, watching a show.

Mairin thinks it's funny to carry things around in her mouth like a puppy.

Baby popsicle.

Quinn and her buddy, Reese, at the pool.

Loaded up and ready to go to Cleveland for the weekend to visit the grandparents.  SO much work to get everyone packed and organized but they had fun.

We even made a visit over to Lorain to see the condo we lived in for a couple of years both before we were married and during our first year of marriage.  Nolan and Quinn got a kick out of walking around and asking us questions about before we knew them.

 The world's best kindergarten teacher, Miss Conley, couldn't go a whole summer without seeing her class from last year so she organized a play date at the park.  Quinn loved seeing her and all of her friends from last school year.

Reading her new book fro her buddy, Declan.

 Innovative little snack trap holder.

 We checked out the new library in Dublin.  It's very nice and we happened to stumble upon a juggling show.

 Too cool for the show at the beginning.   The girls wanted to look at other things and every time I went back to check on him, he was inched closer and closer and eventually in participation.

 Lots of fun things to climb and she didn't miss a single one.

Loving the juggler's trick.