Summer!



Hannah caught a baby bunny



Daniel and I have been trying to be better at taking each of the kids on dates.  I like taking a "date picture" with the intent of someday making a little book with all the pictures and a little write up about the date or about them at that age.  Anyway...here is my date picture with Eliza.

We walked to the park for our date.  She pushed her baby doll and I carried some apples and crackers for a little picnic.  We played on the swings because that is her favorite.

We enjoy watching the cool storms.

 

Ethan's preschool graduation



Ethan is ready for kindergarten...I am not ready for him to be in kindergarten.



Camp seems like such a long time ago...it has been a busy summer.

 

Andrew and his cousin Megan are about to jump of the deck onto the trampoline.  

Andrew started piano and is taking a combined lesson with his friend Luca.

 

For my date with Hannah we picked wildflowers.

Afterwards we went to a beautiful meadow where we hoped to find deer. We didn't find deer, but did find a turtle.

The beautiful meadow and my beautiful daughter



Andrew and I went to the park to play trac ball for our date.

We stopped for slurpees on the way.

We also had fun throwing rocks into the river trying to be the first one to hit different targets.  It was a fun night!

Andrew is into cooking lately...I love it! He just started making chocolate chip cookies which is both wonderful and dangerous...I have a serious addiction to cookie dough.

I threw together a last minute party for her birthday.  She loves bubbles so we just had friends over for bubbles and cake one evening.



This pool has gotten a lot of use this summer.



Cute kid.

Eliza wanted to go to the zoo on her birthday.

I can't believe my baby is 3!











I love summers for this reason...more time together builds relationships.

who knew he was real (Andrew wrote that caption :)) Ethan loves this spiderman costume.



We went back to the beautiful meadow and brought books and oreos.









Eliza and I love playing with our friend Ian

They were having a good time reading "funny books" :)



Ethan loves playing sports



fort of epicness' (Andrew wrote this one also) I love having screen free weeks! Speaking of Andrew and screens...he loves the dude perfect videos on you tube and I have to say how impressed I am with them.  They are cool and funny without swearing or talking about sex.  They don't even use boy humor (potty talk, making rude sounds, etc...).  When girls are on they are dressed modestly. I love it!

My date with Ethan

We picked out treats and went to the park. We watched the turtles in the pond and went on a little hike in the woods.



A fun day at the creek







We have been subbing a lot in his church class which is a lot of fun. We were taking "reverent pictures".



Andrew and his friends playing in the cul-de-sac



Another date with Hannah.  We couldn't pass up the opportunity to go see the play "The Wizard of Oz".  We read the book a couple of months ago and she also read it in school. She is pretty lucky- she also got to go see the play "The Sound of Music" with Daniel.  She has loved the sound of music for a long time and Daniel always sings her the songs at bedtime so she was very excited to see it with him.

I love this theatre- it is outdoors and has some free seats!