Summer Mode

We hit the ground running into summer break! The first day we had a morning play date with Reagan and family, followed by our first GCA lake day.

Sweet Friends

Left: Amelia, Noah and Makin working on their sand project
Top Right: Makin giving Amelia a tow on the boogie board
Bottom Right: Alex, Nayeli and Lorelei

The moms and the kiddos!
This event just made me so happy! :)

Savannah and Charlie hung out with us Thursday because their parents both work at a Mother's Day Out program that hadn't quite finished up yet. All four kids were elated that they got to spend 6 hours together just playing. I was elated to have my kids having a great time with friends. (I even snuck in a few phone calls from my to-do list!)

After a quiet recoup morning the next day, we headed to Nayeli's Pinata party!

And yes, we have total yard envy! This isn't even all of it!

Saturday morning bubbles.

Sunday we headed to a three-hole course a friend told us about near our church. It is the perfect size for the kids and more affordable than a usual course. Brad ended up doing a lot of coaching, but it was a fun family outing. :) He is thrilled to have two kiddos out enjoying golf!












We had another GCA meet up, moved to the park because of a possible alligator sighting at the lake. No pictures but the kids had a great time! I love seeing them mix with the various ages and kiddos that join us and love getting to chat with the moms!

We ventured to Arbor Hills and spent about an hour hiking before we got too hot and had to head to the stream. It cooled us off perfectly and the kids played another couple of hours. Just love these days.

Swinging like Tarzan and sliding down dirt.

We loved hearing the birds and finding a frog and a bunny along our hike.

Cooling off in the stream.

Heather came for a day over Memorial Weekend. It was great to have her and Lou here for a visit! She and I headed out for a some Ikea and World Market shopping Saturday afternoon. The kids and Brad dog-sat Lou, which was a thrill for the kiddos! Sunday after church we headed to Grimaldi's. This brought back some fun memories from when we went to New York together about 10 years ago and stood outside in the freezing cold to eat from "this pizza place a lady on the plane told me we HAD to go to." :) It was delicious!

We celebrated Rory's birthday. The kids loved heading out to Savannah and Charlie's house and enjoyed a water slide! (This mom didn't read the party info closely and they did not come in swim wear! Thankfully Brittany had some back-up clothes inside!)

We headed to the spray park later that week with GCA friends and had a great time!