June

We really started getting into the swing of summer in June.

Strawberry picking and the beginning of canning:

We spent the bulk of our summer at the pool of course! Some memorable highlights are that Chiara jumped off the diving board by herself for the first time and Asher is pretty much a fish going under the water and jumping in at every opportunity.

Little Buddy Boy had his half birthday and we celebrated by riding the frontrunner to the train museum.  He was very pleased as he is obsessed with trains and sports and cars (all represented nicely at that particular museum)

 

May

Y'all. I'm tired. Like really bone achingly tired lately.  It happens (more about that later). But mostly, this is a little intro to the fact that this whole summer is going to get super abbreviated so I can catch up on my blog quickly. I'm not sure if I will do a book of this thing this year, but just in case...yes we were alive all summer (and fairly busy). Here's the scoop in May

We caught the Zoo before the weather got out of control hot:

Enjoyed the beautiful flowers at the Tulip Festival at Thanksgiving Point:

Sweetie Girl had her half birthday and celebrated with friends and cupcakes: 

And showed off her moves at the Elite Olympics:

She moved up to a pre-team class this summer and we have spent several hours a week at the gym.

We also squeezed in our camping trip for the summer:

By the way this is what happens to pjs when camping they go from this:

To This:

We made sure to do a little fishing and boating (paddle boating that is):