You can see the original post HERE, but I had overflow of the fun… duh! When do I not? Oh well, enjoy the look back at our summer of 2015 (that just does not roll of the tongue like the summer of ’69).
And now for the ones off the cell phone!
You can see the original post HERE, but I had overflow of the fun… duh! When do I not? Oh well, enjoy the look back at our summer of 2015 (that just does not roll of the tongue like the summer of ’69).
And now for the ones off the cell phone!
Well, my goal of making my blog up to date BEFORE the end of January was a bit of a miss! But, amazingly enough, I have posted more than 2000 blog posts since I began this site! What a stretch! But then again, I have enjoyed pretty much every addition to it.
Now that I have posted June it is time to look at July… Canada Day, Independence Day… we manage both sides of the coin this month. You can see our Canada Day finery HERE and Independence Day HERE. We were spoiled with also spending a portion of cousin Gabbi’s birthday with her since it too is on July 4th and their vacation had stretched to meet the date.
We had amazing Pad Thai dinner with the Schwartz family… which also included time with the always entertaining Mystro (cue Echo asking ONCE AGAIN when we will get a cat, even the pictures set her off lately!).
We had an awesome time at Aidan’s Lego themed birthday party. Darcy went all out with the theme and Emanuel was over the moon to see at least one of his scouting buddies when they were not in session.
I wish I had the talent Darcy has with cakes. I am honestly more of a go to Target and order a cake kinda girl lately.
July was also when Grandpa Mike made his bike trip up through Minnesota. We got a whole afternoon/evening with him (minus swimming lessons). The kids were over the moon with the visit.
He even took us out to Wendy’s for dinner! It was the longest we ever sat there and one of the most enjoyable ever.
Sadly he had to bike on earlier than expected the next day when he got news of a need to visit family up in Ontario. But it was a good visit and the kids still remember it fondly.
We had plenty of time for learning and school in July with cousins back home and the weather rather fine.
Miss Echo was a laugh and a half most of the time.
But we made LOTS of time for the pool. And in turn my sewing time. After all, sunshine, warm weather and a pool in the yard… why stay inside?
Towards the end of July we were able to also make it to Alex’s birthday. Another awesome day, though we had to leave early to make it to YMCA lessons (did I ever get a lecture from the kids for that one!).
We lucked out with weather and free time and managed to meet up with the Novaks at one of their local splash pads. It is easier each year to go out and just relax, what with the older Novak boys and our own kids being older. A lot less micro managing. It is nice!
Multiple visits with the Novaks and the Schwartz family were experienced in July. Poor Trinity, so many boys!!!
Extra bonus – visit with Alicia and Cousin Robbie. She is off to university in the fall!!
We rounded out the month with swimming lessons. I am so pleased with how well all of our kids are doing. We are going to end up with little fishes very soon!!!
And of course continued our archery, cooking and running classes at the YMCA thanks to Nana and Baba!
So really July was an exercise in making the most of fun in the sun! We didn’t do half bad did we???
From May right into busy June… our anniversary, my birthday, Father’s day, VBS and an extended cousins visit from Florida… oh and schooling and the first day of summer. If anything June is NEVER boring for this family.
We slipped some school in around the cousins, but for the most part this was a true summer break for the kids and school.
You never knew WHO was going to come to class… a princess, a batgirl… ever changing.
We pulled out the pool and dusted off the playset. With the cousins around there was lots to do around the house.
The boys were quick to settle down around the computers in the sub basement room.
Echo and I took advantage of the break from school and enjoyed the sun and quiet in the sunroom until the high point of the day when it was simply too warm to do so!
We managed to see our friends play soccer…
Got to craft at a special Target event…
With the highlight of the cousin visit being a family trip to Mall of America for food AND rides in the amusement park! Thanks Nana and Baba!
Ken and I even snuck away to watch our god son (Anthony) play soccer.
With Aidan benched due to a bad concussion before school was out we made quite a few visits to their house for somewhat quiet, relaxed play.
And somehow managed to sneak in a week of VBS with the church that runs the day care that Schwartz kids go to.
We even had Aidan over for a sleepover.
The kids were enrolled in summer courses at the YMCA thanks to Nana and Baba. Zander took run club, Emanuel a cooking class, and Gavin and Trinity were in archery while miss Echo loved the daycare time.
Add to that the fun of preparing for an October wedding with my high school besty Shandai and I have to say… the most unusual month EVER! At least for this year.
We fit in a second visit to the beach with the Schwartz boys and I even had a full sighting of the elusive “other cat” as Echo has termed her, while crafting with Renee.
And as the photos prove – I was never far from a crafting project. Sunshine and fresh air go best with crochet. I swear it!
There was a whole lot more to see… so be sure to follow on to the overflow post for the rest! Thank you for reminiscing with me, it was quite a month!