Testing Testing - A life lately recap

Well, I guess me coming back from a blogging break didn't stick as here we are months later😞😞 Life just seems to get busier and blogging has taken a back seat to everything else. That's just how it has to be right now, but I do want to pop in at least sometimes to keep documenting our lives - that is the reason I started this blog in the first place!

Anyway, let's see, I guess we should start with summer - the kids all ended school and we were ready to have a super fun summer! Avery would be off to Kindergarten in the fall (which of course has already happened) and I wanted to make the most of it!

Probably the biggest thing that happened this summer was we got a pool!!!!!! It was an excited/stressful/pain in the butt process but in the end, totally worth it! Our June was pretty crummy so having the pool finished in early July was perfect timing! The weather turned gorgeous and we swam so so much!! We had friends over constantly and made some fabulous summer memories!


 

Brayden's first year with travel baseball came to an end and it was such an awesome experience!! we cannot wait for next season already!



We enjoyed the 4th of July over at Ricks brothers house - it ended up being a really nice day!

Brayden turned 9 and we had a fun party at the house with his friends - they played kickball, swam, ate tons of pizza and had gaterade chugging contests, boys!!

All 3 went to vacation bible camp this summer and had alot of fun! they had a cute little performance at the end of the week

We went to tons of shows at the library and hit up the local splash pads with friends!

Avery turned 5 and I still can't believe my BABY is 5!!! She is so darn cute and spunky, I could eat her up

We went on our annual family vacation to Traverse City, MI and had the best time! some great memories were made

When we got home, Avery had her friend birthday party - Little Mermaid theme of course because she is obsessed :)

 

and before you knew it, school was starting again!! first was for the bigs (kinder starts a week later at our school) - I was so emotional with them on their first day! I always offer to drive on the first day and they said yes, so off to school it was

 

Avery was so sad to see her siblings leave her!! 

 

and then it was Miss A's turn! I asked her if she wanted me to drive her like I always do for the others and she said nope, I want to ride the bus!!! she was so excited for that bus! As soon as she got on and left, I started bawling! It didn't last too long because I had a mom date with my other friends whose babies were also starting kinder!

We went to our towns Labor Day fest and parade and it was a great way to end Summer!

 

and then it was time for Ella to turn 7!!! crazy having all their birthdays in a row but also lots of fun! We had the cutest painting party which I hope to do a separate blog post on!

I will end it there before this post becomes way too long!! Our summer was pretty low key but also so fun and memorable at the same time. I really do consider myself so lucky that I get to be home. Of course it has it's challenges but I would not trade it for anything!!

Weekly Recap {7.2.18}

Well hello there blog peeps! It seems this summer has a trend, DO ALL THE THINGS and that leaves little time for blogging. It's ok though, because my kids are only little once so I am making sure to enjoy the summer with them!!




Once again, we had a fun filled week!! Here's a look back


Monday was Brayden's first day of basketball camp - it started at 8am and the first day they wanted the boys there 20 minutes early, which meant leaving the house at 7:30. Being as my girls (and usually Brayden) are still sleeping at that time, our good friend whose son was also doing the camp offered to pick Brayden up, and did so every morning - thank God for good friends!!

While he was at camp, me and the girls did the grocery shopping - Brayden ended up hanging out after camp with his friend and when I went to go pick him up, it ended up him staying at his friends house and I took their daughter home with me so the girls could play - later that night our friends brought Brayden home and we all hung out for a BBQ for our friends birthday which was the day before


Tuesday after camp we met up with some friends at an indoor jump place. Usually Avery loves these places but I think Summer is kicking her butt just like it is mine and she was extra grumpy, basically crying every minute for very little reason. I could tell she was tired and once we left and came home, I put her down for her first nap in months! Girlfriend needed it!!

Wednesday after camp we headed to Santa's Village - it's an outdoor amusement park that actually has been around since I was a kid, although it's been revamped. I was shocked at the rides Brayden went on, but then again, he is never fearless with rides. We had another fun day with friends!

 

Thursday I told the kids I had to catch up on housework so that's what I did. it was SO hot so in the afternoon we did go swimming at my in laws for a little then Brayden had a game at night.


Friday we went to a local splash pad which is right next to the library - the kids played for a while, then we ate a picnic lunch and went to the library afterwards for a magic show. It was a great break from the heat because once again it was in the 90's. The magic show was so funny and Brayden and Avery got picked to go up so they were thrilled, poor Ella was sad she didn't get picked.

 

 

 

 

Friday night the big kids had sleepovers with our good friends - Brayden went to their house and their daughter came to ours. The girls had a blast and they were so cute saying how they didn't want the sleepover to ever end.

Saturday was the All Star baseball game that Brayden was picked to play in. They pushed the game to 6pm because of the heat and it ended up not being bad at all. The team Brayden was on played good but didn't win. It was a fun night at the ballpark!

Sunday Brayden & Rick had a game about an hour away for his travel team but me and the girls decided to stay back. They have been to so many games in the heat that I thought they needed a break, plus I needed time to get things done.  After the game we went swimming by my in laws then home to relax.


Now we're ready for another fun-filled week!!



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