July Fun

 We've continued to soak in the summer fun in July.

The kids finished our library's summer reading program and earned their prizes. They're still working on another reading list this summer to earn a "yes day" at the end of the summer. 

We spent a weekend celebrating Matt's 40th birthday (a few weeks late). That's what happens when trying to coordinate three families' busy summer schedules. 

The guys went shooting Saturday morning and out to lunch while the girls and kids had some fun decorating for the big birthday. 

Good thing Daddy is a good sport. 

We're raising up the next generation to be board game lovers too. 

These girls were happy to spend the weekend together. 

While the guys were out playing, we also took the kids to the pool for a couple of hours. 

We love our 40 year old!

We spent the rest of the weekend playing games. 

And eating birthday desserts. 

A late night (goofy) game of Rook required a picture of the score. 

We all went to church together on Sunday. The boys dressed alike. 

It was flip flops and freezee pops day. Can you tell by their smiles that the girls loved it?

We've all been friends for 13 years this August. Love all these people so much! What a gift!

We rested for a bit on Sunday afternoon before heading out to Elisabeth's basketball game. Katherine couldn't hang for the game. Interesting story, while she was napping on Matt's lap, he spotted a tick in her ear!! We woke her up and went on a search for something to remove it with at the gym. 

After successfully removing the tick, she was rewarded by a staff member with snacks and entered into a deep discussion about something with Keaton. 

Hannah deserves some blog love. Earlier this Spring, Matt built her an outdoor pen, so she can spend some time outside when it's not too hot. 

We've hosted a few pool play dates in July. We invited some CHEER friends over for an afternoon swim. 

We miss seeing these friends every week at co-op! 

Then a couple of days later, the Overtons and Newcombs came for a swim. The kids played so well together. We had to drag them away after almost four hours of swimming. 

The boys were trying to make a double decker float. It was mostly unsuccessful. 

They couldn't have lasted so long without snacks- except I didn't pack a lunch, because I hadn't expected them to want to swim for so long that morning. 

These two are inseparable when they're together. Love how they're just floating and chatting. 

At the end of the month we planned a dinner/sleepover with the Shondelmyers. The boys stayed with Keaton and Wyatt, and we brought Kaydence home with us. Those girls play so well together. They have very similar personalities, but somehow manage to still get along, ha! Their latest favorite thing to do is play Calico Critters. 

We traded back kids at the girls' last basketball game of the summer. They played in the championship, and it was a tough, aggressive game! They ended up losing by one point. Whoo! It was emotional. Elisabeth learned and grew a lot and is ready to play again soon. 

Proud of my tough girl!