Pink in a Sea of Blue: August 2010

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Our Summer In Picture Review

It was a fun fast summer. The boys and I didn't do half the things I thought we would but we were busy every day. School is back in now and although it was a rocky start, its seems to be going well. Here's a fast and furious picture review of our summer.

On May 29th, Avery turned 9! Even though he has been nine for a few months now just even typing that takes my breath away. He's halfway to being an adult!!!! Halfway to heading off to college, 6 years from driving... I think I may need to go breathe into a paper bag. He had a sleepover. The boys competed in Minute to Win It games and fun was had by all.

Aidan graduated from Kindergarten. He had such an amazing year with truly one of the best teachers ever.

We went to Montgomery Bell State Park for Memorial Day Weekend. It was a lot of fun and an added bonus that there is an inn at this park so we didn't camp! :) We got to canoe, fish, paddle boat, and play in the creeks. The boys had a blast!

And we had fun with friends!!!

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We took a trip to the Great Wolf Lodge where we enjoyed playing around in their indoor waterpark. Aidan had spiky hair one morning which made him just tall enough to ride the Tornado water slide. Unfortunately once he came off the slide and the water had slicked his hair down, the lifeguards decided he wasn't tall enough.

We visited our sweet friends The Lathropes who were kind enough to let us hang out with them. The boys enjoyed riding the motor bikes. Jim and Aidan wrecked so if you are wondering why Aidan looks a little dazed-- well ask daddy. :) Mr. Mark worked with Avery on getting the hang of riding.

Ms. Donna took the boys on a ride on their sweet horse Roxy! A big thank you to Erin for letting them ride.

And we all had lunch at Olive Garden since they didn't have a Demos. :) A HUGE thank you to Mark and Donna for their hospitality. We so enjoyed being with them and wish we lived closer!!!

Avery went to church camp for the first time and LOVED it!!

Its always fun with the Smith girls. Aidan and Adeline pretended our back yard was Disney and they made the waterslide Splash Mountain, the trampoline Thunder Mountain Railroad, etc. And all four of them turned the living room into a Wipeout course. :)

3D Chalk!

We added a new member to our family. Welcome Biscuit! He is a collie and was seven weeks old when we got him.

Our sweet friends The Hoopers came in town and stopped by for a visit. Cannot believe how much their sweet little girl Sophie has grown! Hope my boys didn't teach any bad habits. They had a lot of fun with those planets!