Well, the first month of summer is now a memory! It was such a fun month, though I cannot remember a time that I felt more like a chauffeur! Three kids having different daily activities kept this mama hopping!
First of all, Matthew is fully immersed in the youth group! This means endless fun and fellowship not just on Sunday, but throughout the week. Here is a pic of some of the middle school boys at the zoo.
The first week of June was basketball camp for MB and football camp for Thomas (no pics). I am pretty impressed with this picture, though! I only took a few pics this day, but managed to get one of MB's basket going in!
As the goal oriented person that I am, I set out to perfect the art of pie and homemade pizza making this summer. I have made countless pies with homemade crust, and am doing everything in my power to clog the arteries of all my friends and family!
We got season passes to Hawaiian Falls as well. This is a fun waterpark that just opened up in our town. Mary Beth and Thomas had a fabulous time to round out the first week of summer!
Mary Beth was also introduced to the Little House on the Prairie series. When I found out I was pregnant with Matthew, I bought the entire series looking forward to having a daughter to read them with. It's finally time!
During the second week of summer, MB and I bought out half of Michael's craft store and she hasn't stopped crafting since!
....or getting in to my make up while I was packing Thomas for camp. ;) Eventually, I will add pictures from Sports Camp at church as well. Mary Beth and Thomas participated in this while Matthew began the strength and conditioning program for 7th grade sports. This was quite a week of juggling schedules! Oh, by the way, I also "work" outside the home as well, so lots of seeing patients while the kids were at various activities!
Mary Beth was introduced to the cherished button box at Nana's one night while I was with the boys. These buttons have been in the family for a while...some of them are five generations old. I used to love playing with the buttons when I was little as well!
I took the little two out to breakfast one morning while Matthew was working out. Matthew has taught Mary Beth the wonderful skill of smiling, then timing a goofy face as soon as the shutter on my phone opens. I have many, many pictures on my phone like these!
Mary Beth's mentor...
The third week of June, Thomas went to camp! That deserves it's own blog post. Stay tuned....
We left our house before 4am to get Thomas to the bus on time. That made for a very quiet drive home!
Happy Father's Day, Bryon!
One day, when Matthew was working out, Mary Beth and I had a fun girl date shopping and eating ice cream. She claims that shopping with her mama was one of the best things ever. I agree! We had a ball picking out clothes for our 80s party that night. The ladies in charge of the children's ministry at church put on a super fun party celebrating all that was good in the 80s.
Like riding a bike, my hair just "knew what to do". The higher the hair, the closer to God.
Swimming beauty.
Matthew and a few of his buds after working out. He does this every morning, then goes to speed camp each afternoon, while hanging out with friends in the middle, or going to basketball camp, and mowing lawns at night. There was one day and a half that he was in town, but never at the house because of activities. I don't know where the energy comes from!
There are 8 little girls in our neighborhood who are all going in to 3rd grade and good friends. We decided to each take a Monday and have the girls play. Last Monday was my day. I decided to make fun food and crafts. Here was my rainbow fruit kabobs...
choose your own cheese quesadillas...
and decorating a cake with candy....
The girls had a ball and I enjoyed watching MB interact with her friends.
Twizzlers as straws. Perfection.
We also painted MB and Thomas's rooms! We have lived in this house for 6 years, and I had never been able to commit to a paint color. I love how hers turned out! It was fun to surprise Thomas after he arrived home with his newly painted room as well!
The day we left to get Thomas in Branson, I drove to College Station to drop Mary Beth off with my in laws. They were taking their entire family to Disney World and asked if Mary Beth could come. She has been so excited about her adventure, but cried knowing that she wasn't going to get to see Thomas for a whole week more. In fact, by the time she gets home, we will not have all been together for 3 weeks!
In the few hours between dropping her off and heading to Branson, I put these polka dots on Mary Beth's wall. She has been begging for a polka dotty room, so I'm excited to show it to her when she gets back!
Thomas's room is sort of a grayish blue with lots of Bama memorabilia. We wanted to give him a fresh new start now that this is just his room.
So that's June in a nutshell!
