{iPhone Rewind} :: July

Aiden's turban nest. He said, "send that to the president." This kid's got jokes!

We had a long stretch of 100-degree days, and the humidity was stifling. Not our favorite summer days...

4th of July flowers from Mike

Maddie was super excited about the free samples at Trader Joe's :)

A beautiful {double} rainbow after a storm

Lunch and a show {our neighbors were having a tree removed}  :)

Happy 15th Anniversary to us!

I wonder how many days are left of seeing this bear on the stairs...

This little guy spent a lot of time climbing around our living room window, flying into our back door, and hanging out on our patio table. I'm pretty sure he was either a baby learning to fly, or he was hurt and needing to recover. I'm choosing to maintain our Disney backyard aesthetic and believe he eventually gained the strength to fly safely away on his own :)

They're both WAY too big to snuggle on top of Mommy, but where there is a will, there is a way...

 

We ventured into Rainforest Falls for VBS this year! Our Super Sloth, Jumpin' Jaguar, and Amazing Anaconda learned all about the nature of God, and it was a fun week full of praising our all-knowing and faithful Creator!

Aiden accidentally left Pooh Bear at a friend's house...and he took a journey to make it back safely home :)

Our little World Cup junkies haha

One of our missionaries from the Netherlands {same one Mike visited earlier this year} has come back to Virginia for the summer, and he taught a class on the 4 gospels: Four Portraits, One Jesus. I always enjoy learning from him, but was doubly excited for this class, as I prepare for our Luke Bible study this Fall!

After almost 40 years of faithful ministry, Milt and Val said "see you later" to our CBC family. We had a sweet morning hearing Milt's last sermon as our Shepherding Pastor, and then enjoying an all-church picnic with family and friends throughout the years.

These two thought it was hilarious to stuff the Pooh bear costume with blankets and have been carrying it around like an extra person. They have been dancing with it, sleeping with it, and I find it propped up in random places. 

{iPhone Rewind} :: June

I love this end-of-school-year tradition to pick strawberries at Wegmeyer Farms :)

Our deer friends are back, and they're scoping out our hostas! 

We wrapped up another great season with these soccer stars!

Aiden had a great trip to the dentist!

We started a summer watercolor class, and the kids are loving trying out some new art skills :)

And our little Chippy is back! The kids love seeing our little friend every morning :)

Our sweet girl had a couple of teeth extracted, and she did great! She was still a little loopy on the nitrous oxide and when we got to the car, she looked at herself in the car window and said, "I feel so funny, but I look so normal!" Sweet girl. 

We loved celebrating Mike for Father's Day with gifts, cards, and an ice cream taste test. We love our favorite guy!

The styrofoam ban in Virginia makes Sonic drinks so, so sad...

She's back! And she found the hostas in our backyard haha

Just playing a little "Alamo," rewriting a little bit of history...

{iPhone Rewind} :: April

We got a new expansion pack for Carcassonne, and everyone was excited to dive in! :)

Maddie and I got to visit the Goat Farm again this year, and we had such a fun time with the sweet babies!

Love spending time with my girl

"Look, Mom. I'm a robot!"

The boys have been making bird feeders at Relay Boys

They have also been LOVING playing Laser Tag at Relay Boys :)

The kids were so helpful and decided to clean up all their bikes/balls/outside toys in the garage! I was so impressed :)

White House crafts in anticipation of our White House tour!

Braiding Maddie's hair

Free Cone Day at Ben & Jerry's!

Our little fox friend was hanging out in the cul-de-sac again

Aiden was SO excited to get a watch. He asked, and asked, and asked for one...and then he waited, and waited, and waited for it to arrive {all 2 days of Amazon Prime shipping haha}. 

Wisdom from Grandma made it to Mike's sermon :)

Quick snapshot from the soccer sidelines

When you take a ball to the face and take it like a champ until you walk off the field and just need a Mama snuggle for a minute

{iPhone Rewind} :: June

I think the weather forgot that it was June...

We wrapped up our soccer season with a fun field day! We were grateful it wasn't raining and that we could enjoy a final day of soccer games. It was a great season!

Eli found a book at the library that showed different things to build with LEGOs, and he from memory, he was able to build the Empire State Building and the Eiffel Tower!

We attended a Grad Banquet at church for our graduating seniors, and we were able to snag a family portrait while we were there. I was already tearing up thinking about how too soon it will be our turn...

We had Mike open up his Father's Day gift early: a hot house to grow his spicy peppers! :)

Our deer finally came back! We hadn't seen them this season, but they have certainly reappeared, eating all our hosta plants haha!

He's such a little organizer...a kid after my own heart :)

We have started our summer reading, and the kids are ALL over it, wanting to be sure they get their credit!

We got to have Kourtney and Chris over for dinner! It was sweet to have some Texas friends visit.

June started cold, but quickly got HOT. We had a massive heat wave, and we were hotter than Texas. 

We had a church picnic and the fire truck came to cool off all the kids! {the other 2 were deeper in the water spray, soaking wet haha}

Maddie wanted to put ice on her forehead because she had a pencil mark on it. Eli was convinced he could feel the coldness of the ice pack just sitting next to his sister. #foolishness

His two front teeth are going to come out any day now!

With the heat wave, it definitely meant a trip to the pool! After a nice swim, we stopped off at our little library to see if there were any treasures...and the kids were so excited to actually find some kid books!

Aiden couldn't even wait until he got home to start reading :)

98 and sunny one minute, then rainy and storming the next. We lost a tree branch in the wind. Scared me half to death when it came down!