Whew... our summer sure went by fast around here. I had to laugh that my last post was on the first day of summer, because sadly (for Emma at least, Abbie has two more weeks) summer has come to an end. We have teacher assignments for the new year and everything. Monday morning marks the beginning of school, soccer, violin, piano, tennis, art, activity days, mutual, etc., etc. . Not to mention a new baby being thrown into the mix. But, I digress. Let's talk summer one last time.
Mostly our summer days were spent here at home. We went to the beach alot, we swam alot, saw some movies, Abbie went to Girl's Camp, we all went to Cousin's Camp, continued with some lessons and had swim team practice, and also went to the fair, etc., -- all without my camera. So, needless to say our summer won't be well documented. I did, however, take pictures of the girls birthday's and a trip to the strawberry fields. So here goes...
Here's the handsome man that I married 13 years ago in July. In this picture he is in the backyard setting up for Abbie's 12th B-day party. Our anniversary was on the 16th. We went to Coronado and had a great dinner, spent the night, window shopped, etc. It was the best 24 hours of my summer.
Abbie had a great birthday party this year. They had a BBQ, played fun games and watched a movie on this giant screen once it got dark.
Nothing says happy birthday like our traditional ice cream cake--I mean nothing.
The party girls.
The girls played "Bigger or Better" after dinner. Each team started off with a plastic fork, and at game's end one team was carrying a dog crate back to our house and another team had a hamster!
Birthday squeeze for the birthday girl. Don't mind the paint swatches all over the walls. Mark is painting this very minute!
The kids are always really excited for breakfast in bed. Abbie choose home made hashbrowns, blueberry muffins, sausage, and strawberries and whipped cream.
Emma turned eight!
At her party we decided to tie dye t-shirts for one of the activities. The girls did a great job and made some really cute shirts.
Pass the parcel...
A little excited about opening her presents this morning.
Fresh squeeze OJ from our trees toppped off Emma's breakfst of sticky buns, hashbrowns, sausage, and fruit.
The kids like to pick their own strawberries every year. This time we were a little late in the season and the berries weren't at their peak. But you can't deny that anything off of the vine is better than the store. We still loved them.
They paid the price for these fresh berries with some very muddy feet.
1 comment:
The parties looked so fun. And I can't believe Emma is 8. I also can't believe it has been so long since I have read blogs. Sniff, sniff. Everyone is growing up. I'd like to se a post with a picture of your belly, friend.
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