This Summer

In conversation with friends the generic question of "What do you have planned for your summer" seems to always come up. My answer is "keep three small children alive."

While we won’t be traveling far or going on great adventures, my plans are really to soak this summer in. This is the last summer Beth will be a baby and the last summer before our family gets into the school routine. We are going to enjoy our time of simple joys that are found in the warm sun and long days. Meaning playing outside, playing with friends, story time, dinner outside, popsicles, lots of reading, swimming, playing in the water, and hopefully playing on this amazing playhouse soon. 

Justin has been working on this the past couple of weeks. He amazes me with his ability with his hands. He can pretty much build or fix anything. The girls are going to get many hours of play out of this once it is done. He works on it late into the evening, so each morning it is fun to peak out the window and see what more has been completed. We are grateful for his parents donating a lot of the wood for this project. 

Playing house in the huge day lilies.I couldn’t find her outside for a minute and she popped up out of these. 

A bucket and the hose. Summer is made!

I also plan to spend time snuggling, and getting smiles and coos from this little babe. It has been wonderful to have a baby in the house again. I feel like I can enjoy her more because I know how fast she will grow up. This summer is going to be a good one!