Summer: week last...

It's the last week of summer, but its ending a little early this year for a great reason!! I *get* to go to new teacher meetings in Blue Springs and start my new job! But before that, the kids and I had a lot of fun! Plus it was bible school week, so all around it was busy! 

My mom came to visit and we took the kids to Adventure Oasis for a couple hours. 

On Saturday we went to a birthday party for Lily from church. It was an Ariel water party and was awesome to let all the littles at in water while the big kids sat around talked and ate salmon! 

Bye bye summer! See you next year! 

Summer: Week 8

This is Dan's last week before he goes back to school. It's so cool we get to be together all summer! 

I was super excited to make these since they are gluten free! Yum! 

Our first time making homemade pickles was a success! I assumed I would "can" them but I used a super simple refrigerator method instead. If we get a bumper crop I'll try a different way! 

Thinking Thursday happened about one time this summer because every Thursday Courtney had Creative Kids Camp where she got together with 8 other kids to learn and play with a different theme each week. This week was our last week and it was a movie day! 

The kids decorated cars to "drive in" to their movie! 

She passed her drivers test! 

Buying snacks from the concession stand.  

Awards! 

Summer Week 7: family church camp via Instagram

Earlier in the year Dan asked me what I thought about going to reunion this summer. Thinking about Ryan I told him I thought we should just just go up for the Sunday service (and Sunday food). I then said well, maybe we can go a couple of days. That turned into Coirtney staying all week with my mom. She had an amazing time helping my mom with the laundry, swimming, going to class, making tons of new friends and staying in the cabin. What a lucky little girl. 

Summer: week 6

Pool time with these fun girls! 

Wednesday night trip to the plaza for meemaw Leslie's birthday! We ate at Coal Vines (yummy gluten free pizza andCaesar   salad!) Then Cheesecake Factory for dessert! 

Courtney's happy if she has pennies to throw in fountains! 

Courtney and I had a little girls might Friday night. Dan was gone. Ryan was in bed. So we popped popcorn, painted nails and read an entire Magic Treehouse book cover to cover. That girl is hooked on this series! She spent a morning helping me in my new classroom and all she did the whole time was look through all my chapter books! Last Tuesday we brought the first ten home and we are halfway done with those!