July 2016 Recap

Here is July in a nutshell. (A very small nutshell because at this point I barely remember it myself). 

Playdough has become a new favorite in our house. 

picture puzzles 

I bought the girls chalk spray jars - haha. Ella loved them and got totally into it right away. Evie on the other hand, couldn't figure out how to pull the trigger if it was pointing away from her - so she just sprayed herself in the face. And laughed every time. Probably not toxic, right....errrr

These fun little masks were given to the girls by our neighbor and I love seeing them in my day.

This summer has been fun task of trying to keep Evie busy while we work on school with Ella. And after I get Evie distracted, half the time, Ella wants to do what Evie is doing.

 

ice cream! 

 I had a migraine one day and Ella sweetly offered to make lunch for us. Honestly, she did a surprisingly good job with it. She was hilarious with the knife, using it the wrong side down, but she did great!

Matching accordions. 

 I've been growing my hair out since we got engaged...and I was ready for a change. It was 20 inches.

Ella's first dentist appoint. You guys - she did so wonderful!

And...probably the best part of July. We created "toy alley". We pulled the couches off the back wall and created an alley at the back of the room that we put ALL the toys in. It get's crazy back there - but I don't ever have to clean it up and I LOVE it! 

Blue Grass State Trip

My wonderful college friend, Lauren, lives in Kentucky and this was our 2nd summer taking a girls trip down there. I love Lauren and her parents are so sweet to myself and to my girls. We always get spoiled rotten there.

The drive down there. Never very fun - but we made it. They are troopers. 

Aunt Lauren has much more patience than I do -- thus Ella gets to help cook all the meals at her house. Lord bless Aunt Lauren! 

Lauren's parents have a pool -- which Ella was swimming around all on her own. But they prefer the little hot tub with the fountain. Easy choice! 

Louisville Zoo - it was huge, hot, and a huge hit! 

Her first time seeing an Elephant in real life - it was truly amazing! 

The gorillas were by far my absolute favorite. They were totally showing off for all of us. It was so fascinating to watch. 

The zoo had a wonderful water park inside it. It was perfect - we stopped half way through all the animals to cool down.

Relaxing at Aunt Lauren's parents lake house. 

June 2016 Recap

The summer has flown by - I can hardly believe it - but I do love fall and I'm so looking forward to all that it will bring out way. 

Here is an update on June: 

Father's day - wonderful day celebrating this wonderful man we get to call our own. 

"Reading" in bed together

Strawberry picking - it was hot & there weren't many strawberries. But - we left and got pizza - yippee! 

I took the girls to the Cranberry Water Park for the first time. They really enjoyed the splash park area. I loved them hanging out together, so sweet! 

We had fun with our sweet friends at the park!

Random park pictures. They are just getting too big! 

7th Anniversary Date. We went out to Breakneck Tavern - which we LOVE. One of our new favorite places! 

This was Ella's first year doing KidzGig at our church. She loved it!! We missed the first day because we were driving back form Kentucky with my friend, Lauren. And then I was planning to serve for the other 4 days with Ella in her classroom. Evelyn ended up getting sick, so she could no longer stay in the church nursery, so Ella got to be in her classroom for a day and a half on her own. Honestly it was perfect! She did great!