I can’t believe it is July already! June flew by. Here’s some pictures of what we’ve been doing this summer: lots of swimming and sprinklers trying to stay cool in this hot weather we are having.
We’ve had lots of popsicles
and lots of ice cream
Averi hates when we have to leave the pool!
When Trish was in town the last week of July, we all went to lake DeGray. I haven’t been there in probably ten years. We went on a Wednesday and had the beach to ourselves. The kids had so much fun with all of their cousins. We brought picnic lunches so we stayed for a few hours. After the fun at the lake we all went back to Grandma’s house for a little while. It is always a fun day when we get to spend it with cousins and Grandma! Here’s a few pictures from the day.
Micha got tickets for us all to go to a Travelers game from his work. They were giving away free jerseys for the kids the night we went. They were all excited to put them on, it didn’t last long because it was so HOT!! We ate dinner there, pizza, hot dogs and chicken.
Here’s the crew. Our seats were in the sun and it was really hot.
Thomas was really trying to figure out the game.
We had to get cotton candy for the kids, I enjoyed it too.
Isn’t Maddy a pretty girl?
Our seats were really good, even though we were in the sun. We didn’t last very long at the game. Averi wanted to play on the stairs and we were all super hot; so we left during the 2nd inning. Next time we go we’ll leave the kids at home. We did get to cross it off of our summer fun list and I probably won’t put it on next years!
Target had this great pool on sale a couple of weeks ago. We had to get it for the days it doesn’t work to go to our neighborhood pool. It was the best way to spend $20 for some summer fun.
Jim is good at keeping order on the slide. We only let them use the slide in the pool when we are outside.
I love this picture of Kaylee..it just says summer to me!
We had all the Arkansas DeVaux Cousins over one day last week and the kids played outside all day. It was so nice! They all went to bed early that night because they were so worn out!
We’ve used the pool almost every day, it has made our summer so much fun and gives me a little time to get things done inside!
So I’ve seen all kinds of fun summer to do lists all over the blogosphere. I decided to make my own that worked for me. I designed it in PSE then printed it at Sam’s club. It cost $6 for a 16x20 print, a steal of a deal!
I found a frame on clearance at Hobby Lobby and spray painted it red and hung it up on the pantry in our kitchen. I’ll let the kids choose 2-3 activities each week for us to do. Some of the things we will do a lot, like swimming and sprinklers and going to the library; but others will be special things that we don’t always get to do. We’ll cross out the activities as we do them. Hopefully it will be a fun summer and we will stay busy and happy!
If you want a copy of the PSE file or Jpeg, just leave a comment and I’ll email it to you .If you have PSE you can just change the activities so they suit you and your family. Some of these things are just in Arkansas. I’ll try to blog about the activities we do, the successful ones anyway!
Happy Summer!!!
