images of summer

The images below pretty much sum up how we spend our summers. Outdoors. There are a few things missing like...grilling, sprinklers, swimming, rollerblading, softball (and the various other sports)etc... but it gives the gist of what we do.

Alot of riding bikes, trikes, hot wheels, etc... Of course, fitting with her personality, Mack has to ride in style!!!


Playing in the grass. Or, in the case, playing with the grass = )


Good old sidewalk chalk fun!


I can't believe how fast summer goes. The girls are enjoying their second week of swim lessons. They have both improved so much and it's been nice to have them at the same time and not different times. Schuyler is swimming at a level 4 and Mack at a level 3. Schuyler was my child who was deathly afraid of the water when she was little so she has made great strides. Mack, on the other hand, took to the water immediately. I think Eli will be the same, beings he keeps saying I swim too and is not afraid to just jump in. As you can imagine, I keep a very close eye on him when we swim = )

Mark is playing in a golf tournament tomorrow.

I've come down with a summer cold and I'm trying to get rid of it!

Happy (belated) bday to our dog, Sadie. She doesn't ever get any blog love. We couldn't have asked for a better dog. She is getting some grays on her but she's still a pretty girl! Sadie was our first "baby" and then came the addition of our 3 kids. She's been there to protect every one of them and puts up with their rough housing. She's still a cuddler and takes advantantage of any opportunity to sneak into one of our beds = )