Bring on the rest of summer because I'm blogging May, June & early July

Since Paul is helping me, I can put photos on the blog.

We had Aaron have his birthday today since we will be camping on Tuesday. He loves frogs, so I made him a frog cake. It is "iced" with candy melts and filled with frosting and marshmellos. Yummy. Happy 9th birthday Aaron.

Caramel playing in the water, her favorite summer activity.

We went to the Bees game on Monday night with Grandpa and Grandma G., Meggan, Daniel and Michelle and their kids, and Heather and Trever, Ava and Terry. The kids had a blast and the Bees won.

Jaredd was so happy he got to meet Bumble.

And now long over due pics of the recital (I'm still waiting on some from my friends, and the professional ones look great). Ask us to show you the DVD.

The boys in some of their recital costumes. Rob had a tap and a tumbling costume as well and Aaron had a tumbling costume after tap.

Amy's class warming up. She is second from the back.

We've had a great summer so far and we know the best is yet to come. Camping, trek and Mexico!

Summer Update

1. My van is back. All better. And his insurance company paid for it all (except the stuff that went wrong on the way down to the repair shop that there was no way to "prove" was caused by the accident) including the rental without a fight. Yeah.
2. Summer is here. The kids have been pretty good. Amy is away at girls camp. Summer dance classes have begun with tumbling and tap for the boys and ballet for Amy. We have been slowly making Amy clothes for trek. Her bloomers and skirt are done, so we still need to finish a blouse, apron and bonnet. Rob and I have been piecing him a quilt top. Yesterday we did some much needed deep cleaning in the kitchen. Slower lazier days.
3. The new school building is up. The roof is on and windows are going in, so the inside can begin to be sheet rocked. As soon as I get back from LA is August, helping with furnishings (desks, chairs, bookcases, textbooks, etc.) will be my life until school starts.
4. Only 34 days to go until we leave for LA. We are all so excited to go on our cruise. The kids and I will stay the extra week and Paul will fly home for a week of work and then back to LA to drive us home (my back only lets me drive for about an hour at a time).
All in all it has been a great summer so far. And the best is yet to come.