Summer

Summer is almost over and I find myself thinking back and saying, "Where did it go? And what did we do?" How it ended so quickly is beyond me. I still have a huge list of adventures to complete that were never even looked at. We spent 3 weeks of summer in VBS. Case looks forward to VBS all year long and this summer was no exception. Cole was old enough to attend for the first time and enjoyed singing and dancing with the big kids. The boys attended 3 VBS's (our own church and as guests at 2 others). They loved each and every one. I am so glad they love VBS the way they do.


 
 

We made a trip to our favorite duck pond and fed the ducks, geese and even saved some bread to feed the fish. The boys attempt to "go fishing" by stabbing a piece of bread on the end of a stick and placing the stick in the water for the fish to eat. Unfortunately their attempt was not as successful as they hoped. Bread on a stick and water don't mix.  Lesson learned for the boys.


 



We have been swimming at Villa several times. Case and Cole are really beginning to love the water which makes me a very happy mama because I was a pool baby growing up. They don't love the crowds and splashing, but they love the lazy river, making chair tents with towels to get out of the heat and eating snacks pool side.
   



We started a new tradition this summer Tuesday nights at Golden Corral.  Since Cody has been gone all summer the boys and I have enjoyed sneaking away on Tuesdays nights to enjoy kids eat free.  Case eats a steak and french fries.  Cole eats pancakes and popcorn shrimp.  I get a salad.  And everyone gets 2 desserts!  Its been a fun time the boys look forward to all week long.  They ask multiple times, "Is it Tuesday yet?  Is it Golden Corral night?" The boys have had so much fun looking forward to our dinner I may have to keep the tradition up during the school year.  And for $15 for all 3 of us, its something I don't fret spending.  Tuesday night at the Corral, Woo-hoo!

This is supposed to be an icon of Golden Corral but I can't get it to view.  Boo!  

Early in the summer we had some fantastic weather and I stole several moments on our front porch enjoying our beautiful garden, which I am so proud of, then shortly after the flowerbed reached their peak, hail and rain totally destroyed them. This summer we have had massive amounts of rain and flooding. Our basement has flooded twice and the massive amount of hail we encountered ripped all our beautiful plants to shreds. FYI, normally we do not have a pools in our front yard and rivers flowing through our back yard.


 
 
 

Despite some of the horrible weather conditions our mama robin still came back and raised 4 healthy babies. Her first batch of 3 eggs were abandoned after a massive storm but once the abandoned eggs were removed a couple days later, mama robin came back, laid more eggs and we were able to watch the babies grow and take off into adulthood.
 


 

Summer is over before it barely began and I am sad.