Summer!

It's officially summer around here!  We had a whirlwind of a week last week full of field trips, field days, and class parties.  

N had a field trip to the local ice cream shop on Tuesday, and then another one to the farm store on Wednesday.  After his field trip Wednesday we went over to M's 4th & 5th grade picnic at the park too.  

Here's N on his first day of preschool and his last day (which was Wednesday).  Where did my baby's cheeks go?!?  He looks so much older to me!  

Thursday we had field day at the kids school.  Because M is in student council she was doing a game, which I went to help her with.  We had the balloon race, and it was a very windy day.  Made for an interesting game, but the kids all had fun.  After the games we hung out and watched the staff vs. 5th grade softball game.  All I could think about is how my BABY will be playing in that game next year (sniff!). 

Friday was pretty low key.  R wanted me to be there for his "party", but all they did was watch a movie and eat ALL DAY LONG (that may be R's new favorite pastime these days, the boy can EAT!), so I just went in towards the end of the day and hung out for a bit. 

Here are the older two on their first day and last day (Friday):

First day/last day of 4th grade (only one more year of elementary school! ):

First day/last day of 2nd grade:

We made our summer list last week, and started filling in our bubbles as soon as school was out.  We thought instead of just checking things off this year we'd write dates or little notes.  A lot of the stuff on there are things we plan to do more than once, so we thought this would be a fun way to do it.

I'm really looking forward to this summer and all the fun things we have planned.  I'm fully expecting it to fly by, but hopefully we'll be left with lots of good memories.

Can you spot the silly spelling mistake?  That's what happens when 3 kids are all yelling things at the same time. :)

Slacker

Yep, I've been a slacker.  I had this whole post started last week about I don't even remember what.  I was so excited to be done with all our evening commitments and be able to cook dinner again, and then it just didn't happen.  I got a bit of a cold, and we had a few evenings out, and with the end of school and all I ran out of steam.
But, it's summer now, and I need to get back in the swing of things at least somewhat.  I will do a separate post soon with our summer list and some first day/last day pics of the kiddos, but for now I need a menu.

Summer To-Do's: :)
Monday- Crabs camp
Tuesday- Crabs camp, dr apt.
Wednesday- Crabs camp, Crabs game?
Thursday- Crabs camp, errands in town, dinner with dad
Friday- Crabs camp, Crabs game?
Saturday- ?
Sunday- ?


Menu:
Monday- something easy.... pasta or pancakes probably.
Tuesday- slow cooker ham & white beans with cornbread
Wednesday- BLT salad with homemade biscuits
Thursday- dinner with Dad
Friday- crock pot salsa chicken quesadillas with homemade tortillas
Saturday- honey lime tilapia with rice and veggie
Sunday- bbq?

Fun breakfast:
Popsicle of the week:
(will come back and fill those in once the kids pick)

Pics & Start of the Week Stuff

First, here are some recent pics...

M warming up at her softball game yesterday: 

 

Stealing 2nd. She says that's her favorite part about softball (she's also a pretty good first baseman!). :)

Today we went up to my mom's to swim.  

M looking cute when we first got there. 

All 3 of my cuties. 

Jumping in all at once (it only took 2 tries to get this shot!). :)

Okay, moving on to this coming week... Baseball is over, but we're still pretty busy. We do have a few nights open though, so we're getting there. :)

To-Do's:
Monday- grocery shopping, softball game for M (bring snacks)
Tuesday- something...
Wednesday- work in R's class, (maybe a Crab's game?)
Thursday- errands in town, dress rehearsal for M, softball practice for M
Friday- nada (maybe a(nother) Crab's game?)
Saturday- softball tournament for M
Sunday- more softball and dance show for M

Menu:
Monday- salsa chicken burritos
Tuesday- something...
Wednesday- tacos
Thursday- pizza (out)
Friday- sandwiches (maybe switch with Wednesday depending on plans)
Saturday- breakfast
Sunday- homemade pizza 

Start of the Week Stuff

Just got home from Memorial day weekend and thought I'd try to throw together a quick menu and shopping list for tomorrow morning.

To-Do's:
Tuesday- softball practice
Wednesday- work in R's class, softball game, open house
Thursday- field trip with R's class, baseball party, softball practice
Friday- dance
Saturday- two softball games, on baseball game
Sunday- church

Menu:
Tuesday- breakfast
Wednesday- crock pot salsa chicken something
Thursday- pizza (party)
Friday- honey lime tilapia
Saturday-
Sunday- homemade pizza 

Let's Try This Again...

NOW, we have 4 weeks of school left. :)
Another busy week last week, another busy week this week.  It's going to be really weird in a month when we have practically nothing going on almost overnight.

To-Do's:
Monday- grocery shopping, home group (bring dessert)
Tuesday- baseball practice, softball game (in the same town!)
Wednesday- work in R's class, baseball game (bring snack)
Thursday- NOTHING!! (that will probably end up changing...)
Friday- dance
Saturday- Memorial Day Weekend :)

Menu:
Monday- pasta with meat sauce
Tuesday- parmesan ranch chicken and veggies (bring to game)
Wednesday- burritos (bring to game)
Thursday- breakfast
Friday- homemade pizza 

+snacks for game
+smore bar fixings

Start of the Week Stuff

It's Monday again already, these weeks seem to be flying by lately!  We have 4 more weeks of school before summer, that's going to be here so soon!  I cannot wait, but at the same time I want my kids to quit growing up so fast!  Next year will be M's last year of elementary school!  How on earth did we get there already?  I'm so looking forward to enjoying our less busy time this summer, but I'm trying to enjoy the business of right now too.  I love watching my kids play baseball, and I don't want wish this time away.
That being said, I think we're finally on the down-hill side of the super busy season.  This week doesn't feel so over the top crazy, and I'm really happy about that!

To-Do's for the week:
Monday- grocery store, volunteer tea @ kids school, NOTHING in the evening!! :D
Tuesday- guitar, softball practice
Wednesday- work in R's class, baseball practice, softball game
Thursday- Costco, other errands in town, softball practice
Friday- dance
Saturday- double header for both kiddos (at the same time, in different towns)
Sunday- church

Menu:
Monday- leftovers from last night's bbq (chicken & potatoes)
Tuesday- breakfast
Wednesday- Baked Creamy Chicken Taquitos (frozen from extras I made last week)
Thursday- something with leftover steak...
Friday- homemade pizza 
Saturday- pasta with meat sauce
Sunday-


We spent Mother's day up at my mom's, and it was nice enough that we were able to enjoy the pool for the first time this season!  I'm so excited to spend a lot of summer days up there soon!!  The kids had a great time jumping in over and over again. N took some time to warm up to the water again, but by the end of the day he was jumping in right along with the big kids (with his water wings on).
Here's a picture of me with my kids up there yesterday. :)

I'm sure I'll be posting a scrapbook layout of this one soon!  I just love it and can't wait to scrap it! :)

About that p52...

So, I'm kind of slacking on keeping track and posting my pictures these days, but I am still picking up the Nikon more often.  I decided to try a p52 with my Nikon because although I loved doing p365 on my phone last year (so much so that I'm doing it again this year), I found that I really didn't use my real camera much, and my photog skills were getting rusty.  My goal with this p52 has been to push myself with the Nikon and grow as a photographer, and I think it's working.  I don't think I'm going to be posting a weekly photo anymore, but I will still share when I get something I love, whether it's with my iPhone or my big girl camera. :)
I'm also scrapping this year again (something I took a break from last year with the p365).  I still scrapped last year obviously, I just worked on getting caught up on past years.  It's fun to be able to scrap current stuff again when I want to.  Here's a page I did with photos I took last weekend, got them scrapped before I even got them posted individually. :)

full credits here