Back to school!

 7/6 - Levi's 3rd birthday!  We celebrated at home...

...and then at MiMi's house - thanks Mi Mi!!

Love those dimples!

7/12 - we set up the little pool and of course had to put a slide in it for extra fun.  When Jason first aired it up, Levi took a screwdriver and stabbed a hole in it.  This pool may not last another year!

Ooo Ooo and Paw Paw came to visit the supermen.

7/18 - we went on a fun camping trip with friends at Stockton Lake.  Thomas caught this catfish!

Playing in the sand.  Some serious canal building was happening here.

And then ice cream!

These are the guardians of the campsite.  It was beautiful weather and great to be outside!  And we gained a new appreciation for our beds.  :)

7/23 - we went bowling with friends (the kids thought it was boring!) and then to Burger King for lunch!

7/25 - Jason got out his old Nintendo for some Duck Hunt and Super Mario action!  Josiah loves it!

Also in July - the kids did swim lessons at the Y for 8 days between the 14th and 25th.  Josiah is getting to be a good swimmer, and Levi is just learning to be okay with getting his face wet.  They both love to be in the water though!

 8/2 - Josiah and I met some friends at The Salvation Army to do some volunteering.  We sorted school supplies for a couple of hours.  The boys were really helpful for the first hour, then after that they got a little distracted!  We broke down the empty cardboard boxes and loaded them into this dumpster for recycling.  The boys thought it was so fun to smash the boxes down (they thought it was a trampoline).

 That night we went to the fair for a little while.  We didn't stay long but the kids got to ride a few rides and see an elephant, so they enjoyed it!

8/6-8/9 - Jason's parents took the kids for a few days to so they could do some fun things before school started.  They had a lot of fun playing with Trent, going to Chuck E Cheese, and lots of other stuff!  They came home exhausted but happy.

8/15 - we finally got around to making deer sausage!  The kids think this is so fun.

8/17 - Hanging out in the hammock with daddy :)

8/20 - Josiah's first day of school!  My big first grader had a great first day.

His teacher, Mrs. McCanless.

I didn't even cry!  It was a close call though!

Levi already misses his big brother.  The first day he asked "can we go get Josiah now?".

Our summer flew by!  So thankful that we got to do so many fun things.  Love these little dudes!