OUR WEEKEND IN PICTURES

We had a great weekend..full of family and fun...and swimming :)

Saturday evening we were invited to our neighbor's swim party at one of our local pools.

The kids had a BLAST!!!

caught Andrew stuffing food in his mouth. :)

I love this shot of Elizabeth!

doesn't it look like they're conspiring? :)

my blue eyed beauty




and of course Sunday was Mother's Day.

after church, the whole family came over to our house for BBQ hotdogs, swimming, and homemade ice cream!

Jeremiah's first real swimming experience

grandma with Josiah and baby Jameson

Joanna trying not to smile

Elizabeth trying to play with Jeremiah

Josiah getting his first real taste of swimming

enjoying homemade ice cream on the patio

these 2 were TUCKERED OUT!

I can't think of a better way to spend our weekend....and with it consistently over 100 degrees here now, I have a feeling we'll be spending ALOT of our weekends (and weekdays!) in the water. :)

SURVIVING THE 100 DEGREE TEMPS

it's official..our summer is here.

That means windows and doors will remain closed up for about 6 months.
It looks like we live in a dungeon cuz I keep all the blinds tightly shut and as many lights off as we can.
and the AC is now kicking on in the afternoon...6 months of higher electric bills :)

BUT -the one great thing about summer now is our pool! I'm actually looking forward to our hot summers (can't believe I'm writing that!) so we can use our pool all day long!

here is what we did yesterday for our first 100 degree day.

Andrew found my swim cap :)

later on I found him sticking his foot in it, stretching it, and then letting it fly across the room. :)

AND
when John got home from work he checked the pool and it was 78 degrees. A tad cool for here, but warm enough he thought he'd let the kids try it out.

It was pretty chilly and Andrew was the only really brave one -he even jumped in and swam a bit!

and just cuz this was so sweet. :)
The other night I was getting things ready for school time the next morning. Becca wanted to see the books she'd be reading...Andrew sat down with her and helped her sound out words.

what a sweet sweet big brother. :)