Instalife----July

The bits and pieces of our July!

Aubrey was so So SO excited to lose her first tooth!!

We spent every morning for 4 weeks at the pool for swimming lessons. These 2 decided to have some fun decorating a picture!

Scars heal, glory fades, all we're left with are the memories made...Life is short so go on and live it! 6.89 miles, 2 hours 46 minutes (Neal finished an hour before the girls did!) Of all the races we did this summer, this one challenged me the most. There was SO M U C H upHILL running. We completely skipped 3 obstacles, but just like the rest its quite the feeling when you finish...without dying ;-)

Ella had had a sore throat for a while, slowly she started developing a swollen gland on the right side of her neck and once the little sore appeared in her throat I took her in to the doc. The doc looked in her mouth, didn't seem too impressed with the throat so she continued examining. After she looks in Ella's right ear, the doc smiles and said "Did you know you have something in your ear?" I thought the doc was just being nice talking about Ella's earring. Then she said, "No...really. She has something in her ear!" A bead!?!? Ella started to cry. I tried to calmly tell her, "Well you put it in there!" Apparently it had been in there so long that she couldn't even remember how or when it got in there. Oh kids!!!

And this just barely touches on the fun of our July!! Stay tuned. I'm slowly but surely plugging away...post by post...bringing the ol' blog back up-to-date...

Instalife-----June

Love spending just a few minutes away from the rest of the family with this girl. She is growing up so quickly!

Good thing Neal isn't bothered by a little mud ;-)

Cutting off some length to enjoy the warmer months.

Last family skate night. The local skating rink closed its doors forever.

Aubrey also wanted in on getting a new summer 'do!

Ainsley decided to give herself "a makeover." So beautiful!

Ella's Girl Scout troop sold so many cookies this year, the troop was able to treat the girls AND their families to a night at Great Wolf Lodge. Great way to welcome in summer!

Happy Father's day to the best daddy! Our girls so are blessed to have a daddy who is all about the fun, loves to pamper them and who takes being a single daddy every other weekend as a challenge to have the most fun possible. We love you!

Feeding the ducks...or the Ainsley! I think for every 1 piece the ducks got, Ainsley got 2!! Ella was able to hold still enough for the duck to take the bread from her hand.

How many cousins can you fit in one side of a Dairy Queen booth?? Ella, Jude, Aubrey and Jenna.

Pretending to be firemen and playing in the ambulance at the Tuesday market.

Its safe to assume that our summer was busy and full of lots of fun adventures. Here's to trying to recap and document all our fun times!!!