Its March and somehow I'm just finding time to look back and record all the fun we had in July. But I refuse to give up, I'm not a year behind yet so that's something...right?!?
1. These girls!!
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Ainsley Rae
Such. A. Ham! Definitely the baby of the family. She has cuteness that just spills out of her and she knows it! |
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Aubrey Grace
She can talk for hours about everything and nothing. She has the sweetest, most tender heart. Being around people and feeling loved is what makes her happiest. |
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Ella Marie
Adventurer. Limit-tester. Reading extraordinaire. Imaginative and intelligent. Life is always an open book, choose your ending! |
2. Fourth of July
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| Fireworks and cousins. Beautiful weather, BBQ, neighborhood water balloon fight. |
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| The many faces that made up our fun-filled day. All the cousins at the parade. Ella and her instant new best friends with the new neighbors. |
3. Being outside
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This picture is just an example of the creativity and teamwork these girls can have when they want to ;-)
We had some friends over for dinner, and after dinner all 4 girls went outside to play. We needed a flashlight to see their final project because they worked on it so long...A fairy house!! Attention to detail was just amazing- blankets from scraps, branches to make planters, rocks for a path, putting it under the old water table so Tyson would be less likely to destroy it. |
4. Swimming lessons
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| Sisters passing the time during Aubrey's lesson |
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| There are worse things than spending beautiful sunny mornings hanging out with these girlies! |
Ella and Aubrey both improved greatly this year during swimming lessons. I think Ella is officially a competent swimming!!! Aubrey is doing much better and with a little more focus, she will be swimming this next summer without her life jacket.
5. Crafts
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| If you want to know how different in personality these 3 girls are, give them each a blank canvas and paint! Aubrey jumped right into painting and asked for help in the middle. Ella thoughtfully drew out her entire painting, in fact she spent S O much time drawing the other 2 were practically done with their paintings before she had put down her pencil. Ainsley is still in the "free form" artistry category, a little black here topped with all the other colors over there! |
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6. S'mores!!
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| We've waited all summer for this moment!! Ella officially moved up to "own marshmallow roaster!" Aubrey much rather preferred having mommy help roast it just right. Ainsley, oh Ainsley, can you believe her mother let her eat looking like that? There was not a clean part on that child and then marshmallow goo and melted chocolate was added to the mix for extra effect! |
7. Waterfalls
This year we took the entire Paulina Plunge, 7 miles downhill with 3 waterfalls. 6 adults, 2 bike trailers with 3 kids in them, 1 kid on a ride-along bike, 6 kids on bikes. And we made it without any causalities.
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| Getting there was half the fun! We had quite the group. Ainsley and Declan shared the trailer. Aubrey and Mommy stopped for a quick picture! Ainsley found mommy a "crown" or a branch...depending on how you look at it! Aubrey conquering the downhill trails. Ella and Zane waiting on everyone to get ready. |
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| Ainsley was fearless. She jumped into all of the waterfalls and had a blast. |
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| Aubrey may be only 5, but she rode the entire ride on her 2-wheeled bike without crashing, she hiked down into the falls without complaining, she jumped in ready for excitement! |
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| Ella remembered the waterfall sliding from the previous summer so she was excited to get to visit the other 2 waterfalls. When it comes to riding, this girl can go on and on for miles! |
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Final waterfall! This one you backed into and there was a small ledge that allowed you to just sit under the waterfall while being able to breathe.
Kerners, Zane and Stampers. Not everyone ventured to this last waterfall. |
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Hope you stuck with us til the end! July was lots of fun. And summer isn't over yet!!!
