Summertime Fun

We've been enjoying such a fun summer!  Here's a little sample of some of it.

This summer I have been intentional to take at least one day a week off from work to spend with my family.  It's been great!  One day I took the girls swimming at mom and dad's neighborhood pool.  We took the girls' massive floats.  Mia has an ice cream cone and Lily has a cupcake.  Honestly, the cone is taller than me, and the cupcake can practically wrap around me.  They are so much fun!

 Cuddle time before bed!

 Mia hard at work making breakfast for dinner for us one night.

 I helped make the bacon, but she made us some delicious scrambled eggs, cut up strawberries, and prepared wonderful mini blueberry muffins.  I loved that she was creative and served them in this basket!

 Such a cutie with this new hairdo!

 I was icing my back one evening while it was bothering me.  Decker didn't take any excuse for throwing his toy to him.

 The girls and I had a couple of fun game nights while Ryan was out of town...Harry Potter Clue, Sorry, and Monopoly.  This round of Monopoly apparently wasn't Mia's best.

 Two great cuddlers.

 I took the girls back to school shopping which we all have fun with.  They couldn't wait to get home to start dividing everything up and labeling it.

 Bug playground afternoon!

 Mia got a little tangled while she slept one night.  It made me giggle to come in and only see her sweet feet sticking out.

 Cuddle time for us three!

 Ryan had a fantastic trip to Lebanon one week in July.  The team worked with Heart for Lebanon to serve Syrian refugees, and then our team served the Heart for Lebanon organization by running a conference intended to give them rest and reflection.  Ryan always enjoys this trip.  They one tour day as well, and they went to Baalbek where there are some amazingly well-preserved ruins.  He had not been to this city before, and he was grateful for this opportunity.

 He loved this lady making fresh manikish each morning at the hotel!

It's hard to believe summer is winding down.  School starts back very soon!