Oh what DO we do in the summertime?

The other day on the phone, my brother Paul asked me what we do all day long. So I started thinking, what have we been doing? So here is a recap of our month of June. Maybe in July I'll do better about blogging about things during the month, but no promises...

Dentist appointments - Benson and Grace's 2nd, Sabrina's 1st - no cavities plus new toothbrushes and balloons made for a great afternoon outing


T-ball - Benson has been playing t-ball all month. His team is the Twins and Mike is an assistant coach. Benson is a great hitter and is learning lots about how to play in the field. Sometimes he gets frustrated because he doesn't know what to do with the ball and there are usually lots of people yelling different instructions when he does get the ball. But overall he's had fun and made some new friends. We run into his teammates at the swimming pool a lot which has been fun for him.


Swimming lessons - Benson and Grace are just finishing up two weeks of lessons. They have both improved lots and had fun. Benson started in Level 3 and finished in Level 3 but his kicking has improved so much. Grace started in Level 1 and was able to pass it off! She got to have her own teacher since she was the only kid in our session who couldn't stand in the big pool by herself. Grace will now jump off the side of the pool into the water and puts her face under ALL the time. We are so proud of both Benson and Grace, I really don't worry about them when we go swimming anymore because they are such good swimmers. Sabrina enjoyed being able to play in the baby pool during lessons.


Grandma Stacey's visit - no pictures, sorry. We (and by we I mean Grandma) finished the curtains in the eating area. We took the kids to the Insect Zoo and bowling at K-State. It was a fun visit, and we are glad she could squeeze us in between multiple trips to Utah this summer.

Grace's birthday and trip to Omaha (see previous posts)

Watching Daddy's soccer games - Mike's been playing on a Rec Soccer team with some other guys in the ward. He's had fun and it's been a great way for him to get some exercise, which is something that has fallen low on his list of priorities in recent years. The other night at one of the games there was a bleacher full of the wives and kids of the players on our team and the other bleachers were full of parents of the players on the other team. Needless to say, they aren't winning since most of these kids are almost literally half their age, but I think they are still having fun.

And then we fill in with trips to the park, pool, and splash pad, playing outside in the backyard on the swings, in the water table, and with the slip n slide. Once a week we go to the library for story time and to get some new books.


So we are staying pretty busy. It's harder for me to find time to get things done like cleaning, blogging, etc because I spend a lot more time entertaining these days. But summer doesn't last forever, so we're trying to enjoy it while we can.