Last Days of Summer

Time has really gotten away from me.  Our schedules have really changed, as Katelyn and Brooklyn have started school, and we are still getting used to it.

After our visitors left, we had our first slow weeks of the summer with not a whole lot going on. 

The big girls participated in Spanish club at our church this summer.  It met every Monday morning for 2 hours and they learned some Spanish words, as well as learned about missionaries and Bible Verses.  They did some fun activities and ate food to help them learn about Mexican culture.  They really enjoyed this.  On the last day, they had a party as there was also a birthday.  Madison and I went early for the party.  The kids all sang a song in Spanish for the parents and then there was a pinata and cupcakes.  I thought I took pictures of the kids and the pinata, but evidently not.  Here is one with Madison enjoying her cupcake.

 We took out our pool again for a few days.  We even had a friend over to swim with us one afternoon.  (Sorry, these pics aren't great, I took them for another reason.)

For Brooklyn's birthday, she had a gotten a certificate for a mani-pedi at a local kids salon.  She really wanted to go and have her nails done before school.  She really enjoyed it.

Purple glitter - of course!

Madison continues to make us laugh with all her shenanigans.  (She also wears me out.)

I walked into the kitchen to find this mess one day.  It took me a minute to figure out where the tomato had actually gone - into the water bottle.

 I came downstairs after my shower one morning to find this scene.  She had dragged to stool over and gotten a box of cereal out of the cupboard.  Breakfast will not wait for this girlie.

 We have been a little hesitant to take away the pacifier for her because this is how bed time goes with it.  (She only uses it at bed.)

Madison, like the other girls, loves books.  I walked in on her reading this book aloud one day.  I tried to capture a video, but it wasn't as good as when she was doing it by herself.  Still such a cutie though.

 The girls started school on Wednesday the 17th, so that Monday and Tuesday we crammed a couple of things in.  On Monday, we drove up to my sister's so that she could give all three girls a hair cut.  It was a good thing we went that day, as the Blue Cut Fire started the next morning, and we could have gotten stuck up by her house as the freeway was closed for a couple days.

Waiting with Micah after their turn.

On Tuesday, we headed to the beach as a family for one last trip of the summer.  Kyle worked a half-day from home, and then we headed out to the beach after lunch and a short nap for Madison.  It was a nice way to finish off the short summer.

Brooklyn playing catch with Daddy.

Digging a big hole.

Daddy and his workers.

Getting buried in the hole at the end of the day (they made a friend).

Then, the next day, it was off to school - I hope to get that post up later this week.