July

Summer highlights, continued...

JULY

4th of July @ the lake

Another new thing - purchased our neighbors home to use as a rental and spent a couple weeks doing projects and painting painting painting...

 (took a break one afternoon for more painting at CRC community service day)

Lots of library trips and crafting...

Day trip to MA for a pool day with cousins!

S'mores with neighbors

Montshire

Canoeing with friends to the rope swing island. 

Boston Lot

Attempted mama-venture to the seacoast was a bit of a disaster due to the virus that worked it's way through the kids.. but we still had some sweet moments.

June

Summer has been the usual blur of work and kids and sunshine and I can't believe how fast it goes.  Highlights so far...

JUNE

Groves Family Reunion at "Mansion in the Pines" 

We love these precious few days every year to be all together.  

The girls loved playing with baby Merry, and Alden loved playing laser guns with Nico.

Ears pierced

 

Skittles We decided this animal lover needed something to care for, and her delight in this little bunny (a 10th birthday present) is contagious. 

 

Violin

Adara really wanted to violin lessons instead of the piano I was planning on... so we signed up for a trial set of lessons this summer. It's been fun to watch her learn!

  

And normal summer stuff - farmers market, reading time, whiffle ball

 

15 Years

Another number I just don't know what to say about.  Our house was full of Dartmouth friends and their families in town for our 15 year reunion.  We haven't seen in each other in years and it still feels so normal to be together.  I love seeing our kids connect with each other.  Such a great weekend with our people. I miss them already.

Emily is 10. TEN.

I don't even know what to say about this.  She is just the best and I like her so much.

She's come into her own this year in many ways, and I can't believe how ready she is for middle school next year.

Her 10th birthday hit right after the last day of school, just between two trips for Daddy, and at the start of our Dartmouth reunion weekend.  She was a good sport about the challenge of carving out time to celebrate!  Mallory spent the night and we did birthday breakfast a day early, and I think she's enjoying the anticipation of her two biggest two gifts still to come: getting her ears pierced and bringing home a bunny, while reading nonstop on her new kindle. Overall I think her 10th birthday will be one to remember!

Last Day of School

 

Heading off to the last day of school! 

I blinked, and we went from this and this, to Fourth Grade Recognition! 

It's been a sweet six years at Mount Leb for Emily!!

Handing out programs for a little morning sing style celebration, they performed some recorder and chorus songs, the computer teacher put together a slideshow (I barely managed not to cry!) and we handed out certificates and gifts from the PTO. 

First Day / Last Day of the fastest year ever.

 

 

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My heart hurts looking at all these old pictures. 

Every cliche about how fast this goes is true.

Looking forward to spending the summer with these three!