Summer Fun

Since summer has officially come to a close, I thought I'd share a few forgotten moments. I was worried about keeping Rachel entertained this summer. She got so used to school that I was worried she was going to be bored. But when you have 2 younger siblings, that just doesn't happen. We spent quite a bit of time at the pool. Not as much as we normally do, due to having a baby this year. I've never had to drag a baby to the pool. So many people would just suggest going when he was ready to nap, but I felt horrible having him sleep and sweat... So, we went in between naps. The girls LOVE the pool. Audrey perfected her underwater front and back flips this summer. Rachel loves swimming and was into diving for objects this year. I guess we were just too busy at the pool to take any pictures, because I seriously don't have any pictures. (Other than the ones I took the first time we went, which can be seen here.) I did get one photo of Ian that a friend took for me:

It was obviously time to head home for Ian's nap. He absolutely loves the lazy river and this particular time he fell asleep going around and around the lazy river. We enjoyed meeting friends and the Mackay's at the pool. Every once in awhile we would head out without planning on meeting anyone. Rachel would be complaining and then we would get to the pool and run into someone. We enjoyed the new pool that opened up this year and we also frequented an old favorite, the Magnolia Plantation pool.

When we weren't trying to stay cool at the pool, we had plenty of fun at home. Ian chewed on everything, including books:

 The girls got manicures/pedicures done by Mommy:

 

 We played dress-up A LOT:

During the month of July we finally got rid of all the wallpaper in the house... Then the walls were mudded, sanded, textured, and painted. Which led to a lot of dust, but I didn't bother dusting until it was all done. So, I chuckled one night as I climbed into bed and saw this on my nightstand:

We enjoyed snuggle time:

We had impromptu birthday parties... This particular one was for Elmo:

The girls discovered and fell in love with towel wraps:

Many concerts were put on:

We had fun playing at friends' houses:

We also enjoyed having friends over, playing at the indoor playscape, going on trips, and having family come visit us. Overall it was a great summer and went by too quickly!