First Week of August

I'm not sure where the summer is going, but this week I started mourning its loss. Lynnelle reminded me that we have almost a month before we "report."  August usually seems to absolutely disappear, but I'm trying to get over myself and enjoy the time we have. The girls make that easy. They have made this summer so wonderful, so beautiful. Being a daddy is the most fantastic thing. I feel so fortunate to have had this time with them. We have looked at ways we can try and get better control of our lives once school starts again. Hopefully, we're not kidding ourselves and that we will be successful in taking better advantage of the time we do have during the school year to stay connected and really enjoy each other. Usually by October, we feel like we are just hanging on to a runaway train. I'm thinking this year might finally be different. We'll see what happens! In the meantime, enjoy checking out what we have been up to so far in August.

Grammy has been wanting to get to the Butterfly Gardens on Vancouver Island for some time. Well, we were finally able to make that happen. Grammy, thanks for all you do for us and for the girls. We are very happy to have you here and to have you in the girls' lives. I'm glad we were able to do something like this to show our appreciation. Also glad to know you enjoyed yourself as much as we did.

Warm summer days mean lots of time in the pool and in the backyard. Yay! And now it's usually with clothes on!

Aunt Dona sent the girls a gift. Thank you, Aunt Dona!!! Luna was excited, but it was her tired time of day. Sorry she's not more obvious about her feelings. She wants to wear her hat everyday.

Grammy got one, too!

Mommy was at WWU for a week. On one of the days, we decided to hang out in the front yard, pretty different than usual. Luna has been wanting to do chalk on the sidewalk and also to make a hopscotch (what do you call it?) "court?" So what the heck; we did it! 

 Grace is a VERY proud member of the Community Co-Op.

Once the front sidewalk was sufficiently covered, we moved to the walkway. She wanted to draw us making dinner. 

Those are Luna's hearts.

Luna drew chalk on the sidewalk; then managed to put lots of it back on her face. 

Our neighbor's gorgeous flowers.

If you're in our part of town, our next door neighbor at 524 W. Illinois Street sells beautiful dahlia bouquets for just $5. 

Grace is a doll. She often carries one of her dollies or stuffed animals (today it was Piggy) giving love and hugs all the way.