We have had a very busy start to our summer. At the end of May we took an 11-day, 2000-mile trip to Tennessee and Indiana to visit family and introduce Olivia to everyone. I think of it this way: Snacks - $86; Drive-thru food - $172; Gas - $368; sharing the mini-van with our 3 small children for 11 days and 2,000 miles - priceless? Yes, it was priceless. The trip went really well.
In June we went to the pool with some friends and Nathan jumped off of the diving board for the first time. He was so cute. In order to get the go-ahead from the lifeguard, he had to swim the width of the pool. He did it on the 2nd try. He waited in line for his turn on the diving board. He slowly crawled up onto the board and walked very slowly to the end. He was sucking his thumb and looking off the end down to the water. The other kids behind him in line were very patient. Finally he mustered the courage (I could see him counting to himself, "1 ... 2 ... 3!") and jumped off. He swam as quickly as he could to the side where I was waiting for him. He went about 10 more times and got a little braver with each attempt.
June also brought Granny and Pop-Pop to Richmond to take the kids to the RV park for a few days. They did an RV trip with the kids last year and it looks to be an annual event now. Nathan and Mary-Kensley really love spending the time with Granny and Pop-Pop. They did a bunch of fun things like swimming, roasting marshmallows over the campfire and making smores, and short bits of hiking. I'm not sure who was worn out more at the end of the 3 1/2 days: the kids or Mom and Paul?
And, finally, we sold our house and moved into a new one. We actually got the offer on our house while we were on our TN/IN trip. We had already written a contract on a new house so we were so thankful to get our's sold. We moved last weekend and have had a good first week in the new home. We still have a ton of boxes to unpack though!
Next up: July 4th!
In June we went to the pool with some friends and Nathan jumped off of the diving board for the first time. He was so cute. In order to get the go-ahead from the lifeguard, he had to swim the width of the pool. He did it on the 2nd try. He waited in line for his turn on the diving board. He slowly crawled up onto the board and walked very slowly to the end. He was sucking his thumb and looking off the end down to the water. The other kids behind him in line were very patient. Finally he mustered the courage (I could see him counting to himself, "1 ... 2 ... 3!") and jumped off. He swam as quickly as he could to the side where I was waiting for him. He went about 10 more times and got a little braver with each attempt.
June also brought Granny and Pop-Pop to Richmond to take the kids to the RV park for a few days. They did an RV trip with the kids last year and it looks to be an annual event now. Nathan and Mary-Kensley really love spending the time with Granny and Pop-Pop. They did a bunch of fun things like swimming, roasting marshmallows over the campfire and making smores, and short bits of hiking. I'm not sure who was worn out more at the end of the 3 1/2 days: the kids or Mom and Paul?
And, finally, we sold our house and moved into a new one. We actually got the offer on our house while we were on our TN/IN trip. We had already written a contract on a new house so we were so thankful to get our's sold. We moved last weekend and have had a good first week in the new home. We still have a ton of boxes to unpack though!
Next up: July 4th!
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