Coasting to the Finish Line

Our 2017-18 school year will be concluding in just a few more days so I thought it would be wise to post a blog highlighting all of the fun we have been having as we coast into summer.   Here are the photos:

This is a note I found in the floor of the girls' room.   It cracked me up because Susannah is such a mini-me with her reminders.   She will need a paper planner soon.

We joined a little community pool and have had the best time there already.

This was opening weekend.  Both the fun and popsicles did not disappoint.

One Saturday our neighbor came over for a play-date with Sarah Avery.   They had so much fun and played so well together.

We spent a Sunday afternoon at the park behind Susannah's school.   We shot a few hoops.  

Now that soccer is over, we have enjoyed some relaxing Saturday mornings in our pjs.

We all love the free time to read and relax.  

We celebrated Peter's 38th birthday with brisket sandwiches and brownies.   

It was a fun family party.

Complete with homemade cards that needed explanations.  

Peter's dream birthday right here in a photo.   

The fun that evening wasn't over yet though, because our church was presenting bibles to all the first graders.  

Susannah was really excited to receive her bible.   

She seemed so grown up.   So I made her sit on my lap for the rest of the service.  ;)

Susannah's school has been doing an ABC countdown to the end of school.   This day was lazy day and they got to take blankets to the gym and read during reading time.   

We squeezed our last soccer game of the season out right before the first thunder clap of a big storm.   

SA and I were so proud of our two Aggressive Rainbow Puppies.  

Susannah with her favorite coach.  

We've been enjoying leisurely afternoons at the playground after school with friends.  

And last Friday, I chaperoned the first grade field trip to the zoo.   

We got the best views of the panda eating breakfast.  

And the elephants

It was such a fun day.

The lions were out.  

As were the prairie dogs.   

Here are the scariest of all the lions we saw.

We grabbed a snow cone on our way back to the bus.   

And then spent the rest of Friday afternoon at the pool.   Our pool does Food truck Fridays and each week a different food truck parks at the pool.   It is the perfect way to start a summer weekend.  

Susannah passed her swim test so she can jump off the diving board now.   And she did......about 50 times.  ;)

Swimming is tiring!   SA needed to carb load with some pirate's booty before heading back to the water.  

Sunday at church we celebrated the groundbreaking of our new building project.   It was a fun party but SA got a little nervous about the crowd so she and I made a quick exit.   

Susannah stayed back with friends to capitalize on this photo op.  

Today was a special day because Susannah's Daisy troop had a bridging ceremony and they all became Brownies.  

It was so sweet.   They walked across an actual bridge and a few members of a Brownie Troop met them on the other side.   

It feels like another milestone signifying just how fast this growing up thing is going to happen.   I'm praying that the summer days stretch long and slow so I can soak up lots of memories with these two girls.   

And that has been our last couple of weeks.   We hope all of you are well and are experiencing a happy and safe start to Summer.   We love you and hope to see several of you during upcoming vacations!