Summer Vacation has Begun

One of my friends in the ward moved to Colorado last year and her brother in law died on Memorial Day so their family came back for the week. It was really sad, he was swimming and drown. Apparently he was warned not to go in because the water is too fast and too cold this time of year. He was 27. It's sad. It was fun to see my friend though and we had a girl's night at my house with her being in town.

Wednesday was the last day of school. They have a family picnic and then you can take your kids home after that. Corbin's been out of school for two days and I'm trying to come up with a summer survival plan. I love Corbin, but it's more stressful when he is home. When he's at school the girls can play for hours and entertain themselves. When Corbin is home he's usually making one of his sister's cry and the only thing he likes to do is play video games. So it gets stressful when I feel like I'm getting after him all day. He does have swim lessons for the next two weeks so that is great. He is an excellent swimmer and I'll be happy that he'll get some exercise. I'm excited to see what progress he makes in his swimming lessons this year.

Friday night Scott took Corbin to the father and sons camp out. Corbin loves that so much. The girls and I had a girl's night and they were looking forward to it all week. Gabby would say, "when is girl's night?" We did our nails first. Then we put Ryan to bed early so we could bust out the snacks and watch the movie without any trouble from him.

Last night we took our family over to the Hutner's house and our kids played while we chatted and played games. It was a fun night for all. Their daughter is Gabby's very best friend and Gabby, Piper, and Audelia play together so wonderfully. It's great. Gabby wants to play with Audelia everyday. They are basically the same person. They are both very girly and crafty and they can play together with Piper for hours with zero drama. It's great.

Brothers!

Strawberry from the garden

Kids gathered around for some leftover camping chips. I love that picture of Piper.

Notice the face Corbin likes to pull in pictures these days? Hmm...

Gather round daddy time.

It looks like Corbin peed his pants but really he just went swimming with his underwear on. Ha.

All tuckered out on the way home.