Playdates are Fun... and Daddy is Awesome

Can you believe that school is almost out for summer?! I felt like this school year went FAST. Emma's last day is tomorrow and then I need to get going with summer plans! We have some trips on the calendar, but I need to figure out how to keep all 3 of my kids busy and entertained while we're at home. This afternoon we had more cute friends over to play and this reminded me of the fact that playdates are a great summer activity... so I'm definitely adding that to the summer list!

We made some cookies while Dagen and Kallie were here...


They were doing a great job rolling the dough into little balls - and then I looked over and noticed that Dagen had eaten half of hers... (but I don't blame her... cookie dough is the BEST!)



Our backyard doesn't really have much to do, but somehow the kids still keep themselves entertained!



You know it's summer when the otter pops make an appearance!
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So, Ben is just one month away from completing his intern year of residency! This is a big deal, because intern year is definitely the hardest. He's worked long hours and often worked weekends, but the 2nd and 3rd year of the program get a bit easier. Today just so happened to be Ben's LAST 30 hour shift of intern year! We added up about FIFTY 30-hour call shifts that Ben has done during this first year of residency and this was the last of those. Next year he'll probably only have to do about 10 of these long shifts, so we're really making progress, right?! I laughed when Ben said that after this first year is up, he'll no longer have to keep 3 different pagers on him. I was pleased for him and then thought to ask how many pagers he'd have to wear starting his 2nd year... and he said 2. Well! One whole pager down! What an improvement! ;) We celebrated with Ben by eating dinner with him at the hospital. The kids think their daddy is pretty awesome stuff...