The first of Summer...

Well, look at that... it's really June! I'm excited to have summer here, because I get a break from having to get all the kids up and ready most mornings by 8am to head out the door to take Emma to school... it's a vacation in and of itself to just be able to stay in my pj's for a little while each morning. :)

We've had a fun and relatively relaxing start to our summer so far. On the evening after Emma's last school day, we headed to swim lessons (which we're in the swing of right now) and then we went to Cold Stone for ice cream as a school's out celebration. Ben stayed home with Jake, so it was a fun girls outing! I love my girls... they are very goofy...


And speaking of goofy... here's another example...


Ben switched over to Geriatrics for this month, which is at the clinic building (instead of the hospital), and since the clinic isn't open on holidays, he got a 3-day weekend! When Ben is home, we tend to eat more interesting breakfasts (as opposed to just cereal... which is what we eat for breakfast 95% of the time on Ben's workdays). This time around we had german pancakes one morning - yum... and very weird looking...


We did a bit of shopping this weekend... including time at Sportsman's Warehouse looking at fishing equipment. We're spending a week at a rental cabin this summer and Ben really wants to take the girls fishing, but we don't have any supplies... such as fishing poles. :) My mom has also gotten into fishing over the past while and hopefully we'll be able to give it a try with her when we visit next. Anyone ever gone fishing with kids? I have no doubt it will be interesting. :)

We made our first visit to the local pool (other than for swim lessons the past couple weeks) and Ben and I enjoyed some swim time with the kids...



Right before Ben threw her up in the air

Becca enjoys the pool, but she gets cold rather quickly (even with a high of 98 and a heated pool!), so I dare say her favorite part of 'swimming' is the time spent on the side eating snacks ;)

For Memorial Day we had some of Ben's family over for dinner and did a bit of holiday celebrating. Jake isn't in any pics because he spent most of the evening in bed... poor guy been's feeling quite under the weather lately. Emma, Becca, and Adam helped decorate a flag cake, and after dinner they played in the sprinkler and threw poppers all over the ground. :) Oh, how I love summer!