Summer Fun

 We had a lot of lazy mornings. Ty and Levi love playing his DS together.  I love this picture of them.

 Memorial Day weekend we went to my inlaws and had a cook out and swam.  Levi was still very leary of th water but Hampton got him to try out his floater.

 This is what Levi did every single day of summer. Hit golf balls. He even incorporated it into blocks!

 One Sunday after church our lil family went to eat breakfast at What A Burger. We even got shakes after!

Ty unfortunately was sick for a large part of summer. He had a respiratory problem that turned into pneumonia and had his first experience with breathing treatments every two hours for two days and was on steroids. He got well just in time to go to church camp where he spent his first week away from us in Pine Springs New Mexico.  He said some of his favorite things were the camp fire singing, fishing, and he honestly said he liked Bible class the best! He adores our preacher Dale and spent most of his time with him. They even ate together! His cabin counselor was his third cousin Ethan! The Sunday after he returned we had our Brothers Keepers group out at the Dahlstrom Ranch. Peter Dahlstrom is like a magnet for children.  He is the reason I chose our church. His children are all friends of ours and some of the best people I have ever known. They have horses and chickens and live out in Anton Texas.  The kids rode horses and we cooked hot dogs over a camp fire as well as s'mores and then sang songs of praise together. It was a oddly cool night for July and one of my favorite summer memories. We had done this a few years ago as well.

 We did not do any sports camps or lessons of any kind this summer, except for Levi who took his first ever in a toddler sports class at the community center. We were at home quite a bit. The kids were very responsible with chores which helped me SO incredibly much. They would make their beds and bring laundry of the day to the washer each morning and then we would all together do chore of the day. They also unloaded and loaded the dishwasher each day. This was their first experience at being paid. Well for Ty and Olivia anyways.  We all had down time after lunch and read books during that time. We took advantage of our city's library by checking out books and attending the programs they had available on Tuesdays.   There was definitely lots of goofing around. I was amazed this year at the lack of fighting. I really enjoyed being able to be with them.