Summer Fun

 Since tomorrow is the first day of fall, I thought I'd better get around to finally posting about some of the fun things we did this summer!  One night we had a campout in our closet!

 Even Bobey joined in!

 Ready for church

 CherryBerry had all you can fill yogurt cups, so of course we had to go!

 We went to see The Lego Movie at the Farmer's Market and the kids got bags with little Lego chalk men.

 Alice's writing while we waited for the movie to begin

 Swimming at Aunt Shannon's

 We spent quite a bit of time at the city pool this summer!

 Boris likes to sleep right by my head at night.

 One afternoon Jack and I went to see the Lego Brickumentary together.

 Root beer floats after basketball camp

 The last day in the children's and preschool departments before the move up--How did my babies get so big?!

 Alice started dance again.  This year she is in a homeschool class!

 After closing on our house, we went to Incredible Pizza for dinner.  Do we look as exhausted as we felt?

 Dessert at CherryBerry!

 One day the kids stopped for some cake at the monthly birthday party at my grandma's apartment building and they ended up on the announcement board.

 We miss our old neighbors very much, so we've been back to visit several times--and of course, the kids visit the dogs, too.

 This year the Zarrow Award winner was Sharon Draper.

 Food Truck Fetsival

 

 It was SO hot!

 

 The kids went to a tennis class at the community center.

 Alice said she was Wonder Woman.

 About two weeks ago our old neighbors gave the kids Dogopoly.  This game is still going on!!

 Cupcakes after the first day of PE

 The youth group kicked off the school year with a color war!

Fun at the children's museum!

 

With the move, this summer flew by!  Hopefully soon I can catch up on some more posts about some of the fun trips we've taken lately!

One Year Ago (Or Seven Years Ago, If You're Hobo)

 The other night this picture popped up in my Facebook Memories feed.  A dog had started hanging around our house and he needed a home.  One year ago today, we made the decision he could stay!

 There were a lot of late nights and early mornings spent walking back and forth to his kennel at our neighbors' house.  It's probably good we didn't know how long we'd be doing that, or we might have said no!

 He *loves* riding in the car!

 Two days before we moved, our neighbors threw Hobe a little going away party, complete with homemade dog treats!

They made this whole dog thing possible for our kids.  Some days we're thankful and some days, not so much.  Ha!

 The boys in the new yard--now there's a big patio-sized kennel thanks to someone's penchant for digging!

 Our neighbor made him a new blanket!

I think his two favorite things are the hose and bubbles.

 Waiting politely...

 That dog can jump!

 Success! 

(And I still can't believe we have a dog!)

Johnny Cash

I Walk the Line

Tennessee Flat Top Box

Ring of Fire

Daddy Sang Bass

Boy Named Sue

Man in Black

One Piece at a Time

The Man Comes Around

Hurt

An Afternoon in Muskogee

 We spent yesterday afternoon in Muskogee visiting a couple of sites for an upcoming article.  Our first stop was the USS Batfish at Muskogee War Memorial Park.

 The USS Batfish is a World War II submarine that sank 3 submarines and 11 ships.  You can go inside it (though all of my inside pictures are still on my other camera) and it is really neat!

 After that, we went to Honor Heights Park.  We had spent some time there a couple of summers ago and the kids really enjoyed it.  We found they had put in some really nice new playground equipment and the weather was perfect!

 When we were getting ready to leave we found out the water was still on, so the kids went for it.

It ended up being a chilly ride home, but I think they enjoyed it anyway.

 

 

It was so nice to be able to enjoy the afternoon without any worries about house showings or lawn work!  Perfect!

The First Day of School!

 Today was our first day of school!  We just moved a week ago and in that time the kids and I have all been sick and we've been out of town two days as well, so we're definitely not as prepared as we have been some days, but we're going to go ahead and get started anyway.

 We started the day early by giving Jay a ride to work and then we came back home for pancakes.  I was so impressed with myself for locating the squeeze bottles and managing to make these pancakes.  That's a big accomplishment for me lately!

 I cannot even believe this.  How is this possible?

 Or this??

 Here's a zoomed out view to let you see what we're really dealing with here.  We lost 2400 square feet in the move, so we're living with a lot of boxes, most of which haven't really been dealt with yet.

We took a lunch break and ate with my grandma and ran a few errands before picking Jay up from work.  It will be a light start this week, but hopefully we will be up to full speed soon!