The 4th of July

I am finally getting pictures together of the 4th at Mason Lake. It was a fabulously fun weekend of water fun and fireworks. I think the pictures tell the story perfectly.

Connected

Yesterday was a great day spent with friends. The kids and I headed to NW Trek with some of our favorite people, the McCullohs and the Brayleys. I love that I have mama friends that can chat all day long with while our kids can happily play. We checked out all the animals and the kids ran and played hard. I wrapped up the day with book club, which is one of the highlights of my month. Last night's chat lasted almost 5 hours and I came home at midnight to tell Jacy, once again, how much I love my group. I am feeling connected this morning and happy to be blessed by wonderful friends.

Today

Today was another great summer day. We headed to the zoo with friends and came home happy and hot.
We babysat these two cute little cuties tonight. Aren't they precious?
And finally, Wylie went potty on the big boy potty for the first time. HOORAY!!! He was so proud, happy and excited and then this happened...

Do You See What I See???

Apparently Todd couldn't see what we see, but now he can. We noticed he was not seeing so well on a trip to see Daddy at the dentist. Todd was trying to read the comics on the ceiling above the dental chair and couldn't read the captions. I took him to the eye doctor and he definitely needed some glasses. He loves his new glasses and the world they have opened up for him. He especially loves yelling "four eyes" at Papa and cracking up when Papa yells it back at him.
Check out Todd in his new glasses in the blog photo below.

Summer Checklist

The boys and I made a giant list of everything we wanted to do this summer. One of the items on our list was "playdate with Evan" and we happily marked it off the list today. Evan and Todd are classmates and they had a great time catching up. We had a great afternoon of water fun with a short video game break, of course.