Fun Summer Times

On June 18th we went to the zoo with my sister and her kids. We had a fabulous time. It's the first time we saw the lion exhibit which I loved. The kids had a great time hanging out together. Especially Kenyon and Evan who were in their own little world playing war games and wandered off away from us more than once! With eight kids and those two not paying attention it was difficult keeping track of them. Silly boys!

We have been going to the school and public library every Wednesday for a craft time and to check out books. The public library has a reading program where the kids read a certain number of hours and they get little prizes. So, they have been enjoying participating in it.


This is one of the crafts at the school -
face painting

Another thing we have been doing frequently this summer is going to the park. We have tried out four or five different parks already and I'm sure by the time summer is over we will have tried out many more. We are very blessed to have tons of parks within a very short distance.









We went to the river on July 8th with a bunch of our friends. It was a really hot day, so it was a
perfect day to enjoy the water.











On July 12th we went blueberry picking with some friends at Majestic farms. The kids really enjoyed that and I spent the next few days washing and freezing the blueberries. Now I can make Pete as much blueberry pie as he wants!









We have also been harvesting blueberries and strawberries from our own backyard garden. The kids love to go out and pick them and eat them. YUM!