Summer Moments

We love filling our home with great friends for dinner parties!

Temple walk - we enjoy our weekly Sunday temple walk each morning before our ward starts. I'm so grateful my kids will have memories of the temple in their childhood. My parents made the temple a priority, even when it was 8+ hours away. They taught me more than I realized about making temple attendance a priority regardless of the distance it takes to attend. 

Austin didn't feel like getting into this picture so I laughed when I could strategically include him in this picture without him knowing. 

Sister hugs. The girls asked if I would take a picture of them looking up at the temple. 

Summer Adventures:

We took a trip to Sheel's with our friends after swim team. 

We joined Duane and LeeAnn for dinner since Duane's aunt and her husband were visiting. 

While the boys swim, the girls play. 

Free donut day - the boys had donuts at swim team so the girls and I were excited for a free donut too!

During the summer, we love taking advantage of the free things we can do with our military id - like this Children's Museum! 

The boys have grown so much. I love that they still pretend and enjoy places like this. 

Dentist appointments for the kids including Adelaide's first one!!

Lego Camp - this is a highlight of the kids' summer when I take them to the store and they each pick out a Lego set. They play for hours with Legos again and again. 

Swim meet!! 

Shopping downtown - we finally took the kids to this cute "Made in KC" store. We didn't buy anything, but it's always fun to explore. 

After shopping, we enjoyed cheesecake as a way to celebrate Aaron for Father's Day, which was the next day. Aaron's in the bishopric now so we didn't get our traditional after church picture - he's a one of a kind dad and the perfect father for our children. He's stern, but loving. He sets high expectations and our kids rise to the expectation. 

More shopping and cute hats!

Lots and lots of swimming. Adelaide is very into her goggles right now and she looks so adorable in them. 

This sums up summer. We're having the best time, but also so exhausted and sometime need summer naps where we can get them. 

A friend shared this with me. We've loved our new team this year.