The last day of summer.

I didn't even think to pack the camera yesterday.....

The school always rents a pavilion out at the lake on the Tuesday night before school for a picnic dinner with the staff and the school committee members. It is what it is.

Yesterday was perfect weather-wise and I promised the girls we would enjoy one last summer day. I had one small (big) thing that needed to be done at school, and I had it done by noon, so we ate a quick bite of lunch and then headed out to the lake.

They have a 'beach' there with sand and so we took our chairs and changed into our swimming stuff and played in the lake and at the park that is on the beach for hours before anyone else from school arrived. It was just a perfect day. The girls spent about half the time trying to catch minnows with their hands. It was cute to watch them. They are still of the age where they can play and chase butterflies without worrying about who might be watching.

And I got to sit in the sun with the sand in my toes reading a book. It was delightful.

More jumping

More pictures of Damien

He kinda moves fast, so it was hard to get a good one of him, but you get the idea!

Brennan meets the creek

Brennan likes our creek. He didnt want to get out - even though the water was cold and he was very wet!

Colesys Birthday

We were recently at a friends house who happened to have a trampoline. Shortly after that visit, Colesy told me the only thing she really wanted for her birthday was a trampoline of her own. Well, I thought it was impossible, so forgot about it.
Then it crossed my mind to look on craigslist, but of course, there is non for OUR neck of the woods! So I looked on the on for Indianapolis, since Nathan and Jill were planning a trip out. At the last minute I found one! Jill picked it up the afternoon before they left to come out.
Nathan and I set it up while jill kept the girls entertained in the house. After dinner, we went to play out in the yard with Brennan and Colesy saw it. She has such a sweet smile!
We've had lots of fun, and lots of bouncing ever since. Who knew you could work up such a sweat!? Colesy and I were home alone for a while on Saturday, and we went down to jump and got too hot, so we had a water fight on it. Colesy was shocked at first, and then she decided it was fun. And it was cooler that way too!

Tickle Wars

Turns out Uncle Nathan is quite ticklish. Makes for good times. They played this for several hours. Brennan even got involved for a while. It amused me greatly to watch.

Shelby's first . . .

(She thought she needed to smile while I took a picture of her neck!)

Anyhow, we were in the kitchen together working on something, and I see this big scratch type thing on her neck. I thought Damien scratched her, so I asked what happened. Her response "Colesy sucked me". Good to know that her first hickey is from her SISTER! Good grief! Colesy was told NOT to do that anymore!

Was I supposed to laugh or cry? I still dont know!