Weekend Wrap Up

Sadly, our long weekend is coming to an end. I didn't think we were going to get any sun, but we ended up with a day and a half of it, so I'll take it. Miles went to the lake with a friend for four nights. We didn't hear from him much at all and I'm trying to decide if I should feel good about that or not. 

As much as we missed him, I think Carson missed him the most. Carson was not satisfied with Miles' short replies after his heartfelt texts. One time he said, "wait, there has to be more". Nope. Welcome to our world.

Reunited and it feels so good....for Carson anyway.

Our weekend at home was spent...hanging by the pool when we got some sun.

Chilling with Steph.

Jumping off the diving board and asking me to take pics.

Doing handstands.

Having his friend, Charlie, over.

Celebrating Rachel & Arnie.

Doing more handstands.

Baking cookies and eating "rotten (raw) cookies" as Carson says.

More hanging by the pool...thank goodness for sunshine because this is one of the few weekends this summer that we don't have baseball.

I always live for the weekends, but especially in the summer. This was a good one.

Less Words Wednesday

The first night of summer was spent outside. Miles went riding on the trails until he realized it was pitch black in the trees.

Carson hit blitz balls around the yard with the last one going all the way over the house.

We are trying to get a little practice on our street before he gets his permit in August.

Carson requested smores to celebrate the last day of school. 

The first full day of summer was spent with appointments. The boys had vision checks. We saw Marmee at the eye doctor because she was getting new glasses. 

Unlike Darrin and me, the boys have perfect vision and healthy eyes. 

Miles had to get a sports physical to be able to try out for high school baseball next week. Carson stayed close by for the whole appointment. 

I think he feels too big for the pediatrician's office, but I can't leave her. She's too good and too good to us. Miles is almost 5'10" (90th percentile) and 145 lbs (60th percentile). 

We stopped by the arcade on the way home because Carson wanted to spend $20 of his own money. He spent 95% of it trying to beat the string game again, but sadly it didn't happen again. Miles just watched Carson because he didn't want to spend his money :)

Just a rainy day watching TV with his stuffed animals. It rained soooooo hard today. 

I enjoyed being home with the boys for the first full day of summer. I might make that a tradition. Back to work tomorrow.

8th Grade Awards Night

We had 8th grade awards night for Miles tonight. 

Miles was given the Citizenship Award from his ELA teacher, Ms. Cupp. Honors ELA was a struggle to get started, but she did a great job of turning Miles' attitude around about ELA. 

The principal said that their class was one of the most enjoyable classes to ever come through the middle school. I love that he said that because they really are a great group of kids. Even though there are almost 200 of them, they are so close. They seem to support each other and take care of each other. Lots of high fives and cheering tonight.

They loved taking endless pictures at the end.

Super proud of the boys and their awards. They are good kids and I'm thankful that others see it too. 

Carson brought an old math book to do while we were there. He's built different. 

Darrin had to take Carson to the car afterwards because his stomach was hurting so we had to take a pic at home. 

You always find random selfies when Miles has your phone.

It was a lot of fun celebrating all the kids and watching them get their awards. High school begins on Aug. 1!

Weekend Wrap Up

Carson had first grade awards day and he got the Citizenship Award! He was so happy about it. He kept looking at us in bleachers and showing us his trophy. He has had a great year. He's learned so much especially in reading. 

He's had good friends and we love Ms. Rachel. She will be hard to beat.

Josie went to daycare with him and she was chosen for the Citizenship Award for the girls. 

Carson is allowed to play his iPad starting at 7am. If we didn't make that rule, he would wake up at 5am and play. He such an early riser! We thought he was asleep this morning until after 8, which is really unusual, but he was playing quietly in his bed when Miles found him. 

After church, it was time for Miles and me to meet up with Darrin and Carson to watch Carson play some baseball.

It's always fun to hang out with friends between games. 

And have a staring contest...

They played two great games, but lost big time in the championship game. You win some, you lose some!

A highlight for Carson is that he's getting better at catching pop flies.

After baseball, there was time for more baseball at home. 

And some swimming. it was way too cold for me, but they got in for a while. 

Next up, it's the last week of school!