Once we got home from Louisiana, our summer was in full swing and a lot of "firsts" happened for our family... here's just a few of them:
Jack and Luke attended their first VBS. They loved it!! They would come home every day reciting they truths they learned and I loved it!
Chris completed his first triathlon and did great! We were there to watch him transition from the swim to bike and it was pretty fun. The boys were so excited to cheer on their papa!
One weekend, I went to Tampa to visit a friend and Chris took the boys (and a sweet friend) to the Alligator Farm in St. Augustine. It has been on our list forever to do, but I really didn't want to go, so it was a perfect boys trip while I was gone!
Abram has a big surgery coming up this fall so in preparation for it, he had to get his five front teeth pulled. Another first. He did great! The dentist couldn't get over how cooperative Abram was. Abram was just thrilled it was done and that he received two plastic necklaces to hold his teeth in.
Of course we had to see the conclusion of the Toy Story movies. The boys loved it. I thought it was creepy at times and of course sad at the end. There were some funny parts mixed in.
Also, another first was doing Mom Swap Mondays. Every Monday the boys would play with their friends from two other families. We would take turns watching all of them so that the other two moms could have the mornings off. It was so great and the boys absolutely loved playing with each other each week.
And our last first was rock climbing. This was on Abram's bucket list for this summer and one Saturday he and Chris were able to go. Abram absolutely loves to watch Ninja Warrior and climb to the highest point possible wherever he is, so needless to say he just loved this and did so well!!
Jack and Luke have a new interest in animals right now, so we decided to join the zoo. They love it and they could spend all day there. I thought it would be a fun place to take them on Mondays and Fridays when Abram has school and they don't.
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| Of course, we always have to ride the train! |
Of course, Abram was on the swim team again this year and he did so well. We can tell he is growing up because he loved going to practice this summer so much more than last year and he is swimming so well. This summer he competed in both the freestyle and breast stroke.
We always have fun celebrating the Fourth of July. Abram had an ear infection so we couldn't go swimming, but we did go eat lunch at a Fish Camp restaurant and we did fire works at a friends house.
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| Sparklers!! |
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| After lunch at the Fish Camp |
We joined the "Kids Bowl Free" summer bowling program... which means we could go as much as we wanted! Such a nice change to the outside heat and the boys loved it.
And of course, we had to have ice cream for dinner one night. Its a yummy summer tradition!
All three boys participated in VBS at First Baptist Jacksonville and they loved it! It was an amazing program and they had so much fun! These are the pictures that their teachers took of them during the week.
We took a small weekend trip to Jekyll Island, Georgia. It was only an hour and a half away and we loved it! This summer we purchased a small pop up camper and this was the perfect time to try it out. This was such a fun island, with a great campground, beautiful beaches and even a water park. We had a blast!
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| At the water park |
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| With Poppy, our pop up camper |
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| I love the moss in the trees! |
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| Chris, photo bombing this cute picture of the boys! |
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| All my boys! |
On July 22, we celebrated Abram's 6th Gotcha Day!! We can't believe we have had our sweet boy for six years. This day is always so special to our family and Abram loves to hear about the day we met him and look at all his pictures.
Well, that sums up our busy, fun, exciting and wet summer!! We are looking forward to a wonderful school year in VPK and 2nd grade!
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