First day of school and swimming

 Ethan, Ana and Tanya started school last Tuesday, August 17th.  Thursday Morgan and Victor had Back to School night for the Jr. High, we stopped at Orange Leaf as a reward for meeting every single one of their teachers!  Mmmm.  Friday we celebrated by swimming with friends and after they left we had a great time swimming with cousins.  Great way to end the summer.

Last swim day w cousins

 August 12 we swam one last time with the cousins before they headed back to PA.  Fun summer days!

playing with friends and making smores in the microwave.

Morgan's 12th birthday

 We bought a bag of limes for the kids to make limade... it was great entertainment for a couple hours.  They are definately harder to squeeze than lemons!

 Morgans been waiting for three months to turn 12 so that she could get her ears peirced.  She took a few good friends from school (the charter school, because she isn't going to go there this year) with her to Clairs to get her ears peirced.  After that we got ice cream and then went to see the Smurf movie.  It hasd a little more potty humor than the girls were expecting, but over all it was a great birthday party.  Her birthday was in July, but we had too many things going on and so we celebrated on August 11th!

 Friday Tanya headed up to hang out with Lena and Sara.  She said she had a great time.

 Morgan finishing up Volley ball camp!

Second picking from the garden, end of the beans and peas.  Yummy.

swimming with cousins - august 8

Last day of swimming with the cousins before they headed back to PA.  Everyone loves to wear Ana's yellow flippers, Mason wore them all day.  The pool was up to 94 degrees so we ran the hose in the pool for a bit to cool it down and Ana became the pit stop.  She kept saying who needs some oil.  Very cute of her.