soccer, swimming, sidewalk chalk, and more

Here's a glimpse into our continued summer fun: July 15-17

Ronan is still enjoying going to soccer each week. He is having lots of fun and learning some skills. (: His coach is really funny and does a great job of keeping the kids interested and excited about soccer.

Two boys joined the class recently, so now there are 2 girls and 3 boys total.

We've been going swimming as much as we can. Becca and I often take our kids together and sometimes meet up with other moms & their kids. Our kids are all doing great in the water! Tyler loves swimming, going down the slide, and jumping off the diving board. He is always in the pool the longest. Ronan is basically swimming on his own now, but prefers to stay close to where he can touch. Sadie and Cohen float around independently with water wings or holding onto noodles, and Griffin is content floating on his own (pretty close to me).
Ronan and Caitlin Sims

Swimming makes for hungry kids! I just love how happy Griffin looks in this picture (:

Ronan and Sadie ask to play with each other pretty much everyday. We had Sadie over the day before her birthday so that Becca could get some shopping done.

Ashley also stopped by that day to say a final goodbye before moving to Norway. He and Ronan are pretty silly together. Josh and I aren't very sarcastic and don't joke a whole lot with our kids, so it has taken Ronan a little while to understand when Ashley is joking or being serious. He now gets Ashley most of the time. (:

In this picture Ronan is laughing really hard about something that Ashley said. (: We are all going to miss having Ashley and Camilla close by!

On Sadie's Birthday a few of us went to Dairy Queen for lunch. Her party was still a few days away, so it was fun to celebrate with her on her real birthday.

So happy to be 5!!

Memaw and Papa got home the night before from their vacation, so Papa joined us while Memaw was back to work in the hair salon.
Just a couple of "Papa's boys" (:

More to come--July has been full of fun Birthdays and progress on our house...