kid quotes

Mary- "Pause the prayer mom! I have to go potty!"

Mary (getting dressed)- "Hurry mom, I'm brrr-ing!"

Swimming Lessons

Back in June the girls had two weeks of swim lessons at the local pool... which they loved! It began our summer of swimming. We've had a few more opportunities to swim and each time they get better and better :)

Corrie loves to work on front glides (face in the water and arms extended), jumping in and trying to do flips under the water.
Mary mostly licks all the water :) and tries to float on her back. Little fishes!

Summer pics

And a Birthday in May

We love this girl!

Sand art cakes :) Happy Birthday Corrie!

After

There's only so much primping and pretty you can do in a weekend, so when we weren't doing the wedding we were playing! The Peterson grandkids go nuts over dirt and water at Grandpa's house. He let's them get into his pond (fish on one side, kids on the other), and even supplies them with buckets and scrap pieces of pond liner for their own homemade ponds. They sure get busy! Corrie (always verbal) usually directs, Oliver seems to always know the best way to build them (the strong worker) and the little ones, Mary and Lucy just run back and forth emptying pails of water.♥

A secret my mom told me... spraying a little Dawn dishsoap on mud spots helps them come out in the wash. Works! Even when you forget to do the laundry after you come back for like a week! :)

We also stopped at a little petting farm on the way back. Who can resist cute animals in baskets!

Katie's Wedding part II

So pretty...

We miss Dad!

Katie's Wedding part I

Well she's married. Our babysitter and dear friend got married in June. Both the girls and I were in the wedding, which made for a very long but fun Saturday! The girls did really well walking down the aisle and in general helping the bride but I couldn't have done it without my mom. Brian was at a wedding too that weekend, just not the one we were at. :)