The closing of summer

Oh how I hate to write these blogs every year, but as with each part of the year things come and go. We officially have two weeks until I go back to work. So in closing I wanted to do a blog of some of the fun things we have been up to and some things to come as summer truly does come to an end. BOOOO!!!!!

This is our family at the Pickard's for the 4th of July.

Waylon and Toni in their festive gear for the fourth.  Yeah Toni is smiling here!

My two handsome guys. Although you can not see it well, Jake has on a super cool fighter pilot shirt and Waylon had a monster truck one on. Both all decked out in ALL AMERICAN.

This was a fun project that Jake and Waylon did at the beginning of the month. Lowe's has a cool Build and Grow program where twice a month you can sign up and go in and do a project for free.  Waylon LOVED this because it was a tow truck and he got to do it with daddy.  Jake said it was pretty crazy but they had a good time.  Waylon and I plan to go in a couple of weeks to do a back to school project together while daddy stays with Toni this time.

This is what his project looked like and it had some stickers on it. However as soon as he got home he was all about painting it. He did a great job painting it all red. Wierd though I have no pictures of it done. :-( He spent about 40 minutes carefully painting his truck.

There has been a lot of  swimming this month.  We have gone over to my Aunt and Uncles house a few times and Waylon has done great with Uncle Barney in the pool.  Which is funny because as a kid he was something to be terrified of while in the pool, but he has been amazing with Waylon in the pool. Waylon loves to swim with Uncle Barney.

My cousin was in town for a week and we went swimming twice that week too!

Aunt Courty and Toni hanging in the pool.

Ethan and Waylon eating together.

Then there have been swim lessons too.  We signed up at the Sunrise Moutain Pool near my school and Waylon goes 4 days a week for 30 minutes.  He has done really well, especially with his pre practice with Uncle Barney.  Waylon is learning how to hold his breath under water, kick on a kick board, jump into the water and swim with his arms and legs together.

We still have this week to go befor swim is over. I did not sign up Toni because I was not sure how Waylon was going to do and really wanted to watch him. I think next year we will be safe to do swim lessons at the same time and get her in the water too.

For now though her and I just watch brother in pool and sweat a lot. :-) She does love to suck on ice though and have a snack while watching him.  Daddy has been at most of the swim lessons too which has been really great.

More to come as we have just a little bit of time left before heading back to the real world. uhh Yuck!

Enjoy what is left of your summers and most importantly enjoy Family and Friends.

Up soon is Camping!