Thankful For Great Friends

Our lawn is a wreck. It will be until we can grow grass this fall and then really fertilize and grow it in the spring. It's basically a dirt/weed filled backyard at this point. This makes playing outside no fun at all. It's extremely difficult and not what I envisioned for my summer at all. :(

Luckily, we have some great friends who let us come over to play two days in a row this week. They have an AMAZING back yard and an above ground pool that the boys adore. Suzy also is extremely gracious and holds a baby (or two) the entire time I'm there along with orchestrating activities and managing her own three children. The pool is perfect for the boys, where they can just touch but feel like they are really swimming. Their little swim shirts that are floaty make it super easy to let them swim away and not worry too much. They also did water balloons which the boys thought was very exciting. Yesterday Joshua had his first set back when he went to pick a raspberry (yes they have a garden that is to die for) and got stung by a bee. Nothing a Sonic Apple Juice Slush couldn't fix though! :)

Thanks again Suzy for having us over two days in a row!

And here are a few pictures of the girls to tide you over!