Summer round up part 2

I signed the girls up for swim lessons.  It was more towards the end of the summer but at least I got them in.  Siena did great.  She can now swim across the width of the pool, can float on her back to breathe and flip over again.  She loved the lessons and learned a ton.  Aria on the other hand had a rough go.  She pretty much cried after the first 2 lessons the rest of the whole 2 weeks.  Well it wasn't hysterical but pretty much refused to swim.  She would put her face in the water but hates to float on her back and wouldn't do much else.  It was pretty brutal and I hope we didn't take a huge set back.  We plan to go swimming about once a month through the winter and I hope she does better next summer.  Their teach Riley was so patient and nice to them both and we really liked her. 

All 3 kids got sick.  They all got the 24 hour stomach flu and Jaron topped his off with strep throat.  The throw up is always fun but then Jaron got a fever that lasted days before I finally took him in.  He was so miserable and even the dr. was surprised at how red and swollen his throat was.  Poor guy.  He snapped out of it so fast as soon as we got him on anti-biotics.  I always take pictures of my kids sleeping when they're sick but this one of Siena holding her bowl sound asleep in the middle of the night was too funny.  These selfies of Jaron was just a way to keep him happy one miserable day.

 

 

While we were sick we stuck around the house more then usual.  We had a fun rainstorm the kids enjoyed playing in.

This is a scene at our house at least daily.  They love coloring and doing projects at the table.  One day I even let them finger paint...they LOVED it.

This was spur of the moment project we did one day.  We were all bored so I pulled this off pinterest and they were soo excited to make a rainbow.

We are always glad when Daddy comes home.

And they're always glad when mom lays down to 'rest'.

I took the girls to a Bees baseball game one night (Jaron still wasn't feeling good) with my family.  Jennifer had tickets for all of us and it was such a fun night.

Just an updated picture of the JLO's turning 2.

We took a trip up to Silver lake, it rained a good little down pour for a few minutes but it was still a fun afternoon.

The girls took a tumbling class this summer.  They loved it and I forgot to take any pictures, but this was their favorite pole to jump off of as we were leaving each week.

The kids 'caught' a snail and named him Shell.  They wanted to bring him inside but I convinced him he needed to stay outside to get food and water.  They were so disappointed when they couldn't find him the next day.

Shane planted 6 trees in our backyard.  They aren't that big but hopefully will grow and provide some much needed shade in our backyard in the next few years.  We need a lot more trees but it was a start at least.