hello SUMMER

truly my fave

 this time of year

the long day of sunshine

relaxed schedule with the kids
i love it

change of pace

it's good

and the living is easy

our summer has started off pretty exciting

a good friend turned 40

we celebrated BIG with a hula theme party

such a blast!

beautiful home

pina colada machine

catered food

hula dancers

music

good friends

happy happy Hilary

then a few days later mocha doodle had her
PUPPIES 

 on june 4th

13 of them
she is amazing

WOW!

for now she lives with the breeder in dripping
and is busy until mid july feeding

and being mommy to them

we miss her like crazy around the house

poor coacher

HA
he's been enjoying ALL the attention again
he truly doesn't seem the least bit sad
silly ol' dog

boys started swimming lessons three nights a week
and i still think they need one more session
 they need more practice in the pooooool!!!

last day of school was june 5th

they had adorable matching shirts for twin day
with 8 of their closest buddies

one of the boys said
it's not quadruplet day
just twin day

haha

and that evening we had a FUN

outdoor movie party with a few friends

we introduced the kids to THE GOONIES movie

good times

quilts, lawn chairs, 

dogs and burgers, adult beverages, bug spray

cool summer night breeze

it was the perfect ending to a great school year

now we are enjoying a few weeks of spanish camp at school

and an extended visit with uncle ronnie here

who lets the boys play on his phone sometimes

he's a good uncle

it's been a great start to summer around here

we are blessed

and busy

excited for the next chapter

as we currently prepare to move an hour north

weeeeeeeee

moving boxes are fun ;-)

i love summer!!

i want to remember

i want to remember... what a great weekend it was.
saturday was rainy and relaxing. i went for coffee with a friend, then on to a scrapbook crop until late that night. sunday we over slept but still made it to church early. 8:05 am! better than ON TIME :-) adam ushered and we both served communion together. wow... what a great experience. i'm so thankful my husband pulls me out of my comfort zone sometimes. i loved it! what a holy "close to Christ" moment. jesus' blood shed for you, jesus' blood shed for you.
i don't have a picture of us, but we looked pretty awesome in our coordinated outfits as well. red is our color babe!

i want to remember... how fun it was to watch Corbin play soccer this spring. i hope he wants to play again next year. i got his pictures scrapbooked. 

i want to remember... that through what feels like a real challenge in parenting i've come to rely on Him more and trust Him to guide us through the ups and downs. He hears our prayers. we've gotten creative. it seems to be a good thing. God is on our side. 

 thank goodness!! 

what doesn't kill us makes us STRONGER :)

i want to remember... how fun and chill the boy's were at an after school swim playdate with the conway's and clark's last week. they are so big acting sometimes. and fun to watch.

i love being mom to such great little guys. god is good. 

i want to remember... just how blessed we are to have so many great neighbor friends. never any shortage of someone to play with. legos, beyblades, bike riding. these really are the best of days for these little guys. one day they will all be men with jobs and families to support, and little time to hang in the driveway playing with legos for hours and hours together. :)

i want to remember... how beautiful the sunset was on my way to ladies reunion group last night. i had another couple hours away to fellowship with my sunday school friends. a break from parenthood. it was nice. better than nice, it was GREAT. 

i want to remember... to never stop asking God to show me my passions!

backyard gardens

one of our favorite summer traditions is to grow a garden in the backyard. seriously, we all love it! a little TLC and we've grown some nice big cucumbers. (lots of water and rich soil) they are sneaky and tricky to see at first. they start out looking like this. the first one we found was already 6-7 inches long. they hide pretty well on the vine. the taste is so fresh out of the garden!
the boys find the lady bugs right away
, and the nice honey bees.zucchini has always been hard for us to grow. it starts out looking great, but then the heat zaps it dead. maybe this will be our year. fried zucchini! yummyokra, strawberries, peppers, onions...all the good stuff ;} thankful for a great gardening season thus far. we are really enjoying all our raised beds in the back.