June in a Nutshell

Rainy summer days are perfect for movies. I love that we can go to the movie theater now without anxiety. We have found a new favorite here - Alamo Drafthouse with reclining seats, waiters and full menus, as well as cheap kid movies! This was a matinee of Aladdin!

Outside, the kids are deep into swim team season. Hadley has really come to enjoy it and is taking advantage of being an almost-7-year-old in her 6-and-under category (second from right). She's gone from having to grab onto the lane ropes multiple times to finishing second overall in backstroke in the last meet.

Bonus - we get to check out all of the local neighborhood pools! A slide?!

Kids mid-meet. Can you tell that Owen doesn't like his mom checking in on him too much during a meet? I'm in 'the zone', now step aside, mom!

Unfortunately, Owen developed swimmer's ear right before the 3rd meet, so he had to sit out the last two meets of the season to keep his ear dry. I don't think he minded too much. He got to visit with friends, watch the meets, and sleep in a little longer.

Hadley kept right on swimming though, getting faster with every meet. The silver lining to Owen's ear infection was that we could leave after the 6-and-under's events (about a third of the way through a meet), so we were home by 8 when one of the meets went to midnight. Phew! 

We've been getting in some extended family time, even in the bugs and humidity. Bubbles and swings are a hit no matter the temperature.

Aunt Loni came to town, so we got a quick visit! And a full family photo. We just needed Oma, Papa, and Uncle Lampe! So nice to be together.

Summer sure makes the grass grow, so Owen has been volunteering to help with the lawn mowing. I love this!

It turns out that the library on the edge of our neighborhood has a lot of cool summer events going on for the kids, including bridge building, puppet shows, a petting zoo, movies, and a magician. Owen got to shoot a balloon animal with a potato! Guess you had to be there...

The kids already finished the summer reading program! It was a lot simpler than the one in Idaho, but maybe that's a good thing?

You can't spell summer without VBS... Um, you can, but why would you? This one featured video games, which was so relevant to their lives!

And we can't forget Father's Day! We had a great day starting with fathers being recognized and singing at church, Chipotle for lunch, and watching Star Wars as a family for the first time. We love the Dads in our lives!