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We planned to sail this morning and the water is gorgeous and we are having a lovely time.....but Ethan and Hannah could not be persuaded to join us.

That's because any water related activity becomes fishing. So while I don't mind sitting in the boat, listening to the water lapping on the sides and looking at the critters that make their homes in the shallows by the shore I do see their point.

Good times!

We celebrated the 4th of July today! It was pretty fun. We went to Goodwill and got some Trek stuff...score!

Then we went to Lowes and bought a spark plug for the lawn mower and an air filter.

Then we went to the mall and got some pants for Hannah.

Finally we went to St Marys College and went to a fun jazz concert. Han helped Chelsea sell pizza. The rest of us sat with many families from church and enjoyed visiting, watching the children play, building rockets, eating crab cakes, listening to music and seeing the fireworks (which were mostly obstructed by trees but we saw little glimmers here and there).

4th of July

Hurricane Arthur is visiting us so we are having a windy and rainy 4th.  I think it will be gone by tonight, which means we will get to go to see fireworks.

In the meantime we are getting ready for TREK.  Here's a throw back from 4 years ago when Jenna had soooo much fun on TREK and looked like such a cute little pioneer!  Can't wait to go in a few weeks!

pool fun

this chick is a lucky girl

 Grace has the most fun activity day leaders.  Michelle is new but we love her already cuz she's our fun neighbor and she's AmAzInG!! Last night was a small group, summer time business, but Grace had a great time.  They went to the pool and learned some strokes and played and then went to Michelle's for a lesson and treat.

Other lucky ducky Grace activities:

Horse camp, coming up in a week and a half
Swimming lessons, starting this afternoon.  She is really excited to work on her strokes
STEM, already talked about that but she's looking forward to it a lot
Juniors, we'll start her 4th year of girl scouts and it's been really fun and she's learned a lot

music lessons; we're working on this one.  She wants to play piano again and wants to play the flute at school.  We own a clarinet and want her to play that especially since it's a great instrument to lead into other instruments.  She's not buying it.

*photos shared from the Ray's Days

Dryer event

Some summer morning fun- cleaning out the vent. Phew! That is a stinky nest!

July?!?

Holy Guacamole! It's already July! Summer is flying by.

On the plus side that means I will see these cute little star fish soon!

CJ went camping with some friends at Zion's. 

Not sure what's happening here but the flamingos are a nice touch:)