Summer Fun

This week has really felt like summer.  We have crammed a ton of fun in and have enjoyed lots of rest times too!  The big kids went to VBS this past week - Allie was actually a leader this year!  (She's getting so big!)  On Friday, the kids and I had a great time at the water park.  Cooper finally warmed up to the water a bit - thank goodness... since he has swimming lessons next week!  That evening, our church had its Vacation Bible School finale which was tons of fun - pony rides, a petting zoo, tons of bounce houses, a rock climbing wall, water inflatables, sno-cones, popcorn, cookies, lemonade, face and hair painting, and of course... The Boogie Woogie Choo-Choo.  My kids have been riding on this particular man's barrel train at events like this their entire lives.   My sister and niece were able to join us this year which was really, really fun.  Claire Bear is such a cutie, and I love seeing her and my kids play together.

~Cooper & Claire in the Boogie Woogie Choo-Choo~

~Jack - all painted up~

~Allie and her girlfriends~

After the VBS finale at church, Allie had a couple of friends sleep over so they could enjoy the big event...

the premiere of Disney's Camp Rock movie...

and of course pizza and snacks and Wii and staying up way too late.

Then today we continued the Disney fun as we checked out what Radio Disney was doing at a local shopping center.  The big kids all participated in some games, got goodie bags, went shopping, and watched a concert.

Cooper got to jump in  a bounce house... again.

He loved it!

We have plans to continue to squeeze as much fun into the weekend as we can.  We LOVE summer!  A break from many things and time to do many things that we love to do together.