Unbelievably HOT!

It has been UNBELIEVABLY HOT this summer! The last 3 weeks or so have been at least 95 to 100 degrees actual temp and some days even hotter! We haven't been able to do much of anything outside lately. We usually get hot weather for a week or two, but not this early. The only thing we have been able to do outside is spend a lot of time at the pool! Luckily we have a nice one in our subdivision so we are there alot. Speaking of swimming, Payton has been doing great at swimming lessons. Tonight he swam the entire length of the pool! I was so proud of him I teared up. What kind of person cries a swimming lessons! A proud mama, thats who! I was pretty sure he could do it, but he was a little apprehensive. Now he is so proud of himself and knows he can do it!
Another way we stayed cool is by heading to Iowa this past weekend! It was hot up there as well, but not the 104 that it was in Kansas City! We have been wanting to spend some time with my dad, so we planned a weekend to go up do just that. We took him to John Deere commons and looked at the tractors and such. While we were there, we also went to Antique Archeology, which is the place from the American Pickers show. Justin loves that show, so he was so excited! We also went to the Bettendorf family museum. We were also able to meet up with some dear family and friends while we were there. We went to my cousins house and Payton was so excited to hang out with Allie! He adores Allie. He is normally pretty shy, but he just attaches to her and loves spending time with her.
We were reminded on this trip that Easton not only dislikes car rides, but after about 4 hours, he HATES car rides! He does okay at first, and then he hits a point where he is just done.
We are starting to get ready for back to school. Last week Payton we enrolled in 1st grade! He starts school in 3 weeks! So now we need to do some back to school shopping! So only a few more weeks of summer! Hopefully it cools off a bit so we can enjoy the summer before it is over!