This past summer has been kind of interesting with building the house and such and the 110 degree temps that we had. The weather made it difficult to do much of anything fun outside. We did manage some fun time at the pool! Payton is a natural fish in the water and Easton just loves to jump in, over and over and over! Payton also did tennis this summer as well. I think next year we will start getting Easton in sports too. He seems to really enjoy playing with any kind of ball.
We also made it to Iowa for our annual 4th of July trip. This trip means a lot to me. I realized this year that going up for this is good for my soul. We love our lives here in Kansas, but I think it is important to go back and remember and embrace where you are from. It is great to see family and very dear friends who were there when you grew up and were there when you became you. They know the story of your life and know your history and the triumphs and tragedys that make you who you are. We look forward to this trip every year and it is always great to see everyone. This year we added a little additional side trip to go to Maquoketa Caves. It was great! We plan on doing that again, but next time being more prepared in the way of clothes and shoes!!
At the end of summer, school started back up and Payton became a 2nd grader! He is loving it, which is not really a surprise. He has become quite the bookworm and usually has 2 books going at a time. We brought a ton of chapter books with us to Grandmas this summer and the rest went to storage thinking we would have plenty before we moved, but we had to make some book store runs to get some more! Easton is in preschool now and loves to try and write his name and practice cutting and tracing.
Football has started up, so now we are busy on Friday nights and Saturday mornings with that. Justin is helping coach again and I think he enjoys it more then the kids do.
(I added new pictures to the Summer, Back to School and Moving albums)
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