it's not july anymore?
are you sure?
whoa, i don't know what planet i've been on (maybe cool-summer-planet?), but i obviously have no concept of time right now.
here's a lil picture spread of how our july shaped up, thanks to my handy dandy iphone (a few holgas coming soon):
(1-6): Color Run in SF- one of the funnest/funniest experiences ever. butter is not a carb! it's a fat! knowledge i find daily reassurance by. oh, our team is looking for a coach for our next color run, if anyone is interested (um. not really).
(7): Finding Alice in an obscure corner sneaking a marshmallow...5 minutes before dinner
(8): Going on walks with friends- and letting the little girls walk, too.
(9): On our walks/runs, Alice has decided this her sitting stance of preference.
(10-12): M and a few of his friends in the stake took their daughters for a little overnighter camping. they happened to camp the morning of M's birthday, so they even made him a dirt cake with stick candles to blow out (unpictured). i'm pretty sure he felt very loved.
(13): Alice bringing daddy balloons for his birthday.
(14): Ellie helping bake cupcakes for daddy's birthday.
(15): M with his favorite birthday gift from me ever, his very own hospital mug with a six-pack of rootbeer (now he can stop sipping off of mine).
(16-18): Celebrating M's birthday on the Coast- his happy place. the highlight was watching him try to teach Ellie how to play paddle ball. though Alice running into the freezing waves was pretty awesome too.
(19-20): the girls loved a cute lil splash pad with friends.
(21): a self-portrait taken seconds after M saved my phone from some horrible Chuck-e-cheese phone robbers. miracle, i tell you.
(22): the night Ellie & M went camping, Alice and i had a lil shopping date. it's my favorite when she lets me do her hair in pigtails like that. such kissable cheeks on that kid, too.
(23): Ellie finished up swim lessons for the summer- and her coolest skill that she mastered: diving (belly-flopping) off of the diving board. and while i am kind of joking, i'm actually serious- i'm so proud of her for being so brave! she will actually jump of the diving board non-stop and swim all over the pool like a lil fish. swimming lessons = an unexpected huge success!
(24): cardboard box bed = hours of fun.
(25): going for Sunday dinner at Grandma and Grandpa's house, Alice INSISTED on wearing these sunglasses inside to show "Mamma & Papa." celebrity in the making.
(26): there's Alice's lil sitting stance again. that lil shnook is a crack-up, i tell you what.
(27): it's been HOT. how do you survive the heat? lots of trips to yogurtland, jamba juice, and 7-11, that's how. and these girls love it.
and that was our july! whew! ok. maybe someday i'll update in real time.
maybe.
hugs and kisses from our family to yours.
hope you're enjoying a happy, happy summer.
xoxo
2 comments:
speaking of yogurtland, have you tried their strawberry lemonade flavor?? it's their first lactose free or dairy free flavor or something like that so i thought of you! it's also really really amazing. we should go get some, like, now.
love the color run pics :)
wait...butters not a carb??
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