A Perfect Summer Day
Today has been one of those perfect summer days. Friends, sun, soccer, water, ice cream, picking raspberries, sprinklers, baking, campout and no place to go.
We had 5 of the Vances and 3 of the Tillmans and our own 5 here today. The kids were in heaven playing with some of their bestest friends ever. The boys played soccer (World Cup, games, seeing who could kick it the farthest, etc) for nearly 6 hours. They had a few breaks for lunch and an ice cream cone. Occasionally they would run in and watch a soccer video and then go try the new tricks they saw. I walked around the corner as the boys were gathered around the computer and Calvin was in the middle of typing in "best curves" to a google search. Hold on buddy! You're not going to get what you think with that one! So I quickly shut the computer as some interesting headlines came up on google and told them I'd better help them with this search. We found the right soccer video and then they were back out trying to bend it like Beckham.
The girls played some soccer, played on the playground, made boats out of paper bowls to race down the water feature, picked raspberries, played the ukelele, made fruit kabobs, played sardines and then played some more soccer.
The littles played in the water feature, picked raspberries, played Zingo and Garbage, ran around the house, played on the swingset, ran through the sprinklers, played Princesses and Superheroes, and pretended to be puppies for a good hour.
Kira and I talked, she played the guitar, we made lunch for the kids, baked a cake and decorated it. We were out of powdered sugar so she rode her bike down to Smith's to get some more while I stayed home and played soccer with the kids. She decorated an adorable cake and we had a great time just talking and hanging out together.
Jeff and Calvin just left for a campout and the 3 younger kids are playing house upstairs while Kira ran over to see her best friend who just got home from Lake Powell. Between the 2 families vacations, Kira and Marquelle haven't seen each other for nearly a month. She was SOOO excited to see Marquelle!
It was a perfect summer day!
We had 5 of the Vances and 3 of the Tillmans and our own 5 here today. The kids were in heaven playing with some of their bestest friends ever. The boys played soccer (World Cup, games, seeing who could kick it the farthest, etc) for nearly 6 hours. They had a few breaks for lunch and an ice cream cone. Occasionally they would run in and watch a soccer video and then go try the new tricks they saw. I walked around the corner as the boys were gathered around the computer and Calvin was in the middle of typing in "best curves" to a google search. Hold on buddy! You're not going to get what you think with that one! So I quickly shut the computer as some interesting headlines came up on google and told them I'd better help them with this search. We found the right soccer video and then they were back out trying to bend it like Beckham.
The girls played some soccer, played on the playground, made boats out of paper bowls to race down the water feature, picked raspberries, played the ukelele, made fruit kabobs, played sardines and then played some more soccer.
The littles played in the water feature, picked raspberries, played Zingo and Garbage, ran around the house, played on the swingset, ran through the sprinklers, played Princesses and Superheroes, and pretended to be puppies for a good hour.
Kira and I talked, she played the guitar, we made lunch for the kids, baked a cake and decorated it. We were out of powdered sugar so she rode her bike down to Smith's to get some more while I stayed home and played soccer with the kids. She decorated an adorable cake and we had a great time just talking and hanging out together.
Jeff and Calvin just left for a campout and the 3 younger kids are playing house upstairs while Kira ran over to see her best friend who just got home from Lake Powell. Between the 2 families vacations, Kira and Marquelle haven't seen each other for nearly a month. She was SOOO excited to see Marquelle!
It was a perfect summer day!
Summer raspberries...so yummy!
My little cake boss! This girl LOVES to bake.
Kira's Pinterest "Ombre" cake. I think it turned out pretty cute!
(If you get another similar comment, the first one didn't go through for some reason.) So, I think I'm just going to send my kids over there every day. You totally do summer better than I do. :)
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