Our summer has absolutely flown by! At the start of the summer, Sara completed her third year of volunteering with Dance Upon a Star, which culminated in the annual recital. I'm so proud of her dedication to this program and her heart for the dancers.
Steve rescued a bunny from the pool and nursed him back to health.
Even thought bringing him in the house was a good idea ... named him Pete.
We made Pete a cozy place to sleep in the garage, and gave him food and water. By the next morning, he'd hopped away!
We celebrated Father's Day with an at-home celebration complete with surf & turf.
Jim is happy anytime we're out by the pool enjoying the sun - although it's been less this year as we've had LOTS of summer rain. This guy loves his fresh air, though.
Sara's team completed UCA cheer camp. It wasn't quite as much fun this year because they did a home camp, but they ended with a pool party and lots of bonding time. I'm hopeful it's a great cheer year for her.
She also talked me into going shopping for Hoco dresses in June ... so early! Her school has an early September Hoco this year, and we found several she really liked. We were hungry after shopping and went for the steak frites at one of our favorite spots (clean plate club!).
Emma took a special trip with my parents to Chicago! I only have a few of the pictures - but she had the very best time! They saw all the hot spots, plus caught games at Wrigley and in Milwaukee. She really loved the Natural History Museum, the University of Chicago, and the capital in Madison. A complete highlight was jumping into 62-degrees Lake Michigan on hot days! I'm so glad she got this special time making memories.
I made a quick 48-hour trip to Minnesota to pick up Emma, and we made time for lots of fun. One of her favorite spots - rides at the Mall of America!
We loved this roller coaster back when the mall opened and it's still so much fun!
We made a trip to the MN Zoo, and Cal said he'd ride a camel if Emma went with him!
Then they went nuts playing games at The Tin Shed ... and he scored lots of treasures in the claw machine!
Emma and Whaler
Emma and I got back from MN and Sara left for camp the next day (separate camp post coming). While Sara was gone, Steve and I enjoyed having some alone time with Emma, who'd been gone for over a week! We enjoyed a Rangers game with several homeruns and a win ... plus $1 hotdog night!
I have a picture just like this of Steve and little Emma from several years ago.
We also had a fun night out where Emma mastered the pinball machine!
The 4th of July started as a pool day, and then the heavy rain came. We still grilled and enjoyed being outside, but under the porch. Thankfully it cleared up in time for fireworks.
We had to find a new spot this year because our usual lot has been developed. We'd heard good things about the top of the parking garage at a nearby mall, where you can see several fireworks displays. We did see multiple shows at once, including the one happening in the parking lot (until security came to stop it) - great while it lasted though!
It was a decent spot - not as good as our old one, so we may or may not try something new next year. We waited for the sun to go down with our usual assortment of poppers!
My firecracker 🎇
Emma headed to camp right after the 4th, so Steve and I had a quiet week. I was back at work, and we enjoyed a combo of going out and staying in. We did make Friday a full day of celebrating our 22nd anniversary!
Yesterday we picked up both girls from camp ... more photos from their favorite summer spot coming soon!
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