snippets of summer

This is often the scene in our backyard.  Impromptu baseball games (or kickball or most recently golf)

One of these ends up in our mailbox everyday :)



Hot dogs and smores with good friends!!



 Ethan told me he would do whatever I needed him to do so I could rest - no prompting!  So he folded the clothes that day.  They were perfect.

Lunch at Magpie's on Main Street.  So good to get out and be with some of my favorite people.

 I love these cute little shoes and the feet that are wearing them.  Love that she is just now 2 and loves her shoes so much that she tells them :)

no explanation needed.

This is some game called 500 that I do not fully understand, but the boys love playing.

Artwork from some of my favorite little girls - Kelsey and Makayla

Sweet little brand new Macy Jane.  She is absolutely adorable and has the most awesome brothers and parents!



 Lots of visitors these past weeks.  This time it was my mom and my Aunt Sharon.  Fun afternoon and the boys only called them "old" a couple of times! 

 Orange flowers.  In love.  From Aunt Sharon and Uncle John

 This beautiful plant showed up on my porch one afternoon with a beautiful card in the mailbox.  It's from Debbie and Curtis, my neighbor's parents.  She is so sweet - love her so much!!

 This was in the bottom of the bag that housed the prayer shawl.  It's nothing special to anyone else, but to me it's a reminder that we're spending more time with the St. Louis Martins again (there are Georgia Martins, too).  So much time that we've begun leaving things at their house.  Love that.

First trip to the zoo this summer.  I'm worried that we may not get to go as much as we like to this summer.  I hope I'm wrong.  We love the zoo.  I even got my own Zoovenir Sipper.  We usually just share the one we bought last year, but to keep from passing any chemo drugs to anyone else and to keep my risk of infection down, I get my very own cups now.  I was excited that the new Sipper was orange.  Meant to be I think.

The boys were excited to set off some smokebombs and do some sparklers the other night.  Fun to share with our friends and neighbors and enjoy a nice evening in the cul-de-sac.