Lay over

GG was in Washington for my cousin's graduation and her flight home had a lay over in Denver. Of course, we jumped at the chance to see her. Mack was so excited and insisted on bringing along a snack for GG, pretzels ( which she found out during GG's last visit are one of her favorite snacks). As we approached the airport, Mack whispered to me that she was feeling nervous since she hadn't seen GG in so long. The nerves wore off and we all had a nice snack and chat before GG jetted back to Michigan.

Watching and waiting for GG

Chatting

Mason never tires of being adored

Photo a day Favs

Prompt: Sharp

 I'm still loving my photo a day group! Here are a few of my favorite additions from May and June. I took nearly all of these with my phone and edited them in instagram. I hope to be able to find the time daily to use my DSLR but I enjoy the compact nature of my phone for this project ( since I never know when I'll find the photo for the days prompt) and like that I can edit it and upload it to the group in a few minutes with out a computer.

Prompt: Looking up

Prompt: enjoying life

Prompt: Transportation

Prompt: Special

Prompt: sweet

Prompt: can't live with out

Prompt: Broken

Prompt: five

Prompt: snack

Prompt: family

Prompt: centered

Prompt: street

Prompt: mailbox

This and that

While Mack has been sick, we've been home bound which has been pretty nice since we had been running nonstop prior to that. Here are a few pics to catch up

My mom has spent the last few months working on this
quilt for Mike and me. We love it!

It's sideways in this picture but can you see the sail boat?

Mason , who rather likes being on the "go, go, go!" as he says,
wants to go " OUT!"

Duncan wouldn't mind being released, either.

While we've been trying to stay healthy,  the flowers are thriving!

My attempt at capturing the super moon. This was the best
I could do , between patches of clouds.

This is a bouquet that Mackenzie picked and arranged for me from my
garden. I just love it!

And so it goes

Toss 100 kids into a church and let their germs intermingle and this is what you get:

one sore throat, one goopy eye and two infected ears followed by
10 days of amoxicillin.

God's Backyard

Mack has been spending her mornings at VBS this week! The kids have been busy learning about God's Backyard- both insects and creatures you'll find there, but also learning about serving their families, neighbors, communities and God. Today, the kids served a free lunch to anyone who happened to wander in. Tomorrow they are all bringing in shoe boxes with money they collected that will go towards helping children who need new shoes for school but can't afford them. Friday is canned food drive day. Sunday  the kids will wear their VBS shirts and participate in the service! Suffice it to say, Mack sleeps well every night!

So excited to get started, I could barely get the picture!

While Mack was at VBS, Brooklyn and Mason and I ran some errands.
Mack wasn't the only one having fun.

Ready to go home!

 

 

Moments with Mason

Everyone is a critic! Mike actually captured this
picture and I just love it.

One fish, two fish

Mack is still loving swim class! She gets more and more excited with each week. Last week after class, she proclaimed that she no longer wants to be a marine biologist. She wants to be a swim teacher! That's a big compliment to the teachers she's had! She and Mike even went over to the pool today so that she could practice her skills during open swim.

Excited!

The classes are kept small, only 6 child max. Mack is, by far, the most excited
fish in her class

Little brother came along last week to watch

Mack isn't the only water lover! Mason had his first swim in the horse trough at
Gram's and Papas! He was a *little* excited.