Summer is flying by...

We have had such a great summer, but it is truly flying by. This is really our last week of summer at home, next week we are on vacation, then as soon as we come home Maggie has her tonsil/adenoid surgery and I figure her recovery is about going to take us to the first day of school. SO CRAZY!!

I spent a lot of time last week working on stuff for Bible School. We started tonight. Maggie had a great time and Gracie even stayed and played with some friends. More on that in another post. For now I'll catch you up on last week....

We spent a couple days in Omaha....

 

Maggie made cookies "all by herself." She doesn't understand why she
can't bake alone at home now....I told her I'd reconsider when she could
reach the oven.

The best kind of picnic??  A cookies and milk picnic :)

On Tuesday Oliver came over for a bit and we finally got to meet Baby Tucker. He's a doll and he was a perfect little subject during his pictures. I haven't had a chance to look at them yet, but I'm sure they will be great.

 

Tuesday night as soon as we got home from Omaha, we headed for the Drive-In in Neligh. I wish we thought to go there (or had time to go there) more often. It really is a fun time. I wish I had taken a real camera, but all I had was my phone....

Our version of the Bad News Bears :)

Maggie did SO good at her horse lesson on Wednesday. It was HOT and the barn was steamy, but I think she'd have stayed there all day. She is becoming a trotting machine, round and round her cones and all over the arena. I was really proud of how hard she was working.

Wednesday the long awaited new swing-set arrived. The guys worked on putting it up all day while the girls had to watch from inside. It was about a thousand degrees out when they finished, but that wasn't going to stop the girls from playing...

 

 

Gracie loves the playhouse, she might even spend more time in it then Maggie does. She
told me after I took this picture that she needed real water she was tired of "pweetendin" to
wash her hands.....I guess I'll leave that up to grandpa :)

 

Gracie had a slight wardrobe malfunction :) Miss Independent is determined to pull up
her own pants (or panties) I guess this is the hazard!

This weekend we headed out with the camper. We've never camped at Willow Reservoir in Pierce, it's only about 20 miles from home, so we thought we'd give it a shot. It was a nice place, we'll go back. It rained for a while yesterday but we still had a nice time. After the really hot weather last week, I was expecting to be a bit miserable, but the temps were really nice, yesterday we wore sweatshirts most of the day...

Safety first, even when it comes to sidewalk chalk :)

Rain, Rain, GO AWAY!!

Apparently helmets are only necessary for chalk...

We have a busy week ahead....say a prayer for Maggie, Tuesday is her last day of preschool, I think she's going to have a tough time saying goodbye.