Bye, Bye Summer.

Summer is over.  It's sad.  Hubby is back at work, and I am back to being a full-time SAHM.

I have decided to do a summer phone dump of all of my pictures.  Here is what we've been up to this summer...

 

We kicked off the summer at an Italian restaurant in Geneva, IL. It was such a hot evening, so we sat outside.

 Many days were spent at the pool!  Anya needed help walking around the pool, as she just started walking at the start of the summer (in June).  But now she is much more stable in the pool and just holds one hand at times.

 We went on a boat ride in St. Charles for Father's Day!

We celebrated Josh's birthday by going to Lake Geneva for the day.  He opened gifts before we left.

Our family camping trip to the Warren Dunes in Michigan.

 We watched our community Fourth of July parade and checked out local vendors at the community center "expo".

Campfire on our patio

 After dinner we went for walks.  Anya loves her wagon!

 Charlie is such a great dog.  Best. dog. EVER!!!

 Fourth of July breakfast on our patio.

 My sweetheart at Ariana's Kitchen!

 She started eating with a spoon by herself.  Messy girl!

 Trip to the local petting zoo was something I have looked forward to taking Anya to even before she was born.  She loved the goats!  Crazy because we just went back and she was afraid of them:(

 Babysitting and playing with Ariana.

 Finally we got some much needed rain!  Check out that grass...

 We took Anya to the splash pad in St. Charles.  She loved playing in the sand. 

 My favorite flea market find!

 Playing at the Discovery Center in Rockford, IL.  It was perfect for the cold, rainy day that it was.

 

 Our favorite stop on our way home from church... Klein's farmer's market!

 The girls eating while babysitting.

 This is what Josh and I do on our date night at Macaroni Grill.  We write down all of our nicknames for Anya...we watched "The Odd Life of Timothy Green" and realized how blessed we are to have her!!!

 Happy Little Miss playing in her water table.  She started filling up the cups with the water that comes off the slide.  It's cute to watch.

Date night out...Dairy Queen and walk along the Fox River.

 

Our summer break is over, but it was so eventful and wonderful. 

10 on 10:: August

10 photos for 10 consecutive hours on the 10th of the month.

(Finding beauty amoung the ordinary things in your day.)

It's August! We had a very great 10th!

Our morning started off at "Burnt Toast" with Josh's parents.  We had a great time.

Perfect day for a wagon ride with Grandma!

Daily harvest

Josh and his dad worked on anchoring our pergola.  We live in a wind tunnel!

Ripe bananas= the best banana bread muffin you've ever had...thank you Great Grandma!

 Little Miss is such a messy eater...she gets it from her mama;-)

God's beautiful creation in my garden.

 Pergola is finished...YAY for stability!  Thank you hubby and Papa!!

 Yes, she is eating again...:-)  Dinner time

The 10th ending with some QT with my hubby on our patio.  The perfect ending to a great day.