While David was in Boston. Broken Bones. Cabin. Lots More Garden. June 2018

So here we are, the first weekend of summer, and we are at InstaCare with Hayden and a broken arm. That Saturday he fell off his bike (he was actually going so slow he just tipped over.) He said it hurt, but no bones were poling out, so we waited, but Sunday he still said it hurt pretty bad, so we took him in. 

He was a trooper. He has a sling for a week, and then he got a real cast.
A hurt arm didn't stop him from picking strawberries

Masks with Granny.

We had so many beautiful flowers, we took some to neighbors.

David took some of his students back to Boston for a week.
While he was gone, the boys and I headed to the cabin for a few days.
While we were there we practiced scenting with the dogs. We sent Preston out in the woods, and then let the dogs find him from scenting his sweater. Dash was pretty great! #DashieDoodleTheScentingPoodle

...and Brooks just wanted to go in the RZR the whole time

We spent some time at the playground

Preston picked me some flowers at the cabin. He made sure to let me know that they were sustainably sourced..."picked from where there were a lot and they would grow back."

While David was gone, we practiced scissor skills.

And Preston did some drawings.

"I used gold, because gold is close to apricot."

FAVORITE time of year.

Beautiful lilies from Grandma Great. I love all the things in the garden that I have gotten from someone else.

And here's the poodle that got a hair cut

Front yard clematis.

David Austin's

Love, love LOVE! Peonies from Grandma Pia....Clematis courtesy of Lowe's Clearance Table

Hayden and Preston making a pencil holder.

We were very excited to have David come home. Very Excited.

Last of School. Start of Summer. Pre-School Graduation. Birthday Party. Ens of Soccer. End of May 2018

And just like that, it's the end of school/

Hayden's last day of second grade with Mrs. Homer/

Last time Preston will be home with me to wave goodbye 😥

And now for summer!
Yay! The first day of summer and we're picking strawberries for breakfast.

My FAVORITE time of the year in the garden!

Love that spider swing.

Preston's last day of Pre-School. He sure will miss Myra.

One particularly windy day, this blew into our yard. We don't know where it came from, but Preston took a magnifying glass out to inspect it 😎

Peonies from the front, which came from my Grandma Pia's house

Preston's Pre-School Graduation.

Myra is the best!

We had a birthday party for Hayden...his birthday the first or second day of school is so awkward to have a party, so we just had one at the end of school

...we recycled Katie's birthday piney

...and this was a favorite gift. Unfortunately our children have big heads, and it was a little small

Alas, the last Saturday of soccer 🙌

Spaghetti Heads...er something

Soccer Stars

We celebrated the end of the season with Coldstone. You can tell from the picture, it was going well 🙈

Brooks turns Two. May 24, 2018

Our spunky little Brooks turned two May 24, 2018. 

He was so excited to run through the streamers on the his door...so he did, 50 times

An exciting day, turning the car seat to face front.

Birthday French toast dinner

Brookser loves avocados... David made the best funfetti avocado cake ever!

 Our little Brookser is the sweetest, wildest,  little angel. He loves Aggies, Avocados, Trucks and Always wants to be outside. His plump little piggies are always in crocs and he likes to have on sunglasses. He wants every truck to pull a trailer and he could play in the sand all day long. He is a great friend to his big brothers, and a helper to Mom and Dad. Love our little Brooksie.