Summer Fun

The summer fun

is starting to come to an end.

But there's always more fun to be had.

The kids have been busy

coloring with sidewalk chalk

and many other activities

after Ali gets home from school.

By the way, she

is doing great in school.

Here are some

of their drawings.

Your guess is as good as ours...

 Ali and Jake are still

funny sometimes.

As we said,

Ali has been doing great.

It seems as though she

grew up overnight

when she went to school.

She wishes so much

to be old enough to do

everything.

Even though it is

hard to watch her do it

at her amateur pace,

it is worth the smile

on her face at the end.

She is always so proud

of the things she gets to do at school.

Her excitement makes

the kid awake inside of us...

like when she is on

the edge of her seat

when a bride and groom

cut the cake.

Or when she wants to

feel what it is like to have

raindrops splash on her toes.

Or when she

finally is able to make

the LARGEST

bubble in the WORLD!

Or how she enjoys playing

with her two younger brothers

regardless of how many times

they hurt her

because they don't know

their own strength.

The boys do the same...

like when

we hear the laughter

that explodes from

Nate and Jake wrestling.

Or how Nate can

place himself

completely inside the fridge

to find something to do

because he thinks he is

big enough to do it all.

Or how he watches

intently out the door for

all the new

wonders he might

discover once outside.

And how the kids

love the rush

of feeling the

spraying water fall upon them.

Those moments make us

remember

why we love our kids

and the relationships

we have made

with each other.