life lately

Hi girls!  Finally have things slowing down a bit!  We haven't really been that busy, but have been spending a lot of our down time doing things together as a family and with family, which has been so refreshing!  Things at our church have been very frustrating lately for us, so it has been good to find ways to get rejuvenated.  Gotta say, the sun has helped!  We have been getting out of town as much as possible on short little day trips to parks and places like that.  I only have two weeks left of school (this coming week will be short though, because Monday is a holiday, and Friday is a field trip day that Shea and Jeremy get to come to at the beach!), and am so excited that I will not be working!  For the summer, I joined a small group at a church we attend in the evening, which will be focusing on worship and I am excited about getting connected with some younger people in the area through this.       


And life has just been life!  My little boy is growing so quickly and talking up a storm - I can't believe how big he is getting and so quickly!  Here are some pictures from the last couple of weeks (I haven't really been taking many).

My sister came and visited for a day.  We had homemade chicken salad sandwiches and sat in the sun and talked for a few hours.  It was so nice to just spend time with her and catch up.  Disclaimer:  For your own sake, you may wish to not stare too much at my bizarre looking left shoulder.  I have insanely bony and somehow well defined shoulders that are gross looking in this picture.  I almost didn't post it because it freaks me out.

Oh and I just have to share this series of pictures.  My son has been trying to climb this rock in our backyard for a couple of weeks now, and he finally did it!  This just cracked me up though, because I was able to catch his reaction on camera.

This is when he first got to the top - extremely happy with himself, as you can see.

He thought about trying to stand up...

but realized that he had to lay back down in order to do his "victory clap" so he wouldn't fall.

then he just stayed there on the rock for a while, not wanting to get down because he made it all the way up there, but his face read, "...hmm...so now what?"

And here is a pic from another day after a visit at the beach with his cousins.  I wish I had my camera with me on the beach, but I left it in the car.  Even though the tide was in and it was cold, he had so much fun!  He sat in the freezing cold water throwing rocks for the longest time!  He was soaking wet (not really dressed for getting wet) and full of sand.  He also tripped and fell on a barnacle covered rock and cut his lip.  Poor guy.  Its all healed up now though.

Well, thats all I got for now!  Time to go hang with the hubby for a bit!