today i am ...

... thinking about what a great summer we have had

we've discovered new friends

and new places to play

we have not gotten up before 9:00 am

more than once or twice

we've gone to outdoor summer concerts,

 penguin park and a Royals game

we've eaten ice cream from the ice cream man,

had water balloon fights, played in the hose,
had countless nerf wars and planted a garden

we've been to the Sprint Center,

Lake of the Ozarks and Yogurtini

we have seen a baby lizard hatch,

tried to save a baby bird and caught three crawdads
and made little habitats for all of them

we've spent days and nights at 

worlds of fun, ate snow cones and

played hide n seek in the dark

we spent precious time with cousins and family from Omaha,

Colorado and Florida.  I love these people so much.

I got to snap lots of silly pictures

of summer fun

{I know ... bad mom, couldn't resist the parkour moment}

summer is coming to a close

and although school has started,

it is not over yet!

the weather has cooled a bit

and I am hanging on to outdoor weather

and still have summer activities planned

we {finally} have our first camping trip of the summer

to look forward to and we still plan on visiting the lake

we still have to play in the creek and go pick fresh fruit

we still have time for many more bike rides and 

late night walks and Sam still needs to paintball
for his birthday

I have enjoyed each sweet summer time moment

and I still am

Summer Concert

Clint Black is doing a concert

at Crown Center

wha? 

seriously?  

five dollars?

He used to sell out at Sandstone

used to ... has it been that long ago

oh well

we went to this $5 show

and we had a good time

and it was crowded

sort of

We sat close to the fountains 
so that when Sam got bored
he'd have something to do


it didn't take long and 

he said he wanted to run through and 


 "try not to get wet"

that lasted all of 5 minutes!

We are a little older
and not so rowdy
{and we brought our kiddo}


but the music
and the night
was definitely worth the $15

Makin' Waves

This is one of our favorite parts of 

summer

... swimming with the boys ...

 Plenty of:

laughing

splashing

jumping

dunking
racing

Oh so much noise

and i love every. single. minute.

Peyton was doing his own thing today

He doesn't want in on 

who can make the biggest splash

and

he doesn't want to see 
who can swim the fastest to the end of the pool


He is into his new snorkeling gear ...
{he cracked me up all day long}

We are trying to
keep it cool by the pool

Walking on Sunshine

This is my view of our evening walk.

Kosmo, Sadie and Jack

Sam on the ripstick

Even in this heat

{it's still like 85}

all three dogs cannot wait to
 get their leashes on

and

Sam always wants to come with us too

and that ...

makes my heart happy!

Look what's sprouting up ...

Sam's Garden

!!!

We stopped by Grandma's Saturday 

and took a peek at Sam's garden!

He has a bell pepper and a jalapeno!

everything is growing

There should be squash and cauliflower soon

he was so excited

asking Grandma if the strawberries are doing okay

and looking for buds on the squash and the cauliflower

he just seems so concerned and so proud of it all

{I can hardly stand how cute he is}

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Then we all jumped in the car and went to Zona Rosa 

for some Yogurtini

Grandpa had never been, so we couldn't wait to take him.

When I was young, mom and John used to take us to

TCBY {the countrys best yogurt} all the time.

It was a family thing that we did often

It was a delicious evening