Wonderfully Vanilla: Summer 2019!

Summer 2019 went by SO fast! I know it's not "technically" fall yet... but it definitely feels like fall with school starting a couple weeks ago, soccer starting last week, and a regular routine being established.

We did a summer bucket list at the beginning of the summer, so I figured the best way to recap this summer was to look at that bucket list and see what all we were up to!

Swimming

...and I don't have a good video of it because I'm usually in the pool while he's doing it, but Jacoby has made leaps & bounds in the swimming department. We'll take his puddle jumper off and he can swim the whole length of the pool, he can jump in from the side and swim to the steps, and he loves to jump from the steps and dive down to get diving sticks. It's SO fun to watch him learn and start to feel confident (maybe a little over confident..)!

Bike Rides + Black Truck Drives

Chicago Zoo

Go Fishing

he came up with this hilarious chant about the worm...? boys! HA.

Play in sprinklers

South Bend Cubs Game

Movie Theatre

We saw Toy Story 4 and it was SO cute!

Eat Sno Cones

I swear he enjoyed it...haha!

Play soccer & TBall

This one put on a show walking & giggling during one of the tball games :)

The joy of a medal :)

I love that they were able to be on the same team. They would play catch with each other while warming up and it was just so cute to see them out there together! We were able to have them on the same team and Carter & Bella and it was so fun

Celebrate 4th of July + watch fireworks

Best Week Ever DTSB

Nate was gone, so this is the best pic I got of me trying to wrangle the crazies! haha.

Fire & S'mores

Go to the fair

I think the carousel was the highlight of Kendry's summer!

Have a movie night

Picnic @ the park

Cousin Sleepover

Complete with a slip & slide...

grill master of hot dogs...

a fire & s'mores...

snacks & a movie...

5 of the cousins sleeping in one room...

and breakfast bright & early!

I'm hoping this can be a yearly tradition because we had so much fun!

We added a couple other things into our summer that weren't on our list...

Dinner + beach nights in New Buffalo

We celebrated Father's Day...

and Nate's birthday...

with a trip to New Buffalo beach and then also a day in Chicago.

We went to the Liverpool game at Notre Dame

the heat index was over 100 degrees soooo everyone is sweaty! haha

Nate & I got a week long vacation in to Paris & Barcelona

We went putt putting with friends

went blueberry picking...

and had some of our very favorite people come visit...

So many kids & so much love.

We spent lots of time outside at different parks, the zoo, and birthday parties!

Besties for a longggggg time! This girl...whenever our families get together, it's just pure gold and there's always some good story that comes out of it.

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