Bowling!

Several of the kids had fun things to do this week. So I took the ones who didn't, plus a friend, for kids bowl free to have a little fun. Cecilia came this time and loved it! When they started playing music during our second game, she was dancing all over the place. The older girls really enjoyed helping her.

 

Goings on

We have had so many other little things going on...babysitting jobs, bowling, a wedding for Austin and I to attend together of one of the first kids we babysat for when we started dating, friends over, swimming, etc. One of the biggest is that we decided, somewhat spontaneously, to upgrade our family vehicle. This summer has brought many road trips and still has many more to come. Our A/C on the old van was not working super great for Texas summer plus it just hit the 150K mile mark. So Austin spent a week researching, testing, and dealing before he finally brought home our new ride, a 2018 Ford Transit! And all of that while Allia had a friend from swim staying the week with us while her family traveled. Whew!
It has a sliding door, which is one of the many features we love about it!

A trip to Grand Station for bowling and fun

Allia and her friend Lydia made a rainbow cake

 

 

VBS week!

Right after a nice long 4th of July weekend, we had VBS week. This year we were all involved, which I really enjoyed. I lead one of the Kinder groups so I could be with Sebastian, and Cecilia "helped" me since I knew she would not be happy in the nursery (and I didn't want to risk germs). Allia helped in snacks, as usual, and Mariana helped in games so we saw each of them every day as our group rotated around. Gloria was sort of off on her own in a special youth-group style VBS they did for 5th and 6th graders.

 

 

 Gloria's group

 Allia and Mariana were also on the skit team at the beginning of each day

 Mariana had a really funny one that made everyone laugh!

 

 Crazy guys!

 The whole big group

Fourth of July!

We spent the day at Lito and Lita's house with lots of family to enjoy, yummy food, and lots of fun!
All ready to go and join the festivities...

 

Anastasia enjoyed her girl cousins, Amelia and Juliette, and Sebastian had a great time with the boy cousins, especially Julian!

 What a group! It was a mandatory hat photo. ;)

 Pinata time!

My cute little Fourth of July princess

 This is how we all felt on the way home. What a day!

Sweet smiles and snuggles

Swim trip to Biloxi

Allia returned today (at 12:30AM!) from a trip with the swim team to Biloxi, MS. They went to a surf shop, saw a movie, swam in a 4 day long swim meet, and hit the beach. It was busy, but she had a lot of fun (and not much sleep!).

 

 

 

Cherry pie and cheesecake, Mmmm

Cherries are finally on sale, so I made a cherry pie. And per Pawpaw's request, Mariana made 2 cheesecakes with cherry drizzle. So yummy!