We have just wrapped up one of the best summers ever! There's nothing like going through a full year of real school to make us really appreciate a big, long vacation. We've had technical difficulties this summer, so my apologies for condensing this all in one huge post.
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| We started the summer with a bang-- one wonderful week with family in Pensacola. |
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| Kata, channeling her 80 year-old self, put on a sweatshirt and held on to that kite for a surprisingly long time one afternoon. |
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| Norah and her Godmother Bridget |
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| Kiting with cousins. |
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| Speaking of cousins...we may never be able to go to the beach again without our new heroes: Cousins Katherine and Caroline! |
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| The Blue Wahoos game was a real highlight (hopefully new tradition?!?) |
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| Cousins even make long restaurant meals fun. |
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| After beach, we went to camp! Here are a few photos I haven't yet posted. |
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| Kata selfie during rest hour. |
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| Summer means wearing skirts as dresses and painting boxes. |
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| We rode in the Decatur Fourth of July parade! |
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| Norah hit it out of the park once again at her art camp at Callanwolde. |
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| We had a wonderful visit to Indiana at the end of July. We are beyond grateful to have had what turned out to be one last sweet week with Zedol. |
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| Baba won the bike coach of the year award! |
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| The girls ate (and approved of) their first elephant's ear. |
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| These slides still exist in rural Indiana. Awesome. |
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| Beautiful summer day (we had a lot of them this year!) |
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| Wells County 4-H Fair. Ain't that America. |
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| Fabulous birthday party with Birmingham cousins on the last weekend before... |
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The first day of school! These two are, no surprise, currently taking first grade and pre-k by storm. As for me, I'm counting the days till Fall Break...
Obviously ending our summer with the loss of Zedol was really tough. We really appreciated all of those who called, sent notes and came to visit us during the last month. Their teachers and (new) friends also all took extra good care of the girls when they returned to school. Patrick, the girls and I all feel very supported and loved. Thank you. |
