June so far

A highlight of our week---2018 MJ Dance Recital!  These two were fabulous!  

Our first week of summer was a win.  We settled in, not really with any sort of rhythm but it's coming and that feels great.  Lucy had a camp last week, the older girls worked on figuring out how much to sleep in and how to manage their time so they both feel free and not like total slobs :).  I had one last work commitment last Friday and so now I also feel like summer is here!  I'll still work some but with a lot more freedom until the girls go back to school.  Yay!

A few more moments from last week...

A great visit with Grandpa Bill full of grocery store trips, tons of laughs, a paper map, card games,  a dessert challenge, and driving in St. Louis traffic on a Thursday night! 

 A nice family lunch (Emma was there...her head is just hidden by Kevin's!) after the dance recital.  

Lucy has not stopped reading since summer has started!  I came upstairs this week and found her standing and reading.  She is nearly always on the move so standing and reading makes a lot of sense for her!

Emma and Eleanor are running this summer! Emma even tackled  a loop of the park with me on Saturday!

Summer 2018 is here!

It feels like summer!  We had a really nice weekend of relaxing and enjoying beautiful weather and time to do whatever we pleased.  And this morning, I'm enjoying a cool morning in the back yard while the girls get to sleep in!  We've had no rushing, not a bit!

A favorite summer ritual which I started last year- each morning after I work out I sit in the back yard for an hour or so with my coffee and computer getting caught up on work or reading.  AHHHH!  

One afternoon last week we held our annual summer summit where we lay out the summer calendar,  figure out some ground rules and talk about our hopes for the season.  It sounds pretty official but really it's not.  It's just a time to connect and think about how to have a great summer!    Mostly summer for us is just about extra time to do things we love.

Doing whatever we love sometimes means giving mom a heart attack!  I am really proud of her for getting that back handspring though.  That girl is a hard worker!

Part of our summer summit was a conversation about rebooting our family blog!  We're all pretty excited about it since this is essentially a family scrapbook and the last few years as I've been figuring out how much to share without giving up confidences it's been awfully quiet.  And you know life right now in our house is not quiet!  So much good stuff is going on!  Emma and Eleanor each want to try out blogging here.  From time to time they each want to write about something--no telling what.  I'm looking forward to writing here again, too!