What _____ Did The Most This Summer

 I thought I would just sum up what each person in our family did the most of this summer. 

What Wes did the most this summer.

WORKED

While I only have a picture of him working on his truck, he spent a lot of time at his regular work too. :)  

He is a hard working man in all aspects of his life.  

He works hard at work, he works hard at home, he works hard to be a good dad and husband.

What Brandy did the most this summer.

BOUNCED

 

You read that right, I bounced.  Kinsley prefers only Mommy to hold her and only while standing.  And so I spent A LOT of time bouncing around Kinsley while trying to shuffle the rest of life.

What Jared did the most this summer.

SOCIALIZED...sort of. 

This is the first summer that Jared has fully embraced having friends over to play.  He likes to plan to have friends come over, especially his neighbor friend Matthew.  But when they come over, he spends about 30 minutes with them playing toys or playing outside (because his annoying mom insists they do SOMETHING other than electronics) and the rest of the time is used doing (you guessed it) some sort of electronics.  

(Electronics kind of drive me crazy)

What Novalee did the most this summer.

LOVED

She loved her mommy and helped her about 95% of the time.  She loved her baby sisters and played with them so much.  

I should add that she got GOOFY and CREATIVE a lot too.  

She spent a lot of time at the table drawing, making necklaces, painting and playing playdoh.

Here's a goofy picture of her as proof. 

She said she was being a guard. :)

(She has on like four shirts)

What SADIE did the most this summer.

ENJOYED

 Sadie enjoyed the outdoors and getting dirty.  She spent the majority of the time going from the kiddie pool to the sandbox and back again, which made a lovely mess for mommy. :)

 What Kinsley did the most this summer.

SLEPT  

   

 I guess that is to be expected.

  I wish I could do a bit more of that...

And so, Summer is almost over.  While I feel ready to have the kids back in school, I'm grateful for this summer and the full days with the kids where I could just connect with them.  I loved having the time to learn more about them and how they think and what they feel.  

I don't want to get too sappy because I do that enough already but I just want to say I love my family so much.  The time I have with them is so precious.  Even though there are times when it is hard and times when I take for granted what I have, most of the time I just love them and am so grateful for what I have.  I love my calling as mother and wife.  

Well I guess I got sappy...