Summer Week 4

So it felt like we hit the ground running after getting home from vacation. We got in at dinner time Saturday and then Sunday was Father's Day and church both services. I was happy to be back there though and see friends and such. We had lifegroup. I got to catch up with Wendy which was nice. After church we went to eat Mexican with my family. It was sort of a long day, but I was happy to spend more time with my family and celebrate Father's Day. It was like a sort of extended vacation. That afternoon we mostly just relaxed and worked on getting life back to normal. Oh and we brought Colby to my parent's house that evening though to spend the night. Austin also had to go into work...it was nice having a little quiet time with Lindsay.  
Monday it was nice to feel like we were starting our summer groove. Although we were up early! I had made plans to go to breakfast with Wendy. We were so anxious to get together and catch up. Even though we had been together every day during VBS... a week apart seems like we have a million things to tell each other. She got to my house at 8. Her daughter Emily who is 14 stayed here with Lindsay. Its been such a sweet friendship. Lindsay has developed such a love for Emily. And Emily truly is like a big sister to her. Wendy and I are also basically like sisters we say. Anyway its a completely natural friendship and its been so fun the last year! So we went to Another Broken Egg Cafe out in Lakeview. This has sort of become our "thing". We've been 4 times to get breakfast and mimosas. Even just the drive out there was hilarious and we had the best time. Breakfast was great. We had a pitcher this time of mimosas and we stayed about 2 hours. After our leisurely breakfast we decided to do a little bit of shopping. She and I had discussed going to Trader Joe's since before school got out to buy some wine. We did that and each got 4 bottles! It was so cheap though. Afterwards we went to Fleurty Girl and another little boutique type shop. It was fun just shopping and talking. We then drove back to the Westbank. We did a little driving around though before we came back to my house. We drove through her neighborhood and she showed me a house for sale that she really wants to buy. We got back here and the girls did great by themselves! That afternoon we rested up a bit before going to swim. 
Tuesday we were supposed to have swim team. Well it was storming and raining that morning. We ended up driving there though to find out it was cancelled. It was ok though. We came home and re-grouped a bit then went on to the grocery. Afterwards we got back out to go to Petsmart and buy puppy supplies. We picked up lunch and had a low key afternoon around the house. 
Wednesday we made plans to go see the movie "Aladdin". I hated Austin was going to miss it , but its hard to wait around to do things during the summer. Anyways we invited my friend Rebecca to go with us. The movie was great! We loved it! Afterwards we had to stop by the grocery and get some stuff because we were going to be keeping Buttercup the bunny for a week. We then dropped everything off at our house then went by the Schifflin's to pick him up. Wendy was in the midst of making a b-day cake for Andrew. We got to sneak a peak and she even sent us home with a smaller version. It was fun getting to visit for a bit. We packed up the bunny and gave them our puppy supplies and came home to rest before church time. This was our first Wednesday of the summer. I hate pretty much made up my mind during VBS that I wanted to help out with the youth some this summer. We went and ate dinner. Also my Aunt had come in town so this was our first opportunity to see her. That night I really enjoyed the youth. It brought back so many fond memories of my childhood experiences. I was hoping to get out of any type of "teaching role" well they had the kids get into small groups and next thing I knew I had 5-6 girls flocked to me though. It was sweet and I really enjoyed it. I had Ella and Emily in my group who are both like daughters and then I had Christa who I have been getting to know and a couple others. Anyway it was a fun night. 
Thursday we were up early again for swim team. I kinda like the early start to our day honestly. We also made plans to get Ella from her house and bring her swimming at my parent's house. She has been going to the church with her parents a lot of the summer, so I figured this would be a good break for everyone! So after swim we picked her up and headed to my parent's house. We also got to visit with Aunt Ree. The kids had a blast and played together so well. I love that about Ella. She's able to balance my kids out! After swimming they decorated a cookie cake. I didn't want to barge in on my parents too much so I left with the kids and took them to Canes. I enjoyed hearing the 3 kids just talk about life and school! After I dropped Ella off and we came home to relax! 
Friday we got out that morning to run some errands. My mom and Aunt wanted to stop by to see the house and visit. I hated we didn't get to spend more time with them, but with life and kids we have just been SO busy. We had a nice visit here. We stayed in the rest of the day. 
Saturday the kids had their FIRST every swim meet. I was super excited on how they would do and that would go. They actually did really great! I mean neither won anything, but I was just proud of how brave they were. It was a long morning though. We had to be at the Y at 8 and the swim meet didn't end until around noon. We were all quite exhausted by the end of that. We rested and just did some projects around the house. 
Sunday we had church. We went to both services and had lifegroup. My friend Wendy is out of town with her 2 younger children so we had offered to have her husband Phil and oldest son Philip over. They declined though due to Philip having tests that he needed to study for. I was a little sad, but also relieved b/c then I knew we could relax longer.