Summer luvin...

Let the summer fun begin!!!!

School is OUT!!! We have graduated from Preschool and completed Kindergarten...so let the summer fun begin! First on the agenda was a day trip to my most favorite place in the whole wide world. Yosemite in June is a little slice of heaven. Water water everywhere. Raymond rode around Yosemite Valley on his bike with no training wheels and never crashed once. He's getting so big and we love how he constantly likes to throw things in like this..."Only big 1st graders can do that, huh mom?!"

We may live in the central valley where the concrete will melt your tootsies on a hot summer day, but we are so close to some of the coolest and most beautiful places. Next up was working on the backyard. My backyard is by far my haven in the summer. This year I slacked on getting my garden planted on time, but we still have a few beauties to show off.

My beautiful Fuschia.

For months, we had a camping trip planned with our friends from church. We couldn't wait to get up on the lake and enjoy time with other families. It was all we could have asked for and more, EXCEPT we got bombarded with red ants and hot temps. It was fun while it lasted though.

And might I add, the wave runner has never run better!!

We had fun, but like I said, red ants are not my favorite, especially when they are covering your pillow. Not only do we enjoy camping, but we get to take day trips up to Shaver and spend time with family on the party barge.

A few days later, our cousin Maggie flew in from Oregon and guess where we went the next day..

We went up to Shaver to spend time on the lake, of course. For how many miles separate Maggie and Gretchen, it's amazing to me how much love they have for each other.

We were so excited the fam came down to celebrate the 4th with us. Ray was ALL ABOUT the fireworks, but Gretchen liked them only from afar.

We've got a little over a month of summer luvin left. We've got a camping trip planned, Gretchen's 5th birthday, a trip to the central coast to visit and celebrate birthdays with Troy's side of the family and much much more. I heart summer.