The Rest of Our Summer: July

As we march into fall, it's probably a good idea to wrap up the end of our summer!

Working with this pup home is so fun. Love being with him.

We finally had Sarge over for a playdate!

I don't think I shared about Paige's orthodontia journey. *Makes note for a future blog post.* BUT she got braces this summer {among other bits of oral hardware} for a phase 1 of orthodontia. Yay for our pocketbook!

Brace Face!

Lots of puppy love!

We had to wait for Gus to be vaccinated to be able to start walks.

We practiced a lot in the house and backyard to get him used to the leash and somewhat how to behave on walks.

The aftermath {grin}

We had a family reunion in July, where I got to spend a lot of time with my baby.

Patty and I traded kids, and I got Mayer. He lost a tooth with us!

At the end of July, I took Drew's Girl Scouts troop on their cookie season reward trip to Six Flags Fiesta Texas. We did the theme park 1 day and the water park the second. 7 of our 9 girls went, and we had a blast!

The girls and the leaders!

We closed out our summer with our trip to Broken Bow which was an awesome trip with our framily. Now I'm ready for cooler weather and all the fun that fall brings!

The Rest of Our Summer: June

Lots of randomness to share from our summer! Stuff that wasn't enough for its own post but memories I don't want to forget.

For Father's Day, Brent and I went out to eat ALONE.

It's amazing having kids old enough to stay home together for a few hours!

A certain pup remained adorable...and got his first haircut!

Brent's company hosted a 'Take Your Kid to Work' Day. Both girls went and had a blast! They were most excited about the candy in the break room. BUT since Brent works with 2 of his best friends {and one of his other closest friend's wife...one of my besties...started working there as well!}, the girls also got to see a lot of friends - 7 of the 11 kids from Broken Bow!

AmpedUp is where I workout and teach Body Pump. But it's also where I've connected with other instructors and made several new friends - women I love to talk about motherhood, husbands, LIFE, and...BOOKS with! Every month or so, we get together.

Dinner at my favorite local restaurant, Blue Corn Harvest

I was originally going to post all the little things from the summer in one post, but sheesh there were a lot of little things! To be continued with the rest of the summer!

Monthly Musings: Late Summer Fashion and Fun

Summer is winding down here in Texas. We have just under 2 weeks left, and we're trying to enjoy every last moment! I'm going to do this fun questionnaire about late summer fashion and fun!

1. Summer travel - where have you been and what trips are still coming up?

We had our 2nd Swope family vacation to Port Aransas - 

full post to come...eventually! But we had a blast!

We have 1 trip left ~ we are going to Broken Bow, OK with friends {our Ruidoso crew} to do a lot of 'naturey' things - I can't wait!

2. Favorite things you have done so far this summer?

So far, I would say our vacation to Port Aransas. I am so fortunate to love being with my family.

3. Share your go-to outfits this summer.

No different than year-round - workout clothes! Ha! Except I transition from leggings to biker shorts. This summer has been weird without any days over 100 degrees {so far} but it's still very hot and less clothes is better.

Last year in The Grand Canyon but my 'summer uniform' for sure!

I wore this tank top Tuesday, ha.

4. Summer accessories you are never without?

Sunglasses! It is so bright outside that I wear my sunglasses 100% of the time when I'm outside.

My latest Goodr pair

5. Share your go-to shoes this summer.

I got some new Reef flip flops for the pool.

They are so comfy and I am wearing them A LOT!

6. Share anything spontaneous you did this summer. Big or small.

Maybe a little silly but having older kids is really cool.

We decided at the last minute to go out to eat for Father's Day...just us!

We left the kids at home with Trent in charge, and it went great.

I feel like a new phase of life is starting for us!!

7. Have you seen any summer movies this year?

Several! I realized I don't think I posted about taking the girls to see The Garfield Movie, and I just saw Twisters so some posting is to come!

8. Favorite summer sweet treat?

Snow cones!!! Always and forever!

9. Summer slow down or ready for fall?

Summer slow down! The kids start back in less than 2 weeks, and I'm not ready! We've had a really good summer. It's been so fun with the kids home this year - we've had a few camps for the girls, some help from babysitters, time with grandparents. It's been nice. I am not quite ready, although I usually get there, for early alarms and rushing around in the mornings! and not done with swimming and all the summer fun!

10. Ready for back to school, if you have kids in school?

As I said in #9, I'm not quite ready. It is nice to have the house to myself during the work day, but I love the slowness of our summer schedule.