Instagrammin’ in June

June brought the end of school and the beginning of a fun and busy summer.

the preschool friendship’s still going strong. #jackandjackson | ella had a great year in her girl scouts juniors troop. | field day fun. | 2014 SCR waves swim team. | lots of biking to and from the pool these days. | jack’s EOY party at school. | choco taco! #itsallaboutthefoodatswimmeets | the spoils from the first meet—they both did great! | jack’s soccer collage is up on the wall. | lovely evening for an al fresco dinner. | ella reading her acceptance speech for “best artist” of her class, as voted by her fellow students. | last sign change of the school year. | they asked me to meet them at the bus stop with water guns on the last day of school. | volunteering at a community garden. #summerofservice #sowmuchgood | i guess it’s too bright outside after hours of jumping at sky high. | catching fireflies. | ella rocked her 100M IM event. | superstar at tennis camp. | made it through another meet without cancelling. #thunderdelays | another nest on our front door. | we volunteered at bright blessings to work on putting together birthday presents for homeless children. #summerofservice | seeing shrek the musical at the a local theatre. | lovely day on the lake. #nofilter | we got the kids little kayaks so now we can all be on the lake together. | their favorite part was the swimming. | make it back to shore just in time to miss the storm. | love that he’ll sit on my lap still…even if his bum is wet. | ella’s raising money for the lunch project, a nonprofit that provides lunch to the 900 kids who attend a school in tanzania. #summerofservice | counting crows concert with college bestie lauren! | VBS week! | more fun at sky high. | last swim meet—ella. #wornoutfromskyhigh #latestartofftheblocks | last swim meet—jack. | thankful for another awesome swim team season! | lauren and her kids stayed with us for most of the week—as jack says, they’re “family from another family.” | love sharing VBS week with the kids. | HHI week!  there was a time in february that i thought there was no chance this week would happen. #sothankful | love our stop at hudson’s. | calm water this year. #wehadwaterspoutslastyear | hard to get a 2-person selfie with a huge hat on. :) | talking to a beach artist with nonni. | caravan o’ bikes. #iloveseapines #bikerideeveryday | fun in the pool. | john e at harbourtown. | cousins! | more sights to see on our bike rides. | cuddling on the beach with papa. | beautiful beach weather.