At the beginning of summer, it always seems like we're going to have loads and loads of free time to do stuff. But, between vacations, swim lessons, VBS, etc., our time has filled up! I thought the kids would be having friends over lots, maybe going to friends' houses. Well, finally, July 19, Austin and Julia each asked a friend over. It had just been busy, up till then!
Austin had Solomon come. In the second picture, Austin is holding The Sandlot. I'd bought it and The Sandlot II, for just $7.99 for both (love Costco!!), for surprise new movies for our trip to WA. Since then, Austin has been totally into baseball and the Sandlot movies! Every day he wants to watch one or the other. He calls them Sand-a-lot. LOL
Julia had Rachel come, July 19. The girls ate their lunch on the grass outside. Fun! The boys pretty much declared war (see above pic) on the girls, and I think the whole bunch had fun playing that...
July 22 we met up with Brian's mom and Alexis, in Carpinteria. We met at the beach, then ate dinner together at IHOP. Julia went home with them for the weekend. I took just a few pictures at the beach. We were only there 20 minutes or so, but Lauren managed to find a few treasures, and all the kids liked running/playing/rolling in the sand!
July 22 we met up with Brian's mom and Alexis, in Carpinteria. We met at the beach, then ate dinner together at IHOP. Julia went home with them for the weekend. I took just a few pictures at the beach. We were only there 20 minutes or so, but Lauren managed to find a few treasures, and all the kids liked running/playing/rolling in the sand!
The Friday night Julia was gone, Brian decided to do something special with Austin and Lauren. They had a campout in the backyard. We all ate pizza out there together. When it got dark, we all went on a walk in the dark with flashlights. Austin and Lauren had hot chocolate and some of my leftover birthday cake before they went out to sleep in the tent with Brian. Brian said Austin went to sleep almost immediately, but Lauren was up till midnight, talking!!
Caroline found a lounge spot just her size. She's pretty good about entertaining herself for awhile. Kind of cute how she'll plop down like this with a toy, or just sit reading books in her own little spot for awhile. :)
Caroline found a lounge spot just her size. She's pretty good about entertaining herself for awhile. Kind of cute how she'll plop down like this with a toy, or just sit reading books in her own little spot for awhile. :)
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