Not drowning in masks currently but covid is still raging in countries around the world. We went right from covid to heat and extreme drought headliners. We're keeping the grass alive- in a more yellowish state at this point in the time. We're mid summer and the heat has been a little relentless- so we are either indoors or in the rec center pool. We have been busy fixing up the house as usual. This year we put shiplap in our basement and a barn door in our bedroom master bath and some granite countertops in the bathrooms as well as new floors in the bathroom. We built in some shoe shelf's and coat hangers and other shelving in our entryway. We repurposed the build in from an old entertainment center. We're without a shower currently in our master bath because we have sand and swirl coming in to add shower walls after we tore out some of the extra wall, ceiling, and tile the house had from when it was built... Planted some new trees and bushes in the yard... We're really getting in on the make your house a home thing....
Lets start with Ben. His 4th grade year had him busy - he already has a hyper focus on good grades even though they don't really give official grades in elementary. He had early morning meetings with robotics and hope squad and loved every minute. He still buries his head in books during school but his quiet sweet ways really do have kids looking up to him and enjoying time with him. When he isn't teasing James to death or vice versa he is the bell of the ball James and Maddy look up to their big brother. Maddy is constantly saying "Mom. I love Ben soooo much!"
James - What a good kid. Keeping us laughing and dreaming up creative ideas like what a traffic system and street lights might look like once we all have flying cars. He is currently in tennis class and soccer in the fall. Ben keeps challenging him to finish Harry Potter - but for now he still just plowing through books like Diary of a Wimpy kid and such. He such a multi layered kid - he is silly and smart and quiet in groups of all things- cause he is so friendly but reserved. Its fun to be around this kid and I can't wait to see everything he will become!
Maddy has grown leaps and bounds this year. She was a little tricky in her 1st grade class moving around and missing out on her tasks. Toward the end of the year she was more on task and catching up with her peers in the work demanded of your typical 1st grader... She is sleeping better and getting her room cleaned more often and stepping up her after dinner routine of clearing the table as well. Maddy is pretty much the glue that holds us all together. We all are totally all wrapped around her sweet finger. She is sweet and smart and love- she brings us all so much love.
Will and I - we're holding this whole messy life/family together somehow. I love Will's 6-2:30 schedule working from home- as it makes more time for us and house renos and he exercises almost everyday and helps with the dishes and laundry- he's sort of the perfect husband I didn't know existed. I'm still up and down with the concussion stuff but more up then down :) I'm also still trying to dream up a future career - but currently I'm happy subbing and doing photography and some digital marketing so just hoping to keep that all up enough to pay the bills. Fingers crossed for the rest of my career life but really - I super love the life and family I have so what's to complain about really...
Keep around and we'll keep you updated
Sincerely,
Summer
ps Maddy is totally taking herself to the restroom now and not having any accidents!!! So yes she did get her Cockapoo - named her Scarlet and we love our cute micro dog so much!
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