Summertime, weeks 6 & 7

We've been home from vacation for a couple of weeks now, and we're back into the swing of things. Here are cell phone pictures of the last few weeks!

These two come up with some of the most interesting and entertaining games to play on hot afternoons. So many giggles running back and forth and falling onto these pillows. 

Carter had Ella's toy phone and said, "Ella let's take a picture together, smile!!" Gotta love the pretend brother/sister selfie.... ha!

Eric took the kids to Grandma and Grandpa's place for the weekend while I had a girls' weekend here locally, probably my last for a while! Two of my good friend are also pregnant, so we decided to plan our last weekend of shopping, pool time, a spa day, and of course, lots of good food before the babies started arriving! 

Eric took this sweet picture of Ella getting ready to go swimming!

 Popsicles on Grandma's porch

 And a ride in the tractor for Ella

  The twins came too, and everyone enjoyed a day on the lake.

 So fun!

 Ella and Daddy fishing

  Amy (due in Nov), me (due in Sept) and Ashley (due in Aug) after dinner our last night. Fun weekend for everyone!!

 Carter had science camp at the church this week, and we carpooled with our neighbor friends. Thought this was cute of Ella waiting and watching for Carter to get home one day.

 Eric was out of town one night this week, so the kids and I had a movie and dinner date.
Everyone looked pretty cool in their 3D glasses

 I love how Ella's have greasy popcorn fingerprints all over the lenses!

 And Mommy, too!

 I couldn't believe we (mostly they, because I didn't have much) killed an entire large popcorn! Ella had to dig deep for those last bites.

 So into the movie.

 The kids chose Chick Fil A for dinner, and they enjoyed ice cream cones for desert.

Ella's first ever french braid. Not the best, but pretty good considering she was a wiggle worm while I was doing it. She calls it her "Elsa braid"

 Rainy movie day for Ella while Carter was at camp.

Baby at 31 weeks!

 Enjoying the 70 degree weather on Thursday night with some side walk chalk and hopscotch.

Carter was asking me how to spell certain words, so then Ella started doing the same thing, and pretending like she was writing her letters too. Pretty cute.

Carter had his last day of science camp today, so Ella enjoyed a little bit of playtime at the park with Lucy. Again, had to take advantage of the 65 degrees in July, amazing!

 Monkey girl

 I tell them to say cheese and this is what I get!

 Then we headed to the mall for a few errands and a little playtime with Dylan.

 

 Sweet little friends.

And here is a picture of Carter and Carson after science camp. Each day this week they have come home with some sort of interesting concoction they made or learned about, and today it was "gak"..... slimy, gooey stuff that they made and thought was awesome. Boys!

So there is our last couple of weeks of summer. No camps, swim lessons, trips, or anything at all next week, so I wonder what we'll find to do to fill our time!!