June was insane. Here's a glimpse at the first couple of weeks...

Grace fully aced her end-of-the-year science exam. The last question inquired about what was done to prepare for the test (taking practice exams, reviewing with a parent...). Grace wrote, "I did nothing to prepare for this exam." Classic. Cue parental eye roll.

The details for the India offer were still in the works. But we felt a for sale sign would soon be on our lawn. I took a few pictures of the front of our home before we had all our yellow rose bushes trimmed. Oh, we love this house!

Eden finished up her first session of gymnastics. Like her sister, gymnastics is the only thing she wants to do at this age. No soccer. No ballet (which is a shame because she has such flexible ankles and perfect feet). Jeffery HATED going to gymnastics. Actually, he just hated not being allowed to participate in gymnastics. Tears and naughty shenanigans every single time from this guy. Finally, toward the end of the session, I just started taking Eden to a different time slot in the evening so I could leave Jeffery home with Cori.

The school year came to an end for Grace and Grant. Jeffery and I spent a morning bouncing between class parties. Grant cried tears of joy for the summer break to finally be beginning. Grace cried tears of sorrow at the reality of being separated from her teachers and her happy place.

Grace had a party at a friend's house that night to celebrate. We took the rest of the kiddos plus one of Grant's buddies out for a special dinner.

The kids were given their annual end of the school year gifts of new books. Gracie's box set lasted her all of three weeks. We also gave the G's wristwatches with timers and alarms. (Best thing EVER to give kids this age!) They registered for a kid's triathlon and we started a little training program with them. They also started using their watches to get up in the morning and to time their piano practicing.

Swim team moved to daily morning practices. And we moved into our summer wardrobe habit of changing from pajamas to swim suits to pajamas every day.

Even though Grant doesn't turn 8 until the Fall, he was allowed to participate in Cub Scout day camp. Truly, this kid loved every moment of camp. We are excited to be scouting!

Eden made great efforts in her swim lessons. By June she was swimming floaty free in our big pool.

Eden also had a great time partying it up with this fun group of girls. And I loved hanging out with this group of mommies.

Girls' Camp came and went. The camp facility the church uses here limits the number of leaders that are able to attend with the girls. I didn't make the cut (most of our other leaders have daughters in the program and, of course, took precedence over my intense desire to go.). But I prepared pillow gifts!

We jumped in the pool almost every day. Perfect way to enjoy the sunshine and blue skies.