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Let Summer Begin!

Summer has officially begun for us!  Ryan and I are both done with school until fall, and the beginning of summer is such a good feeling.  All that time just stretching out in front of us...which will go by in the blink of an eye, but we are blessed to have it.  Having the summer as a family is unique, and one of the perks of both being teachers. Personally, I am looking forward to nesting like crazy now that school is over.  Linen closet...here I come!  Ryan just had to talk me out of going to the store at 9pm in order to buy Tide Free so I can do a load of baby clothes in the laundry tonight.  He claims this task can wait until tomorrow. 

In other news, our backyard is now the host to a lovely swing set as of this past weekend, and Miss Leah couldn't be happier!  The girl loves to swing, and has recently learned how to pump her legs and get going "high up to the sky" all by herself, so we've already had lots of fun using it.  The tower makes an excellent drive through window.  Earlier today Lucy and I went through the "drive through" about a million times in a row to order chocolate shakes.  Then, Leah's restaurant ran out of chocolate shakes and we were forced to order chicken smoothies instead.  Eew - Good thing it was just pretend food.






Leah's wonderful Uncles came to help us with the swing set the other
weekend - here they are sleeping after a hard day's work!  

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