InstaFriday - Hello Summer!

 Last week, we ended the school year on a very different note.  I walked with the kids to school and that NEVER happens, but it is going to be happening every single day next year!  Oh yeah!  I am going to be teaching 2nd grade next year and a walking we will go {or bike riding}!  Lola brought her teachers one last gift that day too, Starbucks gift cards on a cute printable from the girls over at eighteen25!  Sunday we had a BBQ and welcomed summer!  It was so much fun!  On Sunday, after church, Chad watched the kids so I could spend the day with my parents!  Aren't they so cute?  We went to the outlet mall in Anthem and then headed to Cave Creek for a late lunch!  When we got home, the boys headed to the golf course, and so did the girls actually...but when my mom and Linda discovered that the bar was closed, we headed back to the house and enjoyed a glass of wine by the pool.  Oh, and dancing.  Lots of dancing.  They were adorable and could really shake it!  Monday we headed to my parents place out at Estrella for their annual swim party and BBQ!  The Big Dipper was a hit, along with the slides as usual!

 And this is my happy little family!  Typically one worries about what the kids faces look like in pictures, but not me!  I have to worry about what my husband is up to at all times!  Despite how annoyed his look is, there is something about this picture that I love!  Pretty much sums us up!

 But you know who LOVES taking pictures?!  My Lola girl!  She would take a million with me!  We were practicing making the same faces!  Not bad huh?!  She really is my mini me!

 When we went shopping at the outlet mall, my mom got a new Coach purse, which meant that I got her old one {which isn't really that old}!  Crazy 8's and War - Kyan is obsessed with playing them after grandpa taught him how Monday night!  What is funny is I remember playing both of these games with my grandma when I was little and I LOVED it!  Went to the ortho this week and had to have spacers put in, got away with having to only to one!  Back again next week to get a mold of his teeth!  Lola, love how she can just fall asleep anywhere, including on a booster seat on the wood floors!  Got back on the treadmill this week.  It has been waaaaaaaaay to long.  Feels good.  Went to my classroom this week to start decorating.  Turquoise is my new favorite color currently!  The kids loved helping!  Had a going away party for one of my coworkers who is heading to China to teach and enjoyed a blue hawaiian {or two}.  This is one drink from our supper club menus that has been remade several times over!  Always a hit!  Kyan is his father and loves his computer gaming!  He beat a new level tonight and it was hilarious when he was talking to himself while doing so!  Had the honor of shooting a USAF pilot's final flight.  Incredible experience.

First week of summer fun, check!  Many more to come!

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