Week 24 ~ Catch the Moment

I think I'm all caught up (again)! This week we celebrated Tyler's 8th birthday, finished out our first school year at our new school, celebrated with a weekend of camping, and then I managed to pawn the older two kids off on Grandma for a couple of days! It's going to be a great summer!

June 4:  Our garden is really starting to grow! If you look close, you can see the start of what I believe is a squash.

June 5:  Nothing to crazy going on around here today so I snapped a picture of the view from our back yard.

June 6:  Today was Tyler's 8th birthday! I say this way too often, but time really does fly after having kids! I can't believe my 'baby' is 8! He wanted a Turtles cake to celebrate so that's what he got, sort of?

June 7:  We've been really dry in the Charlotte, NC area for a few weeks now, so tonight's storms were a welcome change. They also brought by an incredibly vibrant rainbow!

June 8:  It'd done! It's finally done! After a year of sewing, taking apart, sewing again, I've finally finished Hunter's quilt! Now, on to the next one.

June 9:  Today was our first time attending our school's bus race! The principals from 8 of our area schools all hop in a decorated bus and knock each other around with the hope of beating out the next guy. They race at Charlotte Motor Speedway and it's a great time! This will definitely be a new tradition for our family!

June 10:  This.smile. That is all.

June 11:  He's finally getting the hang of the sippy cup thing. Now to start the weaning process...

June 12:  The pool is going to get a lot of use this summer, especially since this year Hunter and I can join in on the fun! The vegetables in the background are trying to show just how hot out it is!

June 13:  We are taking an extra long weekend to go camping! We drove down to a KOA in Anderson, SC and the kids had a blast. It was crazy hot out but they enjoyed swimming in the pool and cooking around the fire!

June 14:  Tyler brought his new squirt guns that he got for his birthday. The kids loved squirting anyone that would let them!

June 15:  We're home from our camping adventure! We left the older two with Grandma and Papa in SC for a few days. Hunter is going to enjoy being an only child for the first time since he was a newborn! Is it just me or is this guy starting to look more like a toddler and less like a baby?

June 16:  My little housekeeper.

June 17:  They're baaaack!! It was a short two days, but the monsters are home!

Phew, I think that's all of them! Whether you are a professional photographer or a mom/dad that just really loves to take pictures, you are welcome to join our link up! We love to gather ideas from each other as well as support and encourage one another to meet their goal. Even if you didn't start at the first of the year, you are welcome to hop on board now!