summer fun with friends

we are having SOOOO much fun this summer!

even with the wonky weather, we have been very busy with playdates, swimming, field trips, library, trips to parks and splash pads, vacation bible school, trips to grandma and pops and more! 

here is a glimpse of some of our fun so far!:

one of jack’s first friends and our old nanny-share partner – Dylan – and his family the Korbmacher’s moved to Minnesota last week…so sad to say goodbye, as Jack and Dylan have always played crazily like brothers together (fighting and all, right Katie?!).  We got together for playtime, dinner, and hugs.  Good Luck to them on their new adventure!

  we have made such AWESOME friends here in Glen Ellyn, mainly through Jack’s preschool.  Most of them also have younger siblings for Emma to connect with, so it is PERFECT!  Here we are at Emma’s first movie in a theatre – Clifford!  Such a fun morning!

Vacation Bible School at First Pres with his friend Ethan – he had a BLAST!  Sports, singing, Bible stories, crafts…can’t wait for next year!

Golfing with his buddies Aidan and Jack – again, we feel so blessed to have found such an awesome community to raise our kids!!!

Park dates

face painting and ice cream at the library ice cream social

Sophia’s first splash pad – she obviously LOVED it!

Jack and his friend Sophia – this is the girl in the preschool class that ALL the guys have their first crush on!  :-)  And she is Emma’s idol – she follows her everywhere!

and just this week, we went berry picking!  the kids LOVE LOVE LOVED it!  Strawberries, Raspberries, Cherries – Yum!  I think they really loved the freedom of running around the farm with no fences or us telling them not to go too far.  What a GREAT group of silly kids!

(obviously sophia enjoyed the berries – look at that face and shirt!)

And the fruits of our picking labor…the moms got together for wine and jam-making!  we got about 30 jars of freezer jam – it is SOOOOO good!

And to think that summer is only 1/2 way over!  we still have lots of pool days, Pop’s Lake this week (we leave tomorrow!), concerts, ballgames, picnics, trips to Grammy and Pappaw’s, and more fun!