Insta.Life {Summer Series}

Summer is as summer does, and it is flying by!

Here is a small peek into our summer days.

HAPPY SUMMER!

Another year of swimming lessons have come and gone.

Loving my morning #SheReadsTruth time.

I woke up to the strong smell of coffee

to find that Steve moved the coffee pot 

to the bathroom, in hopes of waking

up earlier.

Kid's Money 101: Spend, Save, Share.

The boys were instructed to take Mama on

a date.  Their perfect date?

IHOP

Blessed by the kindness of another

adoptive Mama.

Someone took a nap and got to

stay up late to watch the 

Tigers with Daddy.

A rare date night.

Gibson's first bike accident

of his young biking career.

Break. My. Heart.

Nothing says summer like

 strawberry pie and lemonade for the kids,

Hops and Glory for their mom and dad.

We took a much needed break from

record breaking heat with a trip north

for ice cream and a movie.

Diving into the sunset.

Instafriday...

.... on Monday, because that's the way I roll,

and Fridays seem to slip away from me.

It has been quite some time, so here is the "best of"
the last few months post.

1. Early Morning Bible Reading

2. Blessed beyond words, by a faithful woman, with bags of clothes for Finley.

3. The blessings continued {as well as tears of thankfulness} with this precious lovey from Katie,

4 and a very generous gift from Uncle Denny and Aunt Lucy.

5. This year I have found myself doing two things I never imagined...crafting,

6. and baking. Who knew?

7. Finley seems so close on a map.

8. A brilliant solution for hanging ties... Thanks for the idea Tam.

9. Our first care package to Finley.

10.  A gift that says it all.

11. A day in the city with Elliott filled with playing at the park, and

12. and yummy hot dogs.

13. Movie Sunday in bed!

14. The boys have been busy working on a project.

15. My first love note from Gibson melted my heart.

16. A glimpse of what's to come.

17. Just another Friday night.
18. Watch out world!

I linked to...

A Little Dash of Ash

Just because...

Gibson's birthday party was nearly a month ago and as life often does, time slipped away before I could post any pictures.

And, because Gibson's birthday falls smack dab in the middle of an over abundance of holiday parties and holiday pictures, we thought we'd spice it up a bit. 

With a few simple cuts of black construction paper, some scotch tape and a shishkabob skewer we had the perfect props for some one-of-a-kind pictures.

And, we had some one-of-a-kind guests who played right along.  

InstaFriday

It has been a bit!

Why?  I cannot tell you, but it has been really busy over here on Goldenrod...we have the Instagrams to prove it.

 1. Nothing like an early morning swimming gift to make you thankful

for your friends.

2. While re-writing our calendar, Elliott wanted to polish up his 2's.

 

3. Last week, it was a football game between the bowling pins.

This week, it is a baseball game between the army men.

4. Trying to master Grandma Klein's pecan rolls with the Klein women.

5. The secret to a good time: surround yourself with Katie Terpstras

and you'll be laughing for hours.

6. The van has become what I remember of the school bus,

the back it the best.

7. Now that's a sign of a good dirt cup!

8. Gibson shouts from the dryer, "Mom, I can't find my UnderArmor!"

 9. Soon to be Oreo Cheescake.
10. Or, maybe not!

11. Elliott has been a measuring fool lately, measuring everything in the house.
12. The first picture hanging in the baby's room, who will God send to us?

13. Cheese. Swine. Wine. To. Die. For.

14. Out on the town.

15. My first Mat Kearney experience at the House of Blues turned

out to be my favorite concert experience ever!

16. I imagine this is what it would have been like if we had met in college.

 17. That voice. Those lyrics. Spiritual.
18. Matt (with two ts) and Steve reminded that they have some pretty fun wives!

 

 19. The breakfast after the fun.

20. My new, favorite T-shirt.  Thank you Matt for blessing me.

 21. We had to! It's not everyday that you have hot asian buns

in real life and on a sign!

22. Yep, that just happened.  I am so glad it did.

23. Could that be the sun?

24. Attempting my first t-shirt necklace.

 

25. Headed to the pool.

26. How does this happen? I swear it was clean 12 hours ago.

27. Gibson's day off started with Battleship, and

28. ended with bowling.

 29. Headed to Grand Blanc for some turkey and some stuffing.

30. Elliott's idea of Heaven....watching football all day.

31. Ping. Pong.

32. Are we really standing in line at Target @ 12:32 a.m.? Yep!

 

32. One hour later and we are

33. spent. 

 34. Late night drive home turned out to be a pleasant one as Steve

and I were able to talk in a quiet mini-van.

35.  Thank you Pinterest!

 36. Steve stole me for a surprise date that included MoDiv, jelly bellys

and a glass of wine.

37. Now that is the longest silverware I have ever seen.

I linked to Life Rearranged.