LaFeber Life Lately - Summer Days!

So much happens in between each big event I write about and yet I never find the time to write about it! However, it's the day to day life events that makes us who we are and gives us a reason to live the life we lead. So here is a little picture show of what we have been up to lately!

Summer means fun at Chuck-E-Cheese!!!

Summer means buying new fishing poles for our exciting Utah vacation! Austin told me he wants to go fishing for his birthday so we headed over to Bass Pro Shop and got all prepared! I don't know who is more excited, me or the kids!

Summer means  LOTS of time spent at Wet 'n Wild water park!

 

Summer means early mornings out on the porch to get the kids' energy out before it hits 100 degrees and we are forced to retreat.

Summer means trips to the Library for story time and to play quietly in the kiddie corner!

Summer means LOTS of cooking time with Mama in the kitchen!

Summer means lots of early morning yoga to keep Mom sane!

Summer means Austin started swim lessons! He was scared on the first day and refused to participate. Then we had a long chat about choices and facing your fears and he suddenly came out of his shell and showed us this amazing hidden talent! By the third lesson he had already graduated to a level 2! I love watching him and send videos of his lessons to his Daddy while he is at work so he can be a part of it as well :). Needless to say, swim lesson day is his new favorite day :).

I had originally planned on teaching him how to swim myself but it didn't go so well. He refused to remove the floatie and I finally gave up. So All Star Swim Academy here we come!

Day one: a boy who blatantly refuses to participate and one very upset Mom who paid a ton of money for him to have private swim lessons at an expensive academy!

Day three: one extremely happy boy who is showing me the anklet on his leg that proves he passed his level one test and is now kicking butt as a level two!

 

Summer means rain storms and playing outside in the "not so hot" weather! Oh and don't forget all the water balloons!

Summer means play dates to Run Plus Fun with Austin's new best friend from Preschool (Jacob)!

These two have been inseparable at preschool and it melts my heart to watch Austin make new friends :).

Summer means picking the last of our tomatoes before all of our beautiful plants died from the extreme desert heat :(.

Summer also means a new bed for Austin because Mom finally decided he had been sleeping on a mettress on the floor long enough.... The kid wasn't even 4 yet and this was his 4th bed! To say he is hard on them is an understatement :(. This one is made out of metal and hopefully withstands the test of time. OH and it has a slide and a fire station fort underneath so our litte firefighter BETTER enjoy it! ;)

He requested Batman bedding, which Grandma and Grandpa Ronnenkamp helped out with by buying him this awesome comforter for his birthday!

Let us not forget that Summer means dance parties after everbody wakes up from their afternoon naps! Austin was a genius and used his night-light to make a spot light! Game changer. haha!

As you can see, we have had one AMAZING summer so far and it's not even August yet! I sure do love this little family of mine and all the special moments we share :).