LaFeber Life Lately: Enjoying July!

Such a beautiful day! We stopped over at Jolly Beans Cafe for some treats and then ate in the shade over at the park while the kids played on the playground. It's days like these that make it all worth it :).

July has been a busy one and we have been happy for the sunshine and joy! We are still in the middle of a pandemic but we aren't letting that stop us from living life to the fullest, even if we have to wear masks everywhere we go. Thank goodness the HOA finally opened up the pools and let us cool off this summer or we would be going insane! 

Dad's first day at the pool!

Austin got to stay with Grandpa Nate and go shooting for his birthday! Now he can't stop talking about how fun it was to hold that 22-rifle :).

They also went on nightly bike rides together.

I love having a Step-Dad who loves my kids and does such fun stuff with them! It makes me so sad that my own Dad will never know them like that.

Meanwhile, Evie had a sleepover with Gracie at Briana's apartment! Gracie adores Evie and wants to do everything she does and wear everything she wears :). Because of this, we got them matching nightgowns for Gracelynn's birthday :).

Dad and Austin having a fun army guy battle!

I played beauty shop with Evie and got my hair and makeup done :)

making lemonade and lemon squares with all of our lemons!

My little buddies in the kitchen!

Evie finally had her Pre-K graduation ceremony! It was short and sweet because the pandemic has made everyone too scared to do anything social. But Evie was totally oblivious to all of that because she finally got to hug her teachers goodbye and they gave her all sorts of fun surprises in a goodiebag!

So proud of our Evie girl!

Hugging Ms. Ezree and Ms. Melissa goodbye

She loved her teachers and they were so perfect for her! Austin also had Ms. Melissa and loved her so we were so happy Evie got to experience her as well! Goodbye Children's Learning Adventure Preschool and hello Kindergarten! This is such a monumental moment to no longer be paying for kids to go to Children's Learning Adventure. Because of the pandemic, schools won't be opening up this year and I will be staying home from work to homeschool. 2020 has been one crazy year!

The sweet letter Ms. Melissa wrote to Evie :)

The sweet goodbye letter from Ms. Ezree :).

Doing yoga to try and stay sane during this insane year! It has been hard for me to accept that the kids won't be going to school next year and we are being forced to homeschool. I want Evie to have all the special Kindergarten experiences that Austin had and I feel so much pressure to make this homeschooling year incredible for them since they can't play with friends or have normal social interaction at school :(.

Grandma Helm stopped by to say hello and to give the kids their late birthday presents! It was so nice to see her! She has been staying away in fear of catching COVID-19 but she finally couldn't take it anymore :).

Isla has grown a ton since she last saw her!

Grandpa Frank passed away right before we went to Utah so we stopped in St. George to pay our respects. Aunt Gena was there along with almost the whole family and what sadness we had for losing Grandpa Frank melted away into the love of family.

I love this woman so much. She is the rock of our family.

Goodbye Grandpa Frank. We will miss you! Because of the pandemic, we weren't able to do a big funeral. Large gatherings of any kind aren't allowed right now to slow the spread of the pandemic. So we mourned him in our hearts.

The kids have had to get creative because we can't leave the house very often! So they cut up boxes and made space ships!

I love seeing their imagination at work!

 Pool days are magical days :).

Off to the pool! Bring on the Vegas sun!