sunday: happy father’s day to my 2 favorite dads.
we even got him lemon meringue pie.
tuesday: empty peanut butter jar = happy dog.
thursday:. apparently we are challenging grandpa at arm wrestling (and winning?), while also wearing our napkins like wild west bandits…
friday: dad got donuts for the last day of school!
also friday: FINALLY! last day of school!!!
also also friday: starting the summer off with an outdoor movie!
saturday: my dad got bonez a husky shirt!
and the extras.
sunday: another week, another bubble soccer party with a bunch of boys. i convinced layla to play (after a traumatic experience a year ago) by organizing a “girls only” game. we got all the moms and sisters to play.
wednesday: first time i’ve ever spotted a deer in our neighborhood!
thursday: so this happened… after a long wait to finally get the settlement from the insurance (after shane totaled his truck by driving it into a ditch), we found him a vehicle that fit our parameters. AWD, less than 100k, not european, and not fast.
friday: how layla eats her blizzard leftovers, fresh out of the freezer.
saturday: micah had saved some money that he was itching to spend on a new lego set.
also saturday: layla came up with this as her overly-ambitious summer reading list. and a vow that she would stay out of the library, since these are all books we own.
well, apparently this was the busiest week EVER, and i have no less than 4,000 pictures to deal with. i have no idea how all of these will go in the book, but i will deal with that later.
sunday: cross over ceremony for the cub scouts! micah, and the rest of his den, made rank and earned their bear badges. 
also sunday: oh, that’s just a picture someone snapped of my husband starring in his own motivational poster… especially great is the little girl who appears to be about to cry. *note: don’t play dodge ball with dave.
monday: shane and toby, enjoying some outside (being a real cat) time.
and, i accidentally took this awesome picture of the bee.
also monday: shane teaching my dad to use his new mower. 
tuesday: end of season baseball party for micah and the angels.
wednesday: new goal in life: to be as happy as a cat in a sun puddle.
also wednesday: i suggested bathing suits. they insisted they were having a contest to see who could NOT get wet… yeah, that ended about exactly how i expected it to.
thursday: poor micah needed a filling.
also thursday: that time shane was kidnapped by 4 girls with his hands zip tied together and a bag over his head… #seniorkidnapping
friday: elementary school carnival! i think layla holds the record for getting though this inflatable the fastest, but micah still wanted to race her. we need to work on not gloating with her…
saturday: a tough end to the season for the angels.
also saturday: lynne and jim visiting means a craft project with the kids!
sunday: more sanding. my skin was turning green.
also sunday: filed under: life right now.
monday: memorial day weekend concludes with more sanding… this was the slowest process ever.
tuesday: new bottle!!!
also tuesday: after dropping layla at gymnastics and before he had to be at baseball practice, we made a quick costco run. micah was an awesome helper. i pushed the cart and told him what i wanted. he loaded it all, and put it on the conveyer at checkout. then he helped me load the car.
wednesday: most (not all, as i learned at on a subsequent trip) of my things out of my classroom. it’s for real that i’m not going back in the fall. now, what to do with this stuff?
thursday: our family’s first orthodontist appointment! micah was pretty stoked that there was a wii in the waiting room. and he could see it though the door of the room we were in. verdict: no braces needed yet. but very likely later.
saturday: finally starting the staining, now that it’s all sanded… dave had a captive audience.
also saturday: handed out my first orange ticket. pretty stoked about this.
