July Weekends

Last week Brynn wrapped up her Zookeeper program at the zoo. She was able to snap a few pics during the day, but last year the zoo actually uploaded photos that they had taken of the junior zookeepers and shared them on Google Drive. So, I was hoping for that again this year, but haven't seen anything.

 Last weekend we went up for a visit at Uncle John and Auntie Christel's. Grandpa and Grandma came up to spend the weekend too. Auntie had gotten some canvases for the girls to paint, so they had a blast with that.

Saturday morning we girls all got our nails done.

It was great weather for swimming so we took full advantage of the pool.

We don't even use our beloved cherry pitter any longer, after Clara informed me she can do it herself! 

Clara swam the most, of course. ;-)

Mickey loves. 

I finally got around to making a rhubarb (and strawberry) crisp. I'm the only one to likes it, so I am single-handedly making my way through this pan of it. It turned out really good, though.

Bedtime story time. I use 'bedtime' loosely here as summer = no set bedtime. 

Brynn has been busy making bracelets out of Grandma Darlene's beads. 💜

This past weekend we were able to have the Petersens over to Dana's parents' cabin and had a good time together as always. 

I have a new tubing buddy! Clara wanted to try it, so we hooked up our tube and Dana pulled us with his parents' pontoon. She loved it, but both of our arms got tired after a while. 

Clara stayed behind at the lake for a few extra days and comes back home tomorrow. Holly sent me this pic of her with Blair who is the daughter of a family friend who used to baby-sit Brynn when she was younger. She looks so cute and little next to Clara!