bye bye summer

Happy Saturday! I wanted to get on and upload {the last chunk of} summer pictures. School starts Monday. Easton starts Kindergarten! Wahhhhh I don't even know what to feel right now. Oh, the emotions. I try to just not think about it, because the one time I really did stop and think, it was ugly tears. Picturing my baby that I was just rocking to sleep what seems like yesterday, now being such a big kid. I am so proud of Easton and so excited to watch him start his school journey this year. I know he is right where God wants him to be. It's just hard. Bitter. Sweet. 

This post is SO long, because there are so many pictures. We had a really good summer and I hope Easton and Emerson will enjoy looking back one day at all of the memories we made. I will miss our slow moving mornings with bed head and breakfast, in no hurry to get out the door :) 

We went to the beach and pool a lot this summer! 

{hit it. first try.}

We met up with friends here and there for play dates. 

We went downtown to the kid's museum and had a day of make believe :) and cupcakes to follow!

We went to the splash pad several times, which usually ended with superman ice cream at the pier. 

I loved my weeks with my babies, but the weekends when daddy was able to join in always makes it that much sweeter. ♥ 

I'm not really sure why this is here, but I guess I showered and washed my hair that day, so that gets documented at this stage in my life! haha 

We rode around in a funny car at the beach. This picture makes me so happy. I love the relationship these two are forming. Nothing better! 

This was the summer that Easton really learned how to swim. 

He took lessons with Mrs. Kenzie and did SO awesome! 

watching her bro bro

he had such a cute little crush! 

These last couple weeks we tried to cram in as much fun as possible as we neared the end. More beach. More pool. 

More play dates :) {Easton was telling jokes and talking about boss baby the movie and how it was showing butts. Goodness.}

Then on my last full day with e&e we went to the zoo. It was such a good day! 

Ready to capture the cute moment a bird lands on her hand to eat the food...not so much. 

ANDDD finally, the last thing we did for summer was end with a weekend away-just me and Drake! What?! So, each year his company sends the managers and their spouses to Orlando for a weekend. It was awesome! 

We spent Friday driving around UCF, reminiscing together. So many memories there. We were just babies. Hard to believe it was 12 years ago. 

Drake went by the baseball stadium 

and got to go back to his old locker. 

I of course had to walk by the soccer field. 

After that, we went shopping and had dinner in Disney. Saturday we slept in and then sat by the pool all afternoon before the company banquet. 

So proud! 

We were so happy to get back home to Easton and Emerson, and so thankful that Drake's mom and aunt Karen were willing to come tackle the task of keeping the kids for a few days. 

So, that's it. Bye bye summer. 

Tomorrow night we will pack lunches, lay out clothes, go to bed early, and read The Night before Kindergarten. Praying this handsome guy has an amazing, successful year.

{His new teacher, Mrs. Yeager}

Soaking up Summer

This Summer is flying by-of course...I have 3 weeks left of my break and then it will be off to Kindergarten for Easton, back to daycare for Emerson, and I will be starting my new job! I finished my online training and I know it will take some time to get in my groove, but I am feeling really excited about the new job! I started working on my class from the student's point of view, and I am excited to be teaching PE and Health! Grading papers will be reading from my students about their wellness goals, workouts, etc. So excited about that! 

Since I wrote last, Easton went to VBS. He had a blast! He was in class with one of his best buddies Logan, so he was loving his week there. 

Then at the end of the week they performed the songs they learned ♥ 

We had about a week straight of bad rain, so we weren't able to do much out and about and then we got to the point where we needed to fill sand bags just in case. Easton was a good helper :) 

So we played inside several days, 

and painted rocks. The new thing in our town is to paint and hide rocks. Easton gets so excited when he finds one!

{Rock randomly in my shopping cart}

Once things cleared up, we were out and about enjoying pizza

and ice cream. 

We had a beach day with friends

and enjoyed a fishing trip. 

Easton officially caught his first fish ever :) 

Drake and I had a date night and went to eat on the water downtown.

During the weeks I am trying my best to mix running errands in with fun. It has been tiring keeping up with this sweet, stubborn girl...who now knows how to open the doors on her own and gets into everything! haha

During the weekends we soak in our family time while Drake is off. We went downtown and have enjoyed the splash pad, beach and lots of pool trips. 

We had a great 4th of July, we did some cheap fireworks here and took the kids to their first real fireworks show. It was crowded, but luckily we had my dad to take care of the traffic situation for us! :) 

Also, every year during 4th of July time, the Blue Angels have their hometown air show here. My mom kept Emerson and me and my dad were able to take Easton out. It was fun! 

Love this picture ♥ 

I've also tried to get up with some friends during our break, meeting up for lunch...

and meeting up with my UCF soccer girls that were in town! 

I think other than that, we have done church, Easton started swim lessons last week and is doing great, and I have set up my at home office for the two days a week I get to work from home! Woo hoo!! 

Happy weekend!! xoxo