Since school got out

We started out summer vacation with a BBQ and campout in the back yard.

 Early the next morning I took the kids to pick peaches down at Schepf Farms.

 Because we got there early, the weather was nice and cool and there weren't very many people there yet.  It was perfect!

 I've been trying to figure out different ways to do Camille's hair lately.  I tried these sponge curlers on her.  She sure looks cute with them on her head!

 Sadly, the curls turned out kind of crazy.  I didn't get a picture of that though.  She'd had it, so I sprayed her hair with water and combed out the crazy mess.  We'll try putting them just at the bottom some other time....maybe.

These low pony tails have been a hit with her lately.  I think they're so cute on her!

Keith and I painted the walls all around our backyard.  That was a lot of work!  We moved all the rock away from the walls, then sprayed the walls off, then Keith brushed the paint into the lines, and I followed with a roller.  A paint sprayer would have been WAY faster!  But we had fun chatting while we worked and the kids roamed free in the back yard for a couple days.  Even though we barely had enough energy to finish, it was worth it.  It looks soooooo much better and it's fun to have had that time together.  We slept so good that night that we finished!

 Camille has been in love with these puppets lately.

 The boys built robots.

Any time I get an empty box I just hand it over to them and tell them to make something.

They love it.  They now have a little collection of boxes that they're saving to make something awesome with.  :)

 Sometime during the last week of school Grant lost another tooth!  That's 6 teeth since the beginning of Kindergarten!  Wow!  He stuffed his cheeks full of grapes and smiled big for this shot.

I just love his cute, round, animated face!

 Here's Brett with grapes in his cheeks.  This is typical Brett.  He thinks it's cool to be grumpy.

I hope he gets past this soon because it really isn't cool!!!

 But I can always make him smile by saying, "Don't smile, Brett!"

 We're having our roof redone.  All week long I've been hearing "bang, bang, bang!!!!!" on my roof.  I've kind of gotten used to it.  We knew when we bought the house that we'd need to do this, and so now we are.  At least we won't have to worry about it for another 30 years or so (knock on wood!).

 This is what it looked like last night.  I thought it was really neat how they piled up the tiles so nicely across the roof.  I sure love seeing those tidy piles.  :)

In the midst of all the hoopla going on this past week, Brett has been sick.  His visit to the doctor was so sad!  He gagged when they checked his throat and almost threw up.  He was such a sad boy that day.  Luckily he's doing so much better now that he's on his antibiotic.  Now Camille has had a fever for the past 3 days.  I don't know what's up with her, but hopefully her body can fight off the germ and be feeling better so we can go do some fun things next week!