We LOOOOOVVVVVEEEE summer!

Really, what's not to love about summer when I am a teacher who gets much needed time off and Kendra is a kid who has super cool friends AND a neighborhood pool???  We have been having a ton of fun already this summer, and this is AFTER our awesome Disney trip.  We love our neighborhood pool and love having our friends come play with us even more.  We've had several of Kendra's friends from school over already, including the Rodgers's, whose mom happens to be one of my closest friends so it works out great!  Missie and I park ourselves in chaise lounge chairs in the shade of the pool canopy and talk while the kids get their fill of swimming!  PERFECT!  Here are some pics of shenanigans by the pool---Kendra and her friends R and J. 

First attempt at a pyramid....didn't work

Second attempt.  Don't you love R's glasses?  They are really 3D glasses she found in her mom's bag!

Today we got to go over and play with our friends, the Ballards.  They are the people who were the main motivation for us to pick up and move to Texas three years ago (yes, we've been here three years!!)  They are such awesome friends, and we are really blessed to have them.  They invited us for a lunch of ground turkey tacos and great conversation, then we went to the boat house where we canoed/kayaked, went swimming and floating, the girls went with Scott on the JetSki for a little bit, then they swam some more, and then Kendra and B did a little fishing (didn't catch anything but had fun!).  OH!  And before we even went to the lake, Kendra and her good buddy O went swimming in the pool for a good hour!  Are we blessed or what?  Superb company PLUS tremendously fun things to do! 

Kendra got to drive on the way back!  Cool!

Jump!

What a wonderful way to end the day...hanging out with Aunt Sherry, fishin' pole in the water, nice Texas breeze.  Ahhh....