**Smore Summer Fun**

August....sigh.  Where has our summer gone?  With school starting on the 20th, we aren't about to let these last few weeks of summer pass us by without a TON of FUN!!

First weekend in August a Boys State buddy of Josh's got married in Fargo--so Addy spent the weekend with Gma Alyce and Gpa Ralph here in Bismarck, Zach is having his very own week with Gma RuthAnn to himself in Powers Lake, and Anna is at Camp Metigoshi!  So with all of our family all over the state--we all had a wonderful weekend!!

Addy got to go swimming, go to eat at Bonanza(a real treat), and make smores in Grandma's backyard!!

Zach has been busy at Grandma RuthAnn's, he and Grandma made a quilt together!  He is so proud and looks like he worked very hard on it!

No word from Anna yet, but we can't wait to hear all about her trip to Metagoshi when she comes home on Saturday!!!


With Anna and Zach gone this week, and me being done with daycare--I've got to enjoy some much needed one on one time with Addyson.  Weird saying, 'much needed' when she has been the one who was home with me while I did daycare out of the house, but even though we were together everyday, we really didn't do A LOT together while at home.  She had to share with me with everyone else--and I know at times it really got to her.  So this week has been so much fun--here is a little recap :)

Monday:  We slept in :) until about 8:30 and then after breakfast headed to the YMCA(I was just a little excited to get to take in a morning class).  After the YMCA we came home and Addy hopped on her bike and she rode next to me while I ran!  We even had the kitty cheering us on!

After our bike ride we had some lunch and met Michelle and Abby at Gma Alyce's swimming pool for a quick dip in the pool and some much needed sun bathing :)

Sure you can dress up like a cat this afternoon.....

Monday night we walked from our house down to the YMCA and did the family run/walk--we still have a stroller from when Addy was a baby, so she did some walking, running, and a little riding(mainly on the big hills--which served as an extra good workout for Mom and Dad)  when the race was over all the kids got a medal!

Tuesday:  We slept in again(shhhhh.....) and after breakfast we took our final sheet of info needed for Addy's kindergarten registration down to the office!

After that, I had a sweatshirt to show Officer Wanner(who happens to be my cousin) down at the PD!  Little did we know that we were going to be given the best tour ever!!  I don't know who had more fun, Addy or Mom!!  Addy said her favorite was where they shoot the guns-and when she got to see inside the cop car!  Thanks again Lynn!!!  Here she is putting her reflectors on her bike:

Tuesday afternoon we relaxed and surprised Dad with lunch from Addy's favorite--Taco Tuesday(taco johns) and relaxed at home for the most part.  Addyson colored and watched a movie and Mom caught up on a couple DVR shows :)

Wednesday: I had a busier day then Addyson today, I had two interviews scheduled for Wednesday and by Wednesday night, I had recieved an offer!!  Thank goodness for Gma Alyce again as she was so great to watch Addy while I had both interviews!! 

Wednesday Addy and I also ventured out to Target to get some school shopping done!!  We try every year to take the kiddos individually shopping and usually out to lunch before or after--we had a fun time checking everything off her list and picking out a new backpack of course :)

Thursday:  First thing that happened Thursday morning is that I called to accept the position offered to me by Mid Dakota Clinic!  I will be working as a full time receptionist at the Center for Women clinic and couldn't be more excited!!!  I wanted a change and I hope this will be an exciting new adventure!

After Addy woke up she had breakfast and I told her to get in the van and that I had a surprise for her!  We went to see Chimpanzee in the movie theater!  The Carmike does $4 movies every Thursday all summer, it's an awesome deal and we took advantage of it and had a blast!!

Later that afternoon we went and picked up Gma Alyce and headed down for our first time to Urban Harvest, the only purchase was a .50 tattoo for Addy, but it was still neat to see!

And none of us had been to Sweet Treats, so we went and said CHEERS with our cupcakes to my new job--it was a lot of fun!  Addy picked out a choc cupcake, with choc frosting, and m&ms as a topping---YUMMMM!

Friday:  I had to go fill out HR paper work, so Addy headed back over to visit Gma and Gpa for a couple hours in the morning, we grabbed McDonalds on our way home and then got busy organizing school supplies in her backpack and building a countdown to kindergarten chain!  We were excited when we got the email this morning that Addyson will have Mrs. Towne as her teacher--the same teacher Anna had when she went to the big K!

It has been a wonderfully exciting week!!  Full of new changes for our family :)  We are looking forward to Zach and Anna coming home tonight and getting setteled into our new fall routines!  Hard to believe that summer is almost over and we will have a 6th grader, 4th grader, and one in kindergarten!!!