dairy days parade, backyard fun and a special fhe

michael and i each realized separately recently that eleanor will forever be our baby girl

and we're both a little sad we didn't know that until she was four

so we'd better soak her up as much as possible

although she's looking extra old in this picture

(sometimes i feel like i get glimpses of what my children will look like later and this is one of those)

 all about the accessories these days

 cool kids hanging out downtown before the dairy days parade

 we tried a new mexican restaurant before the parade started

 waiting patiently for it to start

i love olive's arm around henry

she's really sweet to him

 henry loved all the cars, motorcycles and animals he saw

 headstands before bed

 hanging out at the village before olive's party

noah was gone at cub scout day camp all day

 sunday i was twenty five weeks

noah took some pictures for me

 hazel, too :)

 we played in the backyard for hours after church

i felt silly for bathing the kids for church when they were sitting in dirty buckets of water right after

 michael set up a water slide on the playhouse

 my view from the hammock

 cuties

 monday night michael taught us a special lesson on baptism since hazel is getting baptized this week

 we had s'mores, too

 henry saw me taking a picture and said cheese!

we are really enjoying summer

hanging out in our backyard, letting the kids stay up too late

and spending time together