the rest of summer

we helped host our neighborhood's national night out

it was a lot of fun

 olive is a pro bed maker

 i decided the kids should start doing their hair every day to get ready for school and this is how noah did his... taped mustache comb and all

 a brave trip to the dmv for new tabs with all six by myself

 a bike ride to settlers

 jude turned 10 months! at ten months he crawls, pulls himself up to stand at furniture, waves and says hi. he is getting more bumps and bruises but he's still calm and happy. he loves real people food and insists everyone shares with him all the time. he loves to nurse and sleeps through the night every night. we love our jujubee 

 cutest ballerinas ever (who also tap)

 they made their own farmer's market

 i love it when he pretend calls people on the phone

usually grandpa

 we finally made it to the farmer's market!

 and walked through the capital

 and down freak alley

 sunday best

 we salvaged a bunch of wood from michael's work to build a shed

henry was certain he would do it all himself

 jude's first time having his own popcicle

 and getting his own nilla wafers

 i took each of the kids on a back to school date

eleanor and i got her a first day of school outfit, some candies and a balloon

and dinner and frozen yogurt

she loved every minute of it

 sleeping in

 we love boggle

 the first watermelon of the year

 homegrown watermelon and homemade pizza

delicious

 we took the big duck to the pool inflated so noah held it outside his window

 eleanor the chicken whisperer

 working on the shed

 olive had a quick date to walgreens for a toy and a candy

 digging under the tramp 

 mini watermelon from the garden

 becoming friends

 eleanor is so good at cleaning their room

 i took the kids to the park for snow cones and to play at the river

 they love love loved it

 we hiked table rock

it was hard but worth it

 i love how independent she is

making herself toast and sandwiches

 middle school orientation!

 cool new haircut

 busted for ripping my chair up with scissors

 swimming and icees

 homegrown watermelon and corn

 date with noah for groceries and school stuff he needed to walmart

 when mom gets tired of making lunch during the summer...

 hazel and i went to dairy queen for a treat and a little toy from walgreens for her date

 michael stood in line at our new dairy queen and bought two ice cream cakes (for my birthday and jude's) which earned him 2 free cheeseburgers a week for a year!

 cleaning out the garage

 for the new boat

 michael's parents were so sweet to deliver us their old boat and debbie's old truck

 michael and his dad working on the shed together

 karly came to town! so good to see her

 hugs for grandma

 on our way to ola for the eclipse

 we got about 2 minutes of totality and it was totally worth going to see

it was so fun to have michael's parents here for it, too

 we went to cars three, too

thank you for helping me survive the last few days of my first summer with six kids

grandma and grandpa olson!

you were so helpful and we really appreciate your sacrifice to get here and bring us the boat and truck!!