I heart Summer.

Hey there! Already we find ourselves mid-Summer...relaxed, tanned, sticky dirty with the fun of the day. Come inside, won't you?

 My living room and "sewing studio". Ha. 
I have many projects in the works and my little sewing corner in Matt's office just wasn't working so I expanded into the living room. Consequently, both my bigs have requested and received multiple sewing lessons. It's been fun. Not much sewing happens when my babe is awake - he just wants to be right in the middle of whatever I'm doing and it's darn near impossible to sew with a cutie on my lap. I squeeze it in when I can. :)

This is how three boys fit into a 12 x 12 bedroom: bunk beds and a toddler-sized bed. Sawyer has half the drawers in the dresser and the twins share the other half. Each boy has a basket with wheels, stored under the bottom bunk bed, to keep their personal treasures. It works for now! And, no, their room is not always this clean. :) But seriously, it has to stay pretty clean or the 3 growing boys will not fit in it.

 T-Ball! We survived enjoyed a busy season of t-ball. M and S were on a team together and Sawyer had his own team. They all improved a great deal from the first game to the last. (That first game was painful.) 

T-ball revealed the competitive nature in Sawdog. We would have to pull him off the field every now and then so his teammates could have a turn catching the ball. T-ball also inspired a love of baseball caps in our middle child. He puts one on first thing and watches morning cartoons in his hat and unders.

 An adventurous (and rare) morning of peaceful playing amongst all three bigs. This is their "spy" get-up. I incorrectly called them explorers. Duh.

 Sweet and sunny Gunnie relaxing on the front porch.

 Independence Day found us celebrating with friends at the Oberly's BBQ, swimming, eating, and blowing up all kinds of fireworks and miscellaneous yard toys.

 "Purple Smoke Bomb in Camp Kettle"...by Mason.

 There are so many wonderful boys in my life! Consequently, much food is consumed around this table - many times a day.

Mmmmmm - scrumptious boy eating (and wearing) an ice cream sandwich.

T-ball.

The week after school let out, the three older boys (and friends) attended Vacation Bible School: Kingdom Rock. They had a fabulous time and it helped Mama ease into summer vacation.

 Watching my boys praise Jesus...my cup runneth over!

 

 Sawyer Eames is quite the character. There is nothing "reserved" about him - an endearing quality. Matt took him into the mountains to set a tree stand and this is before, during, and after the adventure. (*That's a SpiderMan band-aid near his ear - not blood.)

This handsome trout-slayer is busy, busy with work this summer. (God continues to sustain and grow our home-building business.) Not one to let a Bozeman summer go untapped, he's also been golfing, fishing, scouting, shooting his bow and camping with one, two, or three of his boys tagging along.

Okay, that about sums up the flourish of activity in our summer thus far. Happy Summer-ing!