Chloe went to a Girl Scout sewing and fashion camp this week and today all the girls wore their own designs and walk the “runway”. The teacher introduced Chloe as very creative, very soft spoken at first but who came out of her shell when she began to explain her thought process about her designs. Chloe called her top ice concept matching with her butterfly high and low skirt.

I was blown away. Great job Chloe!

Chloe and Shane went to Pilgrim Bible camp for the past 6 weeks this summer and today they have a presentation for parents showcasing what they learned. They also projected slide shows from the field trips and the overnight retreat which I really appreciated and enjoyed.

Haha, I wonder why they got in trouble. Chloe…

Thank you everyone at Pilgrim! What a great program!!!

Had a wonderful day…we went to friend’s house after church for an afternoon of fun food and swimming then I headed out to dinner with my close girlfriends.  Love you guys!

Our whole family was invited to a bbq/birthday party today. We had just picked up our very tired kids from the retreat and went straight to the party. So thankful they had a great time and came back safely. 🙂

Thank you so much for having us, Wishiks family! Happy birthday.

We went to yet another pool party/bbq at our friend’s place today.  Love summer!

They are becoming master divers.

So grateful!

After dinner, all FIVE kids stayed over for a sleepover tonight. That’s 7 kids in the house.

The littlest one saying goodbye to her mom…. I’m not sure who’s going to cry first…

Before bedtime, the girls read,

and boys played games….

They chatted until close to 11pm! I have no idea what they were talking about but they sure had a lot to say about something.

These (overexcited) kids woke me up at 6AM. I’m not even sure how long they’ve been up.

Breakfast at 7AM. What. The.

Shane has mastered cutting pancakes!

Right after breakfast we hurried off to church for a Sunday worship, followed by a memorial service… What a crazy busy fun (and sad) weekend we had.

Nothing says summer like some lobster rolls and clambake with cocktails!

Recipe here

Strawberry mint and lemon mojito… I’m going to make this my signature summer drink! 🙂

Best part of it all is having friends you love over to share.

Kids have been begging me to set up a lemonade stand for weeks now so I ordered one from Etsy. It finally arrived just in time for the playdate with Lee & Wei’s family.

I asked the seller to leave the top blank so I can customized the sign.

I was happy to find cute lemonade stand printables (exactly how I envisioned it) from here . Saved me so much time! I left the inside content area blank and laminated the sign and the menu so kids can use markers to write on it. They can also change the menu and reuse it in the future. 😉

Well well well, designer “super dad” Austin also handmade his lemonade stand and brought it over (to show off). It’s time for a throw down!!

Austin’s stand eventually served as a cocktail bar to adults.

The cutest cannonball I’ve ever seen!

You can totally see Chloe’s personality in her diving poses!

They are pretty good swimmers now!

Thank you so much Lee family for organizing this wonderful trip!!! What an amazing time we ALL had. Love you guys!

We are super excited to see Moses show tonight!

We were blessed to take in this wonderful presentation. The music, the drama, the lighting and technical aspects of it were top notch. From the first note to the last, we were enthralled by the story that unfolded of the life of Moses. We sat in the isle seats where live animals often walked by and actors also performed all around us. The whole stage affects were just amazing.

At the end of the show, I was ready to give my standing ovation to the actors, but they never came out after curtains went down. I was confused and my friend told me it’s because their performance was for the Glory of God alone… that they didn’t want to be praised…that… is truly a testimony of christian faith.

All I can say was wow….I left the theatre feeling truly truely blessed.