"Everything is Awesome" in July

If you haven't seen the Lego movie, you may not have heard that "Everything is Awesome".  Here is a link to the song Everything is Awesome Music Video, it is 5 minutes of music that will get a song in your head for months to come.  My favorite is "over-priced coffee, that's awesome"!    The kids saw the Lego movie in the theater at the beginning of July with their Aunt Cici and then got the DVD from Gramma and Pop Pop at the end of July.  So I am pretty sure I will remember July as the Everything is Awesome month.  It was a very eventful month, kind of organized by week.  We of celebrated our independence with friends and fireworks.  It was the first year Sarah and Jenna Grace didn't want to stay inside during fireworks.  They didn't love the noise but they liked to look at them! We went to the museums in Raleigh and took a history class and visited the rainforest exhibit.  Bren and Jen did a week long science in the summer camp where they learned a lot about chemistry.  We went to a play called "Princess and the Pea" in Snow Camp, North Carolina.  The kids did VBS and became official SPY agents and learned many biblical truths.  Brennan used a circular saw for the first time and helped build a step and a gate for our back deck.  We also welcomed a new pet in July, her name is JJ.  She is a rescued tabby cat.  Jenna Grace celebrated her 7th birthday with a morning family tea and a pool party.  We also went to a Durham Bulls game.  They are so much fun and we had wonderful weather.  The month ended with a trip to Pennsylvania.  I include some pics from that trip in August blog :)   The kids drove up a few days early which gave me time for planning our new school year. We will start by studying the book of James in the Bible, as well as work through American History by using the Presidents as our spine.  We will be continuing our Five in a Row program as well.  Enjoy some pics!

Climbing in the Rainforest

At museum of science with friends

JJ the cat 

Saw in action

Praising God with song 3 in 1

JG at science in summer with density rainbow

Sarah loves this guy! 

The Joker from Princess and the Pea

Fireworks that's awesome!

The True Princesses

June

We started June with a visit to the Renaissance Fair.  It was interesting to take a trip back in time.  We  also spent a lot of time soaking up the sun and swimming during the month of June.  Sarah can now swim without water wings but she is still a bit hesitant to go out too far (which is not necessarily a bad thing). We volunteered at Run the Quay in our bright colored "I love FV" shirts.  Maybe next year, we will run the quay.  I am including a picture of the kiddos dressed for church one Sunday.  They looked super snazzy in some special clothes from Aunt Amy.  The kids and I took a wonderful trip (about 1 1/2 hours away) to visit some of our best friends.  They live on a lake so we lived a whole week of water activities in just a few days!   The kids also had their piano recital.  They played a duet this year, sure wish I had it on video! They did a great job.  Brennan started guitar lessons this month and Jenna Grace started gymnastics.