Our busy summer!

Well, so far our summer has been super busy! (But fun!). Obviously, we have been working hard on our house, but thankfully the inside is almost done! We are just waiting for the new carpet, which will probably be installed this week and then we can finally move from the guest room to our bedroom and finish unpacking! Hooray! Otherwise, the rest of the house is unpacked and we even have pictures on some of the walls! And I am very excited b/c this week we had the piano that was at my Mom's house moved to our house! It's been 10 years since I have been able to play everyday and I have really really missed it. There is something just so relaxing and stress relieving to sit down and play. The girls are excited to have it too and I often find them tinkling on the keys. We put it in the family room, which is perfect b/c the girls can play all they want without driving me crazy :) The only rule is that when Mommy plays, they can only watch.

Sammi also had VBS this week at the church I went to when I was little! It is just 5 min. from our house, so it worked out perfectly. They did Crocodile Dock, which apparently is the popular VBS to do this year since I've had a handful of people tell me their kids did the same VBS at a different church. Well, Sammi of course LOVED it. That girl gets so restless at home and has so much energy, she really needed something social to do! She told me all about everything she learned about Moses and she sings the songs she learned all day. I bought the CD for her and Maddie now loves to sing the songs too! She is going to do another VBS at her preschool in July.

And Maddie started swimming lessons 2 weeks ago. She goes every Monday night with Brandon. It's wonderful that she gets to do something special with just her and Daddy. She really seems to enjoy them and was excited that she went under water last week! Sammi starts swimming lessons this Mon. and has them every morning for 2 weeks. She is somewhat timid when it comes to being in the water, so hopefully the lessons will help her get over her fears and learn how to swim! Here is a picture of Maddie before her first lesson. She is so proud and grown up!

I wish I would have taken some more pool pictures b/c the girls are just so cute. We went to the local pool twice this week and I plan on staying after Sammi's lessons a few times next week. Abigail just LOVES the water! You should see her kick and kick and kick when she gets in b/c she is so excited. And if you try to take her out, she just leans way over trying to get back in! She's also the first baby I know who actually loves to sit in the grass. Most babies stick their legs up and are kind of weirded out by the grass. But not Abby! She loves to sit in it and watch us while we work in the garden. Speaking of which, the front garden is pretty baren and desert looking, so today we went to a dear friend's house and got a TON of perennial flowers to plant! Plus, my Mom is giving us some from her garden. So hopefully, next year the garden will look a little prettier. Although, I do have to say my Mom surprised Brandon for Father's Day and planted some pretty annual flowers for us while we were gone last week. So we at least have a little color from those. But don't ask me about what we are planting, b/c I have no clue about plant names!

On more random thing, Abigail can now do the pincer grasp! She has even gotten food in her mouth a few times, which is very exciting since she loves to eat so much. The sooner she can feed herself, the better! However, I was looking back at some old posts and I noted that Maddie was crawling all of the place by the time she was Abby's age. Abby doesn't seem to be anywhere near crawling, so I'm hopeful that she won't be a 9 month walker! She can pull herself up though if she is very motivated. Most of the time though she is just content to sit on her tush and put something in her mouth :)