Summer is finally here!

 Hi Everybody,
It's been two months since I posted. It was an extremely busy end to the school year. And I got into Instagram, so I started posting pictures there instead of here. If you want to follow me on Instagram, it's SAH_Contact. Maya asked if she could caption all of these pictures. She has so much fun reading everyone's blog posts and looking at all of the pictures and videos.

 

Luna wants in.

 

A walk with Luna.
 

 

(Walking Luna is always a challenge, but this time was particularly unsuccessful. Luckily Kayla was along to photograph Anna's troubles:))

 

Angie, Puddles, and Raindrops: our ducklings for a weekend from Maya's first grade class.

 

(They poop like crazy. I changed the newspaper underneath them about every 2 hours and it wasn't enough. In the morning, all 3 were huddled in their food dish to escape their own filth.)

 

Dylan gets a (much needed) haircut and takes up Lacrosse.

Dylan receiving the Continental Math Award and holding a snake. (Good job on both accounts! Both things I have never done and am not likely to do.)

 

 

 

Me and Grandma Olsen.

The verbinas and dianthus are huge! The marigolds, not so much. (Jake and Maya made this mailbox garden for me.)

 

First day of Just For Kix dance class.

 

(Maya started tonight and it was lots of good, organized fun. She's taking the class with a friend from school and they were extremely happy to see one another. Her teacher coaches the high school danceline and taught them a lot in one night. Parents got to watch the last five minutes. They'll be dancing in the Hopkins parade in late July.

 

 

 

 

 Anna's graduation. (After she received her diploma and shook her Principal's hand, he patted her on the back and smiled. I texted her to ask what that was about. She said she told him he "made a helluva speech". He did. It was about knowing who your friends are and who your heroes are and becoming like your heroes.)

 

(Anna crossing the stage and the throwing of the caps.)

 

 

Kayla Marie Denslow.

 

(After Anna moves to Mankato State in August, Kayla's moving to Dinkytown with friends in September. It's gonna be weird around here. Dylan's taking Anna's room, Maya's taking Dylan's, Maya's will be an office, and Kayla's will stay set up in case the girls come home to visit. Kayla's taking summer school and continuing to pursue her nursing degree. She loves working at the hospital and has lots of interesting tales. Anna's grad party will be July 14th. I'm getting invites out later this week. I had to redo them 3 times. I hope all of you can make it!)

 

  

 

Anna just sent these photos to me. We celebrated Father's Day on Saturday night, for Jake. Dylan suggested fireworks and Jake wanted ice cream, so Anna & ran to the store for dulce de leche and these. Jake got a giant gas grill and "wisps". That is how Maya referred to the solar powered garden lights after she saw the movie "Brave". In the movie, there were spirits in the forest called wisps and they do closely resemble the color changing round garden lights.