July

Besides our trip to St. Louis in July, we stayed home and enjoyed: no school, 'less' schedule, great weather, and tried to make the most of Daddy's days off! We went to a Wednesday night series at church this month, so the girls loved going to church twice a week too!

Pretty in pink in adorable dresses from Aunt Minde...

We discovered Outshine Popsicles this summer (pretty good for you??) & the girls thoroughly enjoyed them ;) ...

Playing outside in a little rain shower...

....and we saw another beautiful rainbow! It was a double too, but it is hard to see in the pic...

Nightly pjs and books...

Love my night walks when I am able to get one!...

Tyler usually has Thursdays off to make up for working on the weekend, and we usually try to cram a Saturday and Sunday's worth of activities into one day! ;) 

Our first stop on this day off was Jerry's Sno Cones- a famous Memphis staple with delicious Sno Cones. We had never been there before and were so excited! Our visit went terribly and ended with two sweaty, whining and crying, impatient girls- and two disgruntled parents. Of course we should have given up and come home and let everyone settle down for the rest of the day, but in true family form, we refuse to take the smarter/easier route and we forged on- determined to have a day of fun whether they liked it or not ;)

Next stop- the zoo! Everyone was much happier by now, and they were even happier after some Icees that are an absolute must have on our trips to the zoo. Skylar is always happiest when she is sipping on a cold sugary drink ha :)

Petting the sting rays...

...and finally, we ended the day with a nice refreshing swim!

I think we wore Skylar out! 

Playing outside on the 4th of July morning... Ty had to work, and no one was coming over until late afternoon, so I guess we didn't see a need to get dressed?? ;)

Happy 4th! Ready for a cookout with Gigi and Grandude...

Taking a walk after dinner...

Silly in Gigi's glasses..

Serious and sweet...

Swimming at KTs!...

Leaving church...

Drawing animal faces with a new book from Gramp...

Green Cat..

Fox..

Just some afternoon entertainment...

Our local children's boutique hosted a Frozen day! There were fun activities and snow cones for the kids...and Elsa was there!

Mimi came in town for a visit and we got to take her out to brunch at the Peabody. We loved having her visit, and of course Savannah loved having Max to play with too;)

Savannah loves going down this slide at the gym pool!...

And she loves doing an 'obstacle course' on the fitness equipment at our local park...

We took the girls to Chuck E Cheese's for the first time on another one of Tyler's days off. They both had a blast!! Savannah loved playing every game and Skylar loved making us chase her all around while she ran around the whole place checking everything and everyone out...

We took a trip to the zoo with our friend Susan and her three boys. She is amazing and brave to take her three kids under 3 to the zoo, and they were so good the whole time! They were so good that it rubbed off on the girls and they were really good too! ;) Love a successful zoo trip! 

Helping Mommy make lunch, still half in pjs with unbrushed hair.. good day..

Pajama day at church! 

Riding bikes at KTs...

Typical sister shenanigans...