A taste of things to come...

Summer is so close, I can almost taste it! Well...you know what I mean. :) Lately, the weather and our activities have given us a sneak peek of the glorious summer months ahead...

Fort making...

Lounging and watching TV....

Pool time!!

Amazing blue skies...

And blue lips...(the pool water is just a bit cold still!!)

This was Monday morning and Lorelei did NOT want to get up for school...so I reminded her there were only 5 Monday's left before summer vacation.

We've had a few school happenings that were fun and certainly help make the last two months of school worth going to.

Lorelei had fun this week prepping her shoebox float for the Fiesta float parade at school. This is the last one for the Boyen Bunch.

Jonas had an appearance on CTV today for getting 100 AR points! I think just about every book he read to get him the 100 points was a Magic Treehouse book!

Lorelei during the parade this morning...

Today was school party day too. Fiesta parties for the little ones. Sorry Bailey and Savannah...but growing up means more work and unfortunately, less fun!

The partying will continue for us this weekend. Lorelei turns 8 on Sunday and to celebrate she's having her very first Slumber party!! Yes...tomorrow night, I will have about 7 little girls and 4 big sisters staying the night. It's going to be exhausting and probably crazy chaos, but what wonderful memories for Lorelei. Can't believe my baby will be 8!!

Tonight, I'll rest up. Tomorrow is all about party prep and little girls. I can't wait to post all about it...

Happy Weekend friends!

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