Summer!

Well summer is here, and we are so happy about that and also busy!  Maybe the busyness is another reason summer seems to be too short in Minnesota.  It just flies by.  I'm happy it's warm, but still thankful for air conditioning.  I am not into extremes either way, but would probably pick warm over cold.  Matt thinks Hawaii would be our perfect place to live for the weather.  Just a side note!  I'm not too sure I wouldn't get island fever but 82 and sunny most of the time would be hard to refuse.  ANYWAY - I'm not sure why we have those conversations, just fun to pretend sometimes I guess.  But Minnesota is home, and we do love it here!

So we have now lived in Fairmont for two years as of June 14th, and the summers are my favorite.  This past week of course, we were busy with VBS; but we also had a special lady in our church named Joyce go to Heaven.  We are happy she is no longer suffering, but sad for us and all of her family and friends who were always uplifted by her sweet spirit.   Our church is blessed with many people like Joyce who always uplift you when you see them.  

Then we also had a couple of fun outings over the weekend to help us unwind.  We went out with some friends Friday night, and Saturday we went to the zoo and Mall of America.  The zoo has camel rides this summer, and they also have a new seal exhibit which was really fun.  We also stopped at IKEA and got Ava what she calls a "pwincess bed", or in regular talk, a canopy for her bed.  We are looking forward to another busy week this week.  Lots of play dates!  We say yes as much as possible because there's nothing much better than time spent with friends.   It's how memories are made!  And then this weekend is the 4th of July, so there will be lots of doings with that!  Fireworks, picnics, friends, and maybe a flea market!  So much fun!  So happy summer is HERE!!

There's a seal in the corner of the picture below.  

Fun with friends 

A sweet lady in our church is giving out some of her collections to the church kids, so Ava and Jack scored with a Precious Moments doll and a model car.  Ava especially loved the little goose that came with her doll.  I guess she's more of an animal person.  Ha!