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 No more school!
No more lesson plans!
No more early mornings!
Hello SUMMER!!!


What better way to celebrate the start of summer than a huge bonfire...


with yummy s'mores...


or just burnt marshmallows!!




We were short one Jimenez...Tyler was off at camp with the rest of the students at Carmel.


We tried not to have too much fun without him! Although I can't say the same for him...

he looked like he was having a BLAST!!




Of course I scoured the update page each day...checking to make sure he was alive and well!





I doubt he missed us quite as much as we missed him!



Once he was safely back home to us, we had an impromptu tea party...


complete with yummy scones and cream!!


Jason has been in and out of town this last month speaking at camps and conferences all over.
Thankfully, we had VBS to keep us busy while he was gone.


Up early and heading to church every morning...and they still kept their smiles in place!


Tyler helped out as servant in Pharaoh's court....


and I was the tour guide.
It was fun to serve together and get to watch Tyler's acting skills come to the surface!



Amy was a helper with the second graders...and they definitely kept her busy!!


Jackson loved seeing his buddy, Louis, each day!!
It was a fun week and we learned so much about Moses and how God used him to accomplish much.

Once we were all home together, we headed up to the lake with some friends.


It was a gorgeous day...perfect for hanging out!!






After all of the serving he did at VBS and the fun we have been having...this guy was ready for a nap on the boat.


Summer is now in full swing. 
We are loving our lazy mornings and spending our days outside.
But without a neighborhood pool to cool off in our kids were getting a bit restless.


Daddy to the rescue.
Stay tuned for the completion of his latest project!!
But for now...hello summer! We are so glad you're here!!

What do you get when you put a dozen or so pre-teens with loud music...a captive audience..
and some amazing dance moves? 


The Living Loud team!
Amy has been blessed to serve on this team as they lead KidJam on Wednesday nights in worship.
She was a little reluctant at first...but in my completely objective opinion...was the BEST one up there!


Also on Wednesday nights, Amy has been spending a lot of time with her pre-teen class.
One of her leaders, Stephen Shannon, quickly picked up on all that made Amy "tick"!
And because of this, he chose her to receive a very special award.


Along with two of her friends, Amy received the "David Shannon" award.
It is given in memory of Stephen's younger brother who was killed his freshman year of college.
David was a leader at church and very much involved in the children's ministry.


So each year, his family choose several students that show exemplary leadership and bless them with a scholarship to summer camp.
This came as quite a surprise to Amy...but an incredible honor.







The boys in our house love football.
It's not just another sport...something to be casually played...goof off with...toss a ball around...


nope...not at our house.
It is an obsession!
So Tyler and Jackson teamed up with the Mint Hill Mountaineers to play some flash football.


Each of the boys had a great season...


and were challenged by the teams they played against.


It kept Tyler in shape and ready for if he plays tackle again in the fall.


He was quite an asset to the team and thankfully...


this team won far more games then his team in the fall!


Jackson LOVED getting to play football with his buddies.
And his team even won FIRST place in the championship games!!


It was a great season...for both of them!!


After watching the Olympics last summer...
Hailey has been determined to be the next Simone Biles or Gabby Douglas!
She loved watching them flip and fly across the beams or the mat...
and she tried to come up with her own tricks at home.



But then she joined gymnastics...and was able to really start to learn the different tricks!
She learned tumbling...bars...and even some flips.
But her favorite was the CHEESE PIT - which was huge foam pit reserved for the last five minutes of class.



She didn't win the gold medal...but she did have a blast with her team!



Happy Mother's Day to ME!


What a treat it was to celebrate Mother's Day at the beach in Hilton Head.


Soaking up the sun and time with my family was the BEST present I could have been given!!






Jason loves going out in the waves with the kids.
And I love sitting in my chair under the umbrella WATCHING all of the kids in the waves!


Amy was out in the waves for a bit...


but for the most of the time she was completely content reading her book!!


Every trip...every beach...there will always be some sort of castle or creation!


Or in this case...a coliseum!


The main mode of transportation on Hilton Head Island...is the bicycle.
We spent the mornings at the beach or the pool...


and the afternoons exploring the many paths on the island.




We hopped on our bikes when we wanted to go out for lunch...or a yummy ice cream treat! 
Having everything so close by made our trips pretty easy!



My special Mother's Day dinner @ Frosty Frog's.




With the beautiful scenery and some sun-kissed faces...



we got some great family photos!


While we were trying to get the "perfect" family photo...we had a visitor swim up.
Alligators are natives to the island and are seen swimming in most of the lagoons there.
Thankfully, this guy was content to merely watch the photo session!



The sun was shining in ALL of our eyes so the pictures did not turn out quite as we had hoped...


but at least we captured some fun memories!











Our last night on the island we went to Fat Baby's Pizza and then onto Sea Pines.


It was the best way to wrap up our HHI trip of 2017.


Here's to more good times and tan lines!!!




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