Summer

Wow has this been a busy summer!  Here are just a few of the things we have done:

- Vacation - Joni and Friends family camp again and it was just as amazing as last year only better because our dear friends, the Stumbos, were there!  It is my happy place.

Lake Michigan.  It was COLD!

We loved sharing the week with this couple!

Evan being buried by the "sibs" (siblings of a child with a disability)

She LOVED riding the horses!

Crazy hair day!

Anya's STM (short term missionary).  She was Anya's one on one helper the whole week.  She loved her!

I didn't want to leave!

-Vacation Bible School - We LOVE VBS in our house.  This was the first year that Anya was a part of it.  I was her shadow.  It got overwhelming for her by the end of the week but she had a blast.

The music was her favorite part!

- Horses, Horses, and more Horses - Evan was a camp counselor for 2 camps at the barn where he rides and he just finished his own camp today.  He has worked so hard!  His camp ended in a competition today.  Now he is home and I doubt he will move from the couch until school starts!

Team Griffin at the competition!

I generally don't like taking her to competitions because they are long and boring but this umbrella kept her well entertained!

He is getting so big!  How does this happen?!

- Backstage - The homeschool program that the boys go to is also a school of the arts.  This summer Clayton got involved in backstage "stuff" (for lack of a better word)!  He is with a team building, painting, and creating the props for 2 plays this summer.  The first was Oliver and it was just last night.  The second is The Screwtape Letters in a couple of weeks.  It's been exhausting but he has really enjoyed it.

Oliver backstage crew.  Clayton is on the left in the khaki shorts.

- Summer school - Both girls were in an extended school year program.  Anya's ended a week ago and Oksana's ended yesterday.  Anya has 2 1/2 weeks until she is back to school and Oksana has 3 weeks.  Crazy!

- All of that doesn't even count the birthday parties, therapies, swimming, fireworks, NAMI walk, dinners with our small group, movies, etc. 

Oksana's Angels at the NAMI Walk!

The back of our shirts.

We love our small group!

We have been having dinner together once a month through the summer before we start meeting weekly again.

My favorite picture from the fireworks.  This was her first big display!

We don't usually see movies much but we have been trying to give the boys lots of time alone with us.  So far this summer we have seen Minions, Jurasic World, and Antman.

13 years old!  He got a Gryffindor Robe (Harry Potter).

Birthday Party for our niece.

The school Oksana goes to now doesn't have a physical therapist so we are doing homebound PT.  Her PT happens to be a friend from church.  We love her!

Besides that we are also in private OT and PT.  She's regressed so much that she is working on holding her head up :(.

These two are 2 peas in a  pod!

SIXTEEN!!!!

This pretty much describes us :).

I need school to start so we can recover from summer!