crazy to think our summer is halfway through. i'm not wishing it away, despite the extra bickering. having our days, while still structured in many ways, to do as we please has been a big gift. 

golfing with gdad- these 2 enjoy camp each week, and really enjoy the lemonade and cheetos that follow ;)

lucy's sweetest friend from school, miss avery, learned to make hair clips this summer, and sent each of the girls their own clips in the mail. we had extra big smiles that afternoon :)

pool time has become a favorite time for us- so very different from summers past ;) a beautiful thing about these littles growing bigger. 

freestate fun-

this week included patriotic pride, dental checkups, rehearsals, dancing classes, a soccer game & fresh peach cobbler with farmer's market peaches-

it was also the 4th of july! we had been counting down to our celebrations with the brewers, which has become a tradition for our families.

in the midst of the fun, a smaller-sized street firework malfunctioned [we think tipped over], and our sweet kaitlyn girl ended up with a burn, landing her in the children's hospital's burn unit. while it all happened fast, her parents acted on quick, strong instincts, and got her the best possible care in the quickest amount of time. while we're grateful that the damage wasn't on an upper extremity, and that she will be able to make a full recovery, it's going to take time and patience, which is so much easy said than lived through. we pray for steady hands as her parents change the bandages and burn specialists give next steps in the recovery process, for strong, hopeful hearts for both kaitlyn and her parents as they live through this new normal this summer, and for kelsey, as she learns to process that her big sister's injury is one that will take some extra time to heal before sister playtime is back in its prime. 

xoxo, 

-ivy