After 27 times I packed and unpacked, since leaving Japan in June, we finally arrived home sweet home in Bloomington, Indiana and boy did it feel good.Oh what do you do in the summertime in Indiana??
Swim.
Swing on our tire swings.
Pet our cat Felix (who bravely guards our home while we are away :).
Visit our best friend and neighbor, Victoria.
Swim at Victoria's.
Play with our friends.
Did I mention play with our friends?
Guitar, guitar, drums!
Catch local frogs (isn't he cute?).
Ride a tractor.
(love Ann Marie here... great poser!)
Drive a tractor (go nephew Tate).
Swim.
Swim some more.
Catch some rays.
Visit the Wonderlab Children's Science Museum.
Jonas in duplicate at the Wonderlab.
Karaoke!
Everyone got in on the action...
Even Grandad.
Dig for fossils.
Hunt for arrowheads and other treasures.
Go on a scrapbook retreat (bags made by Kim Bunton.).
Scrapbook with friends (something I stopped doing when I moved to Tokyo).
Hang out with friends.
And, eat with friends.
Swim more with friends.
Eat kettle corn.
And watch dog shows.
Bloomington, Indiana is a terrific place to spend your summer. It is all about relaxing and getting as much "outside" time as possible. I took the kids to the pool the other day and while laying out on pool chairs, Shailey asked me what my highlight for the summer was.
I answered, "This. Right here, right now. Soaking up the sun, playing in the pool with no time constraints, just me and my kids. I waited all summer to do this."
The only thing that would have made it better is if Glenn could have been in Indiana for a longer time... that would have made our summer perfect. Of course it wasn't all happy moments, there were plenty of tantrums, fights, ticks, sickness, mosquito bites, and tears, but someone once wisely said that these bad moments just get you to the next happy photo and that is what you remember. I'll drink to that.
Happy summertime!
