Today I decided I we are going to try and do at least one fun thing a day while we go through the summer and also count down the days until we move!  Tomorrow we are going to make a calendar page for the month of June so we can 1) Mark off the days we have left in our beloved South and 2) Write the one fun thing we are going to do each day to celebrate summer!  I got the idea of making a summer bucket list from my friend who got it off none other than.... Pinterest!!  I love me some Pinterest!
For us, our summer vacation started May 22- which happened to be the first day V was done with school and also my birthday!  The best birthday present ever- having my 2 precious girls home with me!  :)
We started it out by singing at the nursing home- something H and I do with our church on the 4th tuesday of every month.  We were blessed to have V with us this time making it even more special!

Here is V with one of our special friends

we visit with each time we are there.

There are 2 rabbits that live in the courtyard of the

nursing home we go to and the girls love to stop

and try to pet them!

Sometimes they just like to be left alone!  :)

On our way to our next stop with H

sporting her new mustache.  :)

I HAD to stop at Starbucks for my

free birthday coffee!  Venti caramel

macchiato with skim milk please with

a slice of iced lemon loaf.  Mmmmm. 

Thank you very much!

And of course, I had to get my girls their

treat also. 

You might be asking "what is this a picture of"??

Well, we stopped at the party store because

V wanted to surprise me with some candles

for my cake and a birthday balloon.  We

stopped there before Starbucks and had my

balloon in the car.  When we came out of

Starbucks, we kind of forgot we had a balloon

in the car, opened the door and out it flew!

So, I had my birthday balloon for about 10 minutes

and this is the only picture I got of it.  Very sad.

Then we stopped at Wal Mart clinic.  V's ears hurt and I

needed to get them checked because the next day we were

leaving for our house hunting trip and the last time she flew,

her ears bothered her a lot.  We had to wait about an hour

to see the dr. so we wandered around the store.  V was

insisting on buying me this pinata for my party!! 

I assured her that I was happy with just a picture of it

and she could save her money.  :)

Well, that hour seemed to draaaag on so we decided to camp

out on our favorite swing in the garden section!  I felt like

I should've been telling people as they walked by us why we

were sitting on this swing for a half hour but instead we just

swung away happily enjoying our time together! 

Ahhhh, memories.  :)

Finally we got to see the dr. and being the

wonderful sister she is, H insisted on holding

V's hand while the dr. checked her ears.

Good thing we went....

she had a double ear infection!  That might've

been a wee bit painful on the 2 planes we were

taking the next day!

We had an amazing time together on our house

hunting trip!  We flew into MSP airport, spent

the night at my parents, saw my sister and neice

the next morning and then drove to Wausau in

time to meet with V's new high school.

We spent the next 2 days looking at houses where

we found our wonderful new home! 

Monday morning, we decided to have a fun day

where we took the girls swimming and they

had so much fun!  I must add, they were

sooo good while we dragged them through at least

15 houses, had them sit at the realtor's while we

signed papers, etc.  It was not "fun" for them until

monday morning and we had been there since thursday!

We also had to eat every meal out but we had fun picking

out new restaurants to try and I certainly enjoyed

not cooking! 

This one was one of our favorites- it was a fun

place to eat and it had my newest pregnancy

craving..... fried pickles!  Oh  my, that is so not

a healthy obession to have but let me tell you-

they are delicious!!!

And I was so proud of this little girl- it couldn't

have been easy to be eating out every meal,

sleeping in a different bed, sitting in the van

much of the time and being dragged in and out

of houses but she did so good.  She really got good

at finding the crayons and kids menus at each

restaurant and went right to work creating

masterpieces!  :)

Our last morning at the hotel, the girls played

checkers and had a great time!  It was and is so

cute to watch them play together.  Especially

as H is getting older.  :)

Now we have been home almost a week and have been

enjoying our summer vacation at home! 

This morning after our breakfast, the girls went outside and

V weeded the garden area (where I have nothing planted!) and

H just decided to run back and forth between her sister and

her "fun spot".

Here is her "fun spot".  This girl loves to bring everything outside

and set it on the lawn!!  I have found many of my bowls, pans,

utensils, books, etc outside next to her chair lately!!  She is

just too funny!  And she just sits there looking pleased.  :)

V LOVES animals.  She would live at the animal shelter

if she could.  So, today I decided we would go there so she

could play with the animals and give them some lovin.  :)

Here she is with the kitties and she is in heaven!!!

H enjoyed looking at the kitties also.

But notice, she is on the outside of the door...

not the inside. 

Her and I are both allergic to cats and dogs!!

So, we both sat out on this bench and watched

V through the door.  H and I lasted about

20 minutes- after that I was so tired of sneezing

and being stuffed up and H was sneezing a lot too.

So, I told V she better run by the dogs and get her

fill of them because we needed to get outta there!  :)

She did so good waiting for her sister!  :)

I was sooo glad we could do this for V. We used to go about

once a month to volunteer at the shelter but after we got our

dog, Leo, from there we quit going.  Not quite sure why!

Off to the dogs!

It's so cute to watch H walk up to the

 barking dogs and say in her

little voice, "hello puppy!"

I love seeing V with the animals!!

She just loves them soooo much!!!

I wonder what adventure we will take tomorrow

as we celebrate summer and count down the days

until our move!!

Happy summer!!!