First Day of Summer Vacation

Today was the first day that all of us have been done with school.  We made the most of it for sure.

The first thing we did was to set up the swimming pool in the backyard.  Which I actually had started yesterday, but I discovered a hole in it, so I had to patch it instead.  We didn't get to go swimming in it yet, but our two sons had a blast splashing in the water from the side later on.  Boy, did they get wet!

Later on, we headed to the library.  All of our children love books.  We signed up for the summer reading program for all of the kids.  They get a calendar to keep track of their minutes, and there are prizes for the end of the month.

After the library we headed off to a local city park to play and have a picnic.  It is such a nice park.  The kids had a blast climbing running around and looking at the animals.

When we got home our daughter headed off to play with a neighbor girl.  The youngest took a short nap.  After the nap the boys came out and we worked on planting our first small vegetable garden.  We don't really know what we are doing there, but we thought it would be fun to try it out.  The boys had a blast digging in the dirt!

We finished off the day with a family supper.  After that the boys and I wrestled around a bit until the youngest fell down and bumped his head.  As they say, it is only fun until somebody gets hurt!

It was pretty much a perfect day, the only thing that could have made it complete is if Kellin had been home with us!