Snapshots from the First Week of Summer

Our first week of summer was a fun one. 

Here are some snapshots.

Monday morning I had the girls "Summer Presents" waiting for them on the kitchen table.

 Every summer, I always buy them some fun things (mostly from the Target dollar bin) as a way to say "Happy Summer Vacation"

This year I got them each a box of their favorite cereal (we don't let them eat sugar cereal, so this is a fun treat)

I like to get them things they can play with outside, like water balloons, etc.

 I do a Summer Gift like this every year (Working Mom Guilt)

The first week of summer I always make homemade strawberry jam with my mother in law.

{Recipe Here}

 We make a year supply (for each of us) and some jars to giveaway as gifts.

This year we made over 40 jars!!!! The jam is SO good.

 We also had our babysitter's graduation party. She is going to TCU this Fall. We are going to miss her so much. Her mom babysat me & my sisters,  I babysat her & her siblings and now she is our babysitter.  And, her dad was one of the pastor's that married us. So excited for her new adventure. I loved college!

 Our garden is growing....lots of green tomatoes!

 Thursday I hosted the 2nd Annual Pioneer Woman Potluck Party (more on that this week!)

 

Lots of ice cream cones & swimming.

And, I got to continue my addiction to Candy Crush. It took me almost a week to get past level 65. Now I am stuck on 70.

Not documented was the amount of time we all spent in our pj's.

It was a great first week of Summer!