You Oughta Be In Pictures

The summer reading program at the library started this week. Their theme for this summer is art. On Tuesday night we signed the kids up and the boys took advantage of this awesome photo op.

Not Another Step

Topher and I went on a walk yesterday. He came mostly prepared. His backpack contained an empty water bottle, a full box of tissues, a large Pokemon book, his watch, and a stuffed animal. 

Carrying all of that for a mile around our neighborhood wore him out. By the time we got back to our driveway, Topher was done.

This triggered a memory of two-year-old Topher doing something similar during the summer of 2020.

I guess he's good at letting us know when he needs a rest.

Divide and Conquer

On Saturday we had to divide and conquer. Cooper was scheduled to take the ACT about an hour away from home. We found out the Sunday before that the youth in our ward had a temple trip planned for the same time as Cooper's test. Bryan and Topher shuttled Cooper while I took the girls to the temple.

The Philadelphia Temple is just a few blocks from the Free Library of Philadelphia, so when we finished at the temple the girls and I walked over to the library. The building is nearly 100 years old and beautiful. We found the teen section in the basement and enjoyed perusing the titles. We even found my friend's book!

Any resident of Pennsylvania can have a Philadelphia library card, mine gets lots of use. The girls signed up for their own while we were there. Then the librarians asked if they wanted to do the summer reading program. I explained that we live far enough away that we might not be back during the summer. They said that was fine and that if they signed up they could each have a tote bag and pick out two new books.

The girls immediately said yes.

Bryan and Topher had fun at a park with cool statues.

Cooper is glad the test is over.

Summer Reading

The Dad

Well, we celebrated Bryan on Father's Day, but the only pictures I took were kind of weirdly zoomed in and don't really show his face.

See?

Hopefully he felt loved and appreciated, because we think he's pretty great.

The Correct Gear

Day two of soccer camp was a success. Will Sophie play soccer again in the future? I don't know. But if she does, now she has the right shoes.

Kick It

Sophie attended the first of a two-day soccer camp this morning. Her only soccer experience prior to this was in her PE classes. She was nervous being a novice, but was all smiles when I picked her up.

Down on the Corner

To celebrate the end of the school year, last night we went to a local ice cream shop for dinner. The dinner was inexpensive and tasted okay. The ice cream was great, even the sugar-free variety. The atmosphere was wonderful and the company was the best.

School's Out for the Summer!

Just There to Cheer Them On

After a rainy morning and afternoon, the skies cleared enough on Saturday for our high school to hold graduation. We don't have anyone from our family graduating this year, but Cooper, Phoebe, and I went to support the kids from our ward.

The skies looked ominous towards the end of the night, but we made it through before the skies burst.