Summer by the hour in gifs

5am: When the poking me awake starts. 

me to me: 

6:00 am: me

kids

7:00 am: kids

8:00 am: kids still hungry

9:00 am: kids

10:00 am: kids

11:00 am to 5:00 pm: me

5:00 pm to 7:00 pm(bedtime): kids

  me:

Kids sleeping: me

repeat:

I love my kids, i love my kids, i love my kids, i love my kids, i love me kids....

Summertime Sanity Savers

Summer,
The End.

Kidding, but sometimes it can feel like that. Summer is the end.
The whole heat thing, then add no school on top of that. It can be hectic and busy, but we always make the best of the time together. In order to save my sanity though, I have to have at least a few things planned to keep the heard entertained.

Before the school year ends and the summer begins, I always like to attempt to make a summer bucket list with my kids. Well, we make the list, but the attempt is in actually checking off things on our list. We try our best to do as many things on the list as we can.

The List:

• Sleep over at grandma & papa Crandell
• Go to Cabin
• Visit at least 3 different splash parks
• Visit at least 3 different pools
• One designated craft day a week
• Sign up for summer reading program at the library
• Go to library once a week
• Take a day trip: Tucson, Tombstone, Prescott, Snowflake, Petrified Forest 
• Movie Nights
• Back to school party
• Ice cream party
• Get a sitter at least 4 times
• Personal quiet/meditation time 
• Go to the Mesa Temple Visitor Center story time

June 1st is the last day of school for us and my girls are eagerly looking forward to that day. I'm excited too, but in order for me to be able to keep myself sane i'll have to be extra organized this summer. Hopefully our list will help. 

I'm linking up this post today with Mommy Style Monday. Want to join the Mommy Style Monday link up? Visit Kiana // Glitter & Donuts or Madeline // CaseyLand and sign up! 

Check out what everyone else is up to this summer! 

Kiana // Glitter&Donuts

Madeline // CaseyLand

Alexis // Witt Family Happenings

Monica // It's All About

Summer days{3}

Its the last day in June. ITS THE LAST DAY IN JUNE?! How did this happen?

Good gravy Marie, do i have some catching up to do.

I'm going to keep this one mostly pics, cause its the last day of June and reading a bunch of words today is overrated. So here it goes.

The last two weeks in pictures.

 card games

 kitty cat, Buddha (who i haven't seen in days. not good)

 a little circus fun

 not fans of clowns

but fans of elephants 

 played with friends 

and played with puppies

and finally, listened to Ev talk about Pokemon for hours every day.

June was fun. We swam a lot too, just never remember to get pics of that time.  I hope June was awesome for you too! Have a great day and start July off with a bang. :)